Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Joel and Ethan Coen Stars: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Justin Timberlake, Jeanine Serralles, Ethan Phillips, Robin Barrett. This bittersweet and blackly funny film follows a week in the life of a down and out folk singer struggling to make his mark in the early 60s when folk was… Continue Reading »
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… Continue Reading »
IDENTITY THIEF
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Seth Gordon Stars: Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Jon Favreau, Eric Stonestreet, Genesis Rodriguez, T I Harris, John Cho, Morris Chestnut, Amanda Peet. This dreary but inexplicably successful comedy gives us yet another take on the familiar buddy movie genre featuring a mismatched couple on a road trip from hell. The… Continue Reading »
IN TIME
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Andrew Niccol Stars: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Alex Pettyfer, Cillian Murphy, Matt Bomer, Vincent Kartheiser, Olivia Wilde. So, what is your time worth? This new sci-fi thriller comes from New Zealand born filmmaker Andrew Niccol, who wrote The Truman Show and directed Gattaca and Lord Of War. It is set… Continue Reading »
INSIDIOUS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: James Wan Stars: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell. Aussie film making duo of Leigh Whannell and James Wan (who met at RMIT) are best known for giving us the lucrative torture porn franchise Saw. Their 2007 collaboration, the low budget Dead… Continue Reading »
IN A BETTER WORLD
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Susanne Bier Stars: Mikael Persbrandt Marcus Rygaard, Trine Dyrholm, William Johnk Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen. In A Better World is the new film from Susanne Bier (After The Wedding, Brothers), and the title proves to be nicely ironic. This superb Danish drama about violence, and the unexpected consequences of an act… Continue Reading »