Reviewed by GREG KING Happy 50 Director: Eric Lavaine Stars: Lambert Wilson, Guillaume de Tonquedec, Franck Dubosc, Lionel Abelanski, Jerome Cammandeur, Lysiane Meis, Caroline Angalade, Valerie Crouzet, Sophie Duez, Alice Llenas. Director Eric Lavaine reunites most of the cast of his 2014 ensemble comedy Barbecue and brings them back to reprise their characters for this sequel, which was one of the hits of …
THE HONEYMOON
The Honeymoon Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Dean Craig Stars: Pico Alexander, Maria Bakalova, Asim Chaudhry, Lucas Bravo, Mario Valeria Montesano, Michaele Enrico Montesano, Sergio Valasta, Roberto Alinghiere. This cringeworthy and unfunny comedy is an Italian/British co-production and is has received some of the worst reviews of the year. Adam (Pico Alexander, from Red Dead Redemption II, etc) …
HALLOWEEN ENDS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: David Gordon Green Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, Rohan Campbell, James Jude Courtney, Will Patton, Kyle Richards, Michael O'Leary, Michele Dawson, Michael Barbeieri, Rick Moose, Joanne Baron. Forty years after John Carpenter gave us the slasher classic Halloween first hit the screen, the long running franchise comes to an end. Or does it? After forty years …
THE HUMANS
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 dysfunctional family gathering that is a favourite theme of many …
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 reserved and says little, and their youngest son (Rayan Sarlak), a curious, precocious and …
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 relationships and class issues in …
