Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Eric Gravel Stars: Laura Calamy, Nolan Arizmendi, Sasah Lemaitre Cremaschi, Anne Suarez, Genevieve Mnich, Agatha Dronne, Mathilde Weil, Cyril Guei. Julie (Laura Calamy, from the comedy Antoinette In The Cevennes, etc) is a single mother who works as the head chambermaid in a prestigious five-star hotel in Paris. She lives… Continue Reading »
FATHER STU
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Rosalind Ross Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, Jacki Weaver, Theresa Ruiz, Malcolm McDowell, Cody Fern, Carlos Leal. Based on the true story of Stuart Long, a struggling boxer from Montana forced to quit the fight game after suffering too many blows in the ring who ultimately found religion and… Continue Reading »
FIREBIRD
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Peeter Rebane Stars: Tom Prior, Oleg Zagorodnii, Diana Pozharskaya, Jake Thomas Henderson, Margus Prangel, Nicholas Woodeson. Based on a true story, this heartbreaking queer romance is set on an air base in Soviet controlled Estonia in the late 70s and centres around a young soldier who embarks on a… Continue Reading »
FAREWELL, MR HAFFMANN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Fred Cavaye Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Gilles Lellouche, Sara Giraudeau, Nikolai Kinski, Mathilde Bisson. This tense and claustrophobic Holocaust themed drama is set in Paris in 1941. The city is under Nazi rule. Troops round up much of the Jewish population and close down their shops. Joseph Haffmann (played by… Continue Reading »
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: David Yates Stars: Jude Law, Eddie Redmayne, Mads Mikkelsen, Dan fogler, Callum Turner, Richard Coyle, Ezra Miller, Alison Sudol, Katherine Waterston, William Nadylam, Victoria Yeates, Oliver Masucci, Fiona Glascott, Dave Wong. Call me a muggle but I was left cold by this bloated third instalment in the Fantastic Beasts series… Continue Reading »
FIRST MAN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Damien Chazelle Stars: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Pablo Schreiber, Christopher Abbott, Ethan Embry, Patrick Fugit, Olivia Hamilton, Ciaran Hinds, Corey Stoll, Shea Whigham, Lukas Haas. Oscar winning filmmaker Damien Chazelle has quite a resume to his credit. He who gave us the superb drama Whiplash, which… Continue Reading »