Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Terry GeorgeStars: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte, Joaquin PhoenixIrish writer/director Terry George (Some Mothers' Sons, etc) is a film maker with a conscience and is not afraid of courting controversy. His latest film is a powerful and potent drama set against the background of one of the bloodiest episodes of recent African history - the Rwandan genocide of …
HATING ALISON ASHLEY
reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Geoff BennettStars: Saskia Burmeister, Delta Goodrem, Craig McLachlan, Jean Kitson, Tracey Mann.At the centre of this story of teenage angst and growing pains is the rivalry between teacher's pet Erica Yuken (relative newcomer Saskia Burmeister) and Alison Ashley (Delta Goodrem), the new girl in school who seems set to usurp Erica's place in the pecking order. Erica is …
HIGH CRIMES
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Carl FranklinStars: Ashley Judd, Jim Caviziel, Morgan Freeman, Bruce Davison, Adam ScottAshley Judd and Morgan Freeman are reunited for the first time since the slick serial-killer thriller Kiss The Girls, and their easy-going rapport and familiarity lifts this gripping but occasionally cliched thriller.Based on a best selling novel by Joseph Finder, High Crimes is a …
HANNIBAL
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Ridley ScottStars: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta, Giancarlo Giannini.It's been ten years since the thriller Silence Of The Lambs cleaned up at the Oscars, and caused some controversy because of its sympathetic treatment of the character of Hannibal Lecter, a notorious and unrepentant serial killer and cannibal. This much anticipated sequel is …
HARRY, HE IS HERE TO HELP
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Dominik MollStars: Laurent Lucas, Sergi Lopez, Mathilde Seigner, Sophie Guillemin, Liliane Rovere, Dominique Rozan, Michael Fau, Victoire De Koster.All too often writers tend to describe most screen thrillers as Hitchcockian in nature, even if they don't deserve the accolade. One film that certainly does deserve the comparison is this unnerving little psychological …
