MEAN GIRLS Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Samantha Jayne, Arturo Perez jr Stars: Angourie Rice, Renee Rapp, Auli'l Cravalho, Jacquel Spivey, Avantika, Bebe Wood, Christopher Briney, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Jenna Fischer, Jon Hamm, Busy Phillips, Lindsay Lohan, Ashley Park, Mahi Alam, Connor Ratliff, Brian Altemus. Released in cinemas to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the original Mean Girls, …
THE HOLDOVERS
THE HOLDOVERS reviewed by GREG KING Director: Alexander Payne Stars: Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Carrie Preston, Andrew Garman, Brady Hepner, Ian Dolley, Jim Kaplan, Michael Provost, Naheem Garcia, Stephen Thorne, Tate Donovan, Gillian Vigman, Darby Lily Lee-Stack. Christmas 1970. Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti) is an irascible and curmudgeonly teacher of ancient civilizations at …
DREAM SCENARIO
DREAM SCENARIO reviewed by GREG KING Director: Kristoffer Borgli Stars: Nicholas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Lily Bird, Michael Cera,, Kate Berlant, Dylan Baker, Tim Meadows, Dylan Gelula, Jessica Clement. This darkly comic and surreal comedy/fantasy about a man who mysteriously begins appearing in peoples’ dreams boasts a terrific comic performance from Nicolas Cage, with many of his usual tics and …
NEXT GOAL WINS
NEXT GOAL WINS reviewed by GREG KING Director: Taika Waititi Stars: Michael Fassbender, Oscar Kightley, Elisabeth Moss, Will Arnett, Rhys Darby, Kaimana, David Fane, Beulah Koale, Uli Latukefu, Chris Alosio, Semu Filipo, Lehi Makisi Falepapalangi, Taika Waititi, Rachel House. Hollywood loves its inspirational underdog sporting stories, and with Next Goal Wins New Zealand director Taika Waititi has served …
TWO TICKETS TO GREECE
TWO TICKETS TO GREECE reviewed by GREG KING Director: Marc Fitoussi Stars: Laure Calamy, Olivia Cote, Kristin Scott Thomas, Alexandre Desrousseaux, Panos Koronis. Former childhood best friends Blandine (Olivia Cote, from The Rose Maker, etc) and Margalie (Laure Calamy, from Antoinette In The Cevennes, etc) reunite after thirty years and head off for a dream holiday to Greece but things do not go smoothly …
POOR THINGS
POOR THINGS Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Stars: Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef, Kathryn Hunter, Suzy Bembra, Jerrod Carmichael, Hanna Schygulla, Margaret Qualley, Vicki Pepperdine. Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos makes weird but oddly compelling and visually arresting dramas and absurdist comedies. His resume includes films such as Dogtooth, The Lobster, The …
