GOOD FORTUNE Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Aziz AnsariStars: Aziz Ansari, Seth Rogen, Keanu Reeves, Keke Palmer, Sandra Oh, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sherry Cola, Kristen Henley, Erik Estrada Loaiza.This amiable comedy from writer/director and star Aziz Ansari comes across like a Trading Places for the new millennium. Former stand-up comic Ansari (from tv series Parks And Recreation, etc) makes his …
GRAND MAISON PARIS
GRAND MAISON PARIS Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Ayuko TsukaharaStars: Takuya Kimura, Kyoka Suzuki, Ok Taec-yeon, Yuta Tamamori, Kanichiro, Ayako Yoshitani, Anne Nakamura, Patrick Descamps, Yannick Renier, Ai Tominaga, Yoshinori Masakado, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Ikki Sawamura. Reality tv cooking shows and dramas such as The Bear have made kitchens, chefs and food preparation both exciting and sexy, and …
GLADIATOR II
GLADIATOR II Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Ridley ScottStars: Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Denzel Washington, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Tim McInnerny, Derek Jacobi, Rory McCann, Matt Lucas, Yuval Gonen, Peter Mensah. Gladiator was a great movie, and even though it entertained us it didn’t really need a sequel. But here we are, 24 years later with Gladiator II. Written by David …
GREEDY PEOPLE
GREEDY PEOPLE Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Potsy PonciroliStars: Himesh Patel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lily James, Tim Blake Nelson, Uzo Aduba, Traci Lords, Simon Rex, Jim Gaffigan, Jose Maria Yazpik, Joey Lauren Adams, Neva Howell. This blackly comic and atmospheric low budget crime drama from director Potsy Ponciroli (Old Henry, etc) and writer Mike Vukadinovich (tv series Runaways, etc) is set …
GHOSTLIGHT
GHOSTLIGHT Reviewed by GREG KINGDirectors: Kelly Sullivan and Alex ThompsonStars: Keith Kupferer, Kathleen Mallen Kupferer, Tara Mallen, Dolly De Leon, Matthew C Yee, Hannah Dworkin, Tommy Rivera-Vega, Alma Washington, H B Ward, Dexter Zollicoffer. Dan Mueller (played by Keith Kupferer, from Widows, etc) is a blue-collar construction worker for the local council, but he is a volatile ball of barely …
GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL 2024 – interview with CHRISTOPH MUECHER, from the Goethe Institute.
by GREG KINGThe 2024 German Film Festival screens at Palace Cinemas across Australia in May. The opening night film is From Hilde, With Love, and the director Andreas Dresen will be in attendance to introduce the film and talk to audiences about the film. There is also a special selection of films from German filmmaker Werner Herzog and a new documentary Werner Herzog – Radical Dreamer. Another selection of …
