HEART OF THE BEAST Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: David AyersStars: Brad Pitt, J K Simmonds, Anna Lambe.A compelling survival story about a man and his faithful canine companion stranded in the harsh Alaskan wilderness, Heart Of The Beast will invite inevitable comparisons with films like The Revenant and Castaway.Brad Pitt plays James Belmont, a former special forces soldier who has since retired …
THE WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Padraic McKinleyStars: Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe, Lucas Lynggaad Tonneson, Austin Amelio, Avi Nash, Julia Jones, George Burgess, Alex Newman, Sam Hazeldine, Avy Berry.This tense drama is set in Oregon in 1933, at the height of the Great Depression.Samuel Murphy (Ethan Hawke) is a down on his luck single father, a former soldier and mechanic who is …
FALL 2: DEADPOINT
FALL 2: DEADPOINT Reviewed by GREG KINGDirectors: Michael and Peter SpierigStars: Harriet Slater, Arsema Thomas, Tom Britteny, Virginia Gardner.The taut and vertiginous 2022 thriller Fall, about two girls trapped atop a tower 2000 feet above the ground, didn’t really need a sequel. But here we have one anyway courtesy of Australian film making siblings Michael and Peter Spierig, whose 2014 breakthrough …
SPIDERMAN: BRAND NEW DAY
SPIDERMAN: BRAND NEW DAY Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Destin Daniel CrettonStars: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Tramell Tillman, Sadie Sink, Jon Bernthal, Mark Ruffalo, Marisa Tomei, Liza Colon-Zayas, Florence Pugh, Naomi Watts, Michael Mando, Zabryna Guevara, Marvin Jones III, Eman Esfandi.Spiderman has always been the most consistent and most enjoyable franchise within the canon of Marvel …
THE ODYSSEY
THE ODYSSEY Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Christopher NolanStars: Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland, John Leguizamo, Charlize Theron, Lupita Nyong'o, Jon Bernthal, Samantha Morton, Zendaya, Himesh Patel, Elliot Page, Benny Safdie, Bill Irwin, Corey Hawkins, Iddo Goldberg, Ryan Hurst, Mia Goth, Logan Marshall-Green, Will Yun Lee, Jimmy Gonzales, Andrew Howard, Jovan Adepo, Jesse …
SEND HELP
SEND HELP Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Sam RaimiStars: Rachel McAdams, Dylan O'Brien, Edyll Ismail, Xavier Samuel, Dennis Haysbert, Chris Pang, Emma Raimi, Thaneth Warakulnukroh.If you tossed Castaway, Lord Of The Flies, Survivor: Battle Of The Sexes and the third act of Triangle Of Sadness into a blender, the result would be something like Send Help.A corporate jet crashes into the Pacific Ocean. …
