MIDAS MAN Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Joe Stephenson Stars: Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Eddie Marsan, Emily Watson, Charley Palmer Rothwell, Ed Speelers, Jonah Lees, Blake Richardson, Campbell Wallace, Leo Harvey-Elledge, Adam Lawrence, Darci Shaw, Jay Leno, Eddie Izzard. Most people are aware that Brian Epstein was the manager of The Beatles, and he steered them to global fame and success in the 60s changing …
THE CROW
THE CROW Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Rupert Sanders Stars: Bill Skarsgard, FKA Twigs, Danny Huston, Sami Bouajila, Laura Birn, Isabella Wei, Josette Simon. An ugly mix of gothic superhero movie, love story and revenge drama with supernatural undertones, this is a pointless, unnecessary, dark and gratuitously violent reboot of Alex Proyas’ 1994 film The Crow. That film was, unfortunately, most notable …
KNEECAP
KNEECAP Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Rich Peppiatt Stars: Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, J J Ó Dochartaigh, Michael Fassbender, Josie Walker, Simone Kirby, Fionnuala Flaherty, Jessica Reynolds, Adam Best. Like Alan Parker’s fantastic 1991 drama The Commitments, Kneecap tells the story of an Irish band from humble working-class beginnings. But unlike that film, which was based on a Roddy …
BOOKWORM
BOOKWORM Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ant Timpson Stars: Nell Fisher, Elijah Wood, Michael Smiley, Vanessa Stacey, Morgan O'Reilly. Bookworm is the sophomore directorial feature from New Zealand filmmaker Ant Timpson, who is better known as a writer and producer on a number of weird and often gory horror film such as The Greasy Strangler and The ABCs Of Death, etc. Bookworm is more of a family friendly …
LONGLEGS
LONGLEGS Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Osgood Perkins Stars: Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Michelle Choi-Lee, Dakota Daulby, Kiernan Shipka. This disturbing thriller about a female FBI agent on the trail of a creepy serial killer has been compared by many critics to the Oscar winning classic The Silence Of The Lambs. But for me it is a little derivative and not in the …
TWISTERS
TWISTERS Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Lee Isaac Chung Stars: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Maura Tierney, David Corenswet, Harry Hadden-Patton, Sasha Lane, Katy O’Brian, Brandon Perea, Daryl McCormack, Kiernan Shipka, Nik Dodani, Tunde Adebimpe, James Paxton. In 1996 filmmaker Jan De Bont and writer Michael Crichton gave audiences a thrill ride with the blockbuster disaster film …
