MICHAEL Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Antoine FuquaStars: Jaafar Jackson, Colman Domingo, Nia Long, Miles Teller, Larenz Tate, KeiLyn Durrell Jones, Mike Myers, Jamal R Henderson, Tre Horton, Rhyan Hill, Joseph David-Jones, Kendrick Sampson, Deon Cole.Michael Jackson was, arguably, the biggest and most influential music star of the 80s, with hit albums like 1984’s multi-Grammy award winning Thriller …
I SWEAR
I SWEAR Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Kirk JonesStars: Robert Aramayo, Shirley Henderson, Maxine Peake, Peter Mullan, Scott Ellis Watson, Steven Cree, David Carlyle, Francesco Piacentini-Smith.This inspiring and enjoyable but bittersweet Scottish biopic is based on the story of John Davidson, a young boy you developed Tourette Syndrome as a teenager in the 1980s and later became an activist …
BLUE MOON
BLUE MOON Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Richard LinklaterStars: Ethan Hawke, Andrew Scott, Bobby Cannavale, Margaret Qualley, Jonah Lees, Patrick Kennedy, Samuel Delaney, Cillian Sullivan.Blue Moon is a bittersweet biographical drama about Lorenz Hart, the acclaimed lyricist best known for his work with Richard Rogers on songs including enduring hits like The Lady Is A Tramp and Blue Moon, the song …
CHRISTY
CHRISTY Reviewed by GREG KINGStars: Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, Ethan Embry, Cole L Coleman, Jess Gabor, Katy O'Brian, Tony Cavalero, Bryan Hibbard, Gilbert Cruz.There have been a number of great boxing movies including standouts like Somebody Up There Likes Me, The Great White Hope, The Champ, Scorsese’s Raging Bull, Rocky, Rocky III, Creed, Clint Eastwood’s Oscar winning Million Dollar …
THE SMASHING MACHINE
THE SMASHING MACHINE Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Benny SafdieStars: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, Oleksandr Usyk.The Smashing Machine is a biopic of Mark Kerr, a pioneer in the emerging sport of Mixed Martial Arts a sport renowned for its brutality and its no-holds barred approach that combined wrestling, boxing and kick-boxing. In the 80s the nascent sport was virtually …
MR BURTON
MR BURTON Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Marc EvansStars: Toby Jones, Harry Lawtrey, Lesley Manville, Steffan Rhodri, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Aneurin Barnard.A top box office star in the 60s Richard Burton is recognised as one of the greatest actors of his generation. He won a Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway production of Camelot, and was also nominated seven times for the Oscar, without …
