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 …
ONE NIGHT ONLY
ONE NIGHT ONLY Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Will GluckStars: Monica Barbaro, Callum Turner, Maya Hawke, Molly Ringwald, Roma Maffia, Michelle Hurd, Charlie Gillespie, Andrew Burnap, Bobby Cannavale, Pete Davidson, LeVar Burton, Julia Fox, King Princess, Mike Birbiglia, Ben Marshall, Nicholas Braun, Radio Man, Flavor Flav.An interesting premise drives this romantic comedy from director Will Gluck, who …
BY ANY MEANS
BY ANY MEANS Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Elegance BrattonStars: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Wahlberg, Giancarlo Esposito, Ethan Embry, Nicole Beharie, David Strathairn, Josh Lucas, Lisa Gay Hamilton, LaChanze.This luridly violent, brutal and gritty crime drama is set against the turbulent backdrop of Mississippi during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and the systemic racial injustice of the …
INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER
INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Jacob ChaseStars: Amelia Eve, Island Austin, Lin Shaye, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Brandon Perea, Sam Spruell, Charli Penton, Joseph Lopez, Laura Gordon, Andy McPhee, Julie Nihill, Joseph Bishara.Insidious: Out Of The Further is the sixth film in the successful scary movie franchise created in 2010 by Australian filmmakers James Wan and Leigh …
THE BIRTHDAY TRIP
THE BIRTHDAY TRIP Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: James Robert WoodsStars: Ben Gerrard, Luke Jacobz, David Quirk, Annalise Hall, Nicola Frew, Josephine Starte, Robert Preston, Sapphire Blossom.Fifteen years after graduating from their elite private school three former female friends head off for a retreat at a corporate owned farm stay in the picturesque southern highlands of New South Wales. They are …
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEWS
The Melbourne International Film Festival runs across cinemas in Melbourne from August 6 through until August 23, and offers up a diverse range of features, documentaries and short films.ALL FILMS REVIEWED BY GREG KINGLAST UPDATED AUGUST 18BODY BLOW.The fourth feature film from Australian writer/director Dean Francis, the low-budget Body Blow is a messy, trashy, camp and erotically charged pulp …
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