Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Olivia Wilde Stars: Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Olivia Wilde, Nick Kroll, KiKi Layne, Gemma Chan, Douglas Smith, Timothy Simons, Asif Ali. Set in the 1950s, Don’t Worry Darling is an enigmatic psychological thriller and domestic drama that is rich in atmosphere but short of answers. Alice (Florence Pugh,… Continue Reading »
BOOKSMART
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Olivia Wilde Stars: Beanie Feldstein, Kaitlyn Dever, Mason Gooding, Skyler Gisondo, Jessica Williams, Jason Sudeikis, Billy Lourd, Lisa Kudrow, Will Forte, Victoria Ruesga, Molly Gordon, Diana Silvers, Eduardo Franco, Nico Haraga, Austin Crute, Michael Patrick O’Brien. Friends since the fifth grade, Amy (Kaitlyn Dever, from Beautiful Boy, etc) and Molly… Continue Reading »
IN TIME
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Andrew Niccol Stars: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Alex Pettyfer, Cillian Murphy, Matt Bomer, Vincent Kartheiser, Olivia Wilde. So, what is your time worth? This new sci-fi thriller comes from New Zealand born filmmaker Andrew Niccol, who wrote The Truman Show and directed Gattaca and Lord Of War. It is set… Continue Reading »
THE CHANGE-UP
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: David Dobkin Stars: Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, Leslie Mann, Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin. In the classic To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) says: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view–until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”… Continue Reading »
COWBOYS & ALIENS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jon Favreau Stars: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Paul Dano, Keith Carradine, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Noah Ringer. As a genre the traditional western is virtually moribund, but Hollywood keeps churning out some interesting variations on the theme that temporarily breathe life into the form. The latest is Cowboys & Aliens,… Continue Reading »
TRON: LEGACY
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Joseph Kosinski Stars: Garrett Hedlund, Jeff Bridges, Olivia Wilde In 1982, the high concept sci-fi film Tron used then cutting-edge computer generated imagery to take us inside a cybernetic world. Back then the whole CGI process was still in its infancy, but the film was ahead of its time. With… Continue Reading »
