Napoleon Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ridley Scott Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Rupert Everett, Tahar Rahim, Paul Rhys, Edouard Philipponnat, Miles Jupp, Sinead Cusack, Sam Troughton, Julian Wadham, Ian McNeice. Ridley Scott is, arguably, the best contemporary filmmaker still working today who has never won an Oscar, which is surprising considering his body of… Continue Reading »
HOUSE OF GUCCI
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ridley Scott Stars: Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Salma Hayek, Jack Huston, Reeve Carney, Camille Cottin. Trashy melodrama about the downfall of the luxury fashion house of Gucci. In March 1995 Maurizio Gucci, the CEO of the famous fashion house, was shot dead on the… Continue Reading »
THE LAST DUEL
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ridley Scott Stars: Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Ben Affleck, Harriet Walter, Marton Csokas, Zeljko Ivanek, Alex Lawther, Clare Dunne, Clive Russell, William Houston, Nathaniel Parker. Acclaimed director Ridley Scott made his directorial debut 44 years ago with the visually sumptuous The Duellists. Set during the Napoleonic era, the drama starred… Continue Reading »
ALIEN COVENANT
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ridley Scott Stars: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Danny McBride, Billy Crudup, Demian Bichir, Nathaniel Dean, Jussie Smollett, Callie Hernandez, Carmen Ejogo, Guy Pearce, James Franco. With 2012’s Prometheus, director Ridley Scott returned to the Alien universe that he created way back in 1979 with the claustrophobic and terrifying Alien. The… Continue Reading »
MORGAN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Luke Scott Stars: Kate Mara, Rose Leslie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Toby Jones, Paul Giamatti, Michelle Yeoh, Boyd Holbrook, Vinette Robinson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brian Cox, Chris Sullivan, Michael Yare. Morgan: A Suitable Case For Termination? In a remote laboratory, a team of scientists have artificially created a young girl who has… Continue Reading »
EXODUS GODS AND KINGS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ridley Scott Stars: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Aaron Paul, John Turturro, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kinglsey, Ben Mendelsohn, Hiam Abbas, Indira Varma, Maria Valverde, Golshiftah Farahani. Here are a couple of new commandments for filmmakers – Thou shalt not remake a classic film, especially if you have nothing new or fresh… Continue Reading »
