Infinity Pool Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Brandon Cronenberg Stars: Alexander Skarsgard, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman, Jalil Laspert, Thomas Kretschman. The third film from auteur Brandon Cronenberg (son of legendary Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg) is a hybrid mix of sci-fi, horror and trenchant social commentary on class, wealth, privilege, artistic conceits, power, western decadence, guilt… Continue Reading »
BEAU IS AFRAID
Beau is Afraid Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ari Aster Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Parker Posey, Patti LuPone, Stephen McKinley Henderson Denis Menochet, Kylie Rogers, Richard Kind, Hayley Squires, Armen Nahapetian, Julia Antonelli, Bill Hader. A troubled man tries to get home for his mother’s funeral, but events conspire to delay his… Continue Reading »
THE POPE’S EXORCIST
The Pope’s Exorcist Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Julius Avery Stars: Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe, Laura Marsden, Peter DeSousa-Feighoney, Franco Nero, John Cornell, Ryan O’Grady, Edward Harper-Jones. It’s been fifty years since the horror classic The Exorcist hit screens and scared the bejesus out of audiences. Since then there have been many other… Continue Reading »
PEARL
Pearl Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ti West Stars: Mia Goth, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, David Corenswet, Alistair Sewell, Emma Jenkins-Purro. In 2022 director Ti West gave us X, one of the best horror films of the year, which subverted the usual expectations of the slasher genre. Set in the late 70s, X told the… Continue Reading »
KNOCK AT THE CABIN
Knock at the Cabin Reviewed by GREG KING Director: M Night Shyamalan Stars: Dave Bautista, Ben Aldridge, Jonathan Groff, Nikki Amuka Bird, Abby Quinn, Rupert Grint, Kristen Cui. M Night Shyamalan announced himself as a filmmaker to watch with 1999’s atmospheric psychological thriller The Sixth Sense and its unexpected twist at the end, and these… Continue Reading »
M3GAN
M3gan Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Gerard Johnstone Stars: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Ronny Chieng, Amie Donald, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jen Van Epps, Stephane Garneau-Monten, Lori Dungey, Jack Cassidy, Amy Usherwood. There have been many films that warned about the dangers of artificial intelligence and our addiction to technology and how technology can quickly get… Continue Reading »