The Humans Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stephen Karam Stars: Richard Jenkins, Jayne Houdyshell, Amy Schumer, Beanie Feldstein, Steven Yeun, June Squibb. The Humans is an adaptation of the 2016 Tony award winning drama written by Tony award winning playwright Stephen Karam, and it reworks many of the familiar tropes of this subgenre of the… Continue Reading »
HIT THE ROAD
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Panah Panahi Stars: Panteas Panahiha, Hassan Madjooni, Amin Simsar, Rayan Sarlak. An Iranian family of four head out for a road trip. In the car is the mother (Pantea Panahiha), the father Khosro (Hassan Madjooni) whose leg is in a cast, their elder son Farid (Amin Simsar) who is quite… Continue Reading »
HAUTE COUTURE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Sylvie Ohayon Stars: Nathalie Baye, Lyna Khoudri, Soumaye Bocoumi, Pascale Arbillot, Adam Bessa, Claude Perron, Clothilde Courau. The French make fine films about food, family and fashion. While Haute Couture is set against the backdrop of the high-end fashion industry it is primarily a film that deals with complex mother/daughter… Continue Reading »
HOW TO PLEASE A WOMAN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Renee Webster Stars: Sally Phillips, Erik Thomson, Alexander England, Ryan Johnson, Josh Thompson, Ben Mortley, Cameron Daddo, Asher Yasbincek, Caroline Brazier, Myles Pollard, Roz Hammond, Hayley McElhinney. What do women want? Gina (British actress Sally Phillips, from the Bridget Jones trilogy, etc) is a middle-aged woman stuck in a… Continue Reading »
HIVE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Blerta Basholi Stars: Yllka Gashi, Cun Lajci. Something of a companion piece to the harrowing Quo Vadis, Aida? Hive is another story to emerge from the horrors of the Bosnian conflict of the 1990s. Based on real events and set in the aftermath of the conflict, Hive explores the… Continue Reading »
HOLMES & WATSON
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Etan Cohen Stars: Will Ferrell, John C Reilly, Rebecca Hall, Kelly Macdonald, Pam Ferris, Ralph Fiennes, Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, Hugh Laurie, Noah Jupe, Lauren Lapkus, Michael Culkin. My list of the worst films of 2018 has just had a late addition with Holmes & Watson, an execrable and terribly… Continue Reading »