Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Silvio Soldini Stars: Licia Maglietta, Giuseppe Battiston, Emilio Solfrizzi, Marina Massironi Following their collaboration on the winning comedy Bread And Tulips, Italian director Silvio Soldini and luminous star Licia Maglietta re-unite for this follow-up, the romantic comedy Agatha And The Storm. But after the delightfully sly humour and warmth of… Continue Reading »
ALI
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Michael Mann Stars: Will Smith, Mario Van Peebles, Jon Voight, Jamie Foxx, Ron Silver, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Albert Hall, Mykelti Williamson, Jeffrey Wright. Some twenty years ago I saw Tom Gries’ biopic on Muhammad Ali, appropriately titled The Greatest, which starred the great man playing himself. Although a sanitised version of… Continue Reading »
ANATOMIE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky Stars: Franka Potente, Benno Furmann, Anna Loos, Holger Speckhahn, Sebastian Blomberg, Traugott Buhre, Rudiger Vogler. It’s always something of a worry when a film’s marketing strategy is solely designed around the star and their last film. Such is the case with Anatomie, a rather gory and grisly thriller… Continue Reading »
AN IDEAL HUSBAND
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Oliver Parker Stars: Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam, John Wood, Peter Vaughan, Lindsay Duncan, Jeroen Krebbe, Michael Culkin. Oscar Wilde’s sophisticated wit, genial bon mots and acerbic one liners shine in Oliver Parker’s solid, if somewhat uninspired screen adaptation of his play An Ideal Husband.… Continue Reading »
AMERICAN PIE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Paul Weitz Stars: Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Natasha Lyonne, Tara Reid, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Mena Suvari, Eugene Levy, Shannon Elizabeth, Chris Owen, Seann William Scott. A Porky’s for the ’90’s? Although this raunchy but very funny adolescent comedy explores problems of adolescent angst and the sexual follies… Continue Reading »
AMERICAN MOVIE
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Chris Smith. The trailer for this low budget, independently financed documentary made it appear as if American Movie was a po-faced piss-take on the making of The Blair Witch Project. But it is so much more. The brainchild of Chris Smith, American Movie is a journey through the frustrations… Continue Reading »