Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jim Jarmusch Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, Anton Yelchin, John Hurt, Jeffrey Wright. Jim Jarmusch is one of the darlings of the American independent film scene, but he is …
I, FRANKENSTEIN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stuart Beattie Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Aden Young, Miranda Otto, Yvonne Strahovski, Jai Courtney. Mary Shelley would probably be spinning in her grave if she could see what filmmaker Stuart Beattie and graphic novelist Kevin Grevioux have done to her most famous creation in this dreadful, special effects heavy fantasy. Beattie and Grevioux have reimagined Shelley's …
WOLF CREEK 2
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Greg McLean Stars: John Jarratt, Ryan Corr, Shannon Ashlyn, Phillipe Klaus, Gerard Kennedy. Australian filmmakers do not often get to make sequels to their films, as very few actually prove successful at the box office. But when they do make a sequel they are clearly aimed at an international audience - take Mad Max 2: Road Warrior and Crocodile Dundee 2 for example. And so it is …
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Christopher Landon Stars: Andrew Jacobs, Jorge Diaz, Gloria Sandoval, Gabrielle Walsh, Renee Victor, Molly Ephraim. The whole Paranormal Activity franchise has been a licence to print money. The films are shot on a shoestring budget with no name actors, but they make an absolute fortune at the box office. So it's no wonder that producer Oren Peli keeps returning to the well again …
MONSTERFEST 2013
by GREG KING. The annual Monsterfest festival of horror films hits Melbourne's Nova Cinema from November 21. Featuring a line up of some of the most bizarre and gory horror films to blow your mind, Monsterfest kicks off with a special screening of the classic The Exorcist, to be introduced by Linda Blair herself. Regarded as one of the best horror films ever made, The Exorcist was directed by William Friedkin …
JEWISH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2013
by GREG KING JIFF 2013…A FESTIVAL WORTH WAITING FOR JIFF is back with a show-stopping line-up of 51 Israeli and Jewish-themed features, documentaries and shorts from around the globe. Building on its dynamic reinvention in 2012 under the helm of Director Eddie Tamir, the Festival will explore the full spectrum of Jewish experience in all its rich complexity, via an incredible 50 Australian premiere screenings, …