The Best Movie Reviews
LOVE OF AN ICON: THE LEGEND OF CROCODILE DUNDEE Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Directors: Delvene Delaney and Victoria Baldock Crocodile Dundee is the most successful Australian film of all time. This documentary from Delvene Delaney and editor and producer Victoria Baldock takes a dive into the making of the iconic Australian film which reached an international audience in the 80s. It shows why …
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Laramie Dennis Interview by GREG KING Where In The Hell is a low budget art house road movie/buddy movie with a queer touch. It stars Cam Killion and Joohun Lee. It is the feature debut for writer/director Laramie Dennis. The film has its world premiere in St Louis on November 10, and will be screening here in Melbourne as part of The Melbourne Queer Film festival on November 15 and 21. Greg caught up with …
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LEE Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ellen Kuras Stars: Kate Winslet, Andy Samberg, Alexander Skarsgard, Andrea Riseborough, Marion Cotillard, Josh O'Connor, Noemie Merlant. Lee Miller was former model and glamourous icon who decided to pursue a career behind the camera and became a trailblazing photojournalist. In the 30s she became a photographer for British Vogue magazine. But when the war broke out in …
LONGLEGS Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Osgood Perkins Stars: Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Michelle Choi-Lee, Dakota Daulby, Kiernan Shipka. This disturbing thriller about a female FBI agent on the trail of a creepy serial killer has been compared by many critics to the Oscar winning classic The Silence Of The Lambs. But for me it is a little derivative and not in the …
LA CHIMERA Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Alice Rohrwacher Stars: Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Isabella Rossellini, Alba Rohrwacher, Yile Vianello, Vincenzo Nemolata, Ramona Fiorini. Tuscany in the 1980s is the setting for this hybrid heist comedy come romance from Italian auteur Alice Rohrwacher (Happy As Lazzaro, etc). Arthur (played by Josh O’Connor, from tv series The Crown and …
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Colin and Cameron Cairnes Stars: David Dastmalchian, Fayssal Bazzi, Ian Bliss, Ingrid Torelli, Laura Gordon, Rhys Auteri. Every year when I get my hands on the MIFF program and start selecting my films the first strand I pour through is Night Shift, which contains some bizarre horror films and cinematic oddities. And this offbeat film …
DROP Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Christopher Landon Stars: Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Jack Robinson, Violette Beane, Gabrielle Ryan Spring, Reed Diamond, Jeffrey Self, Ed Weeks, Travis Nelson. A couple meet at a swanky …
THE CORRESPONDENT Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Kriv Stenders Stars: Richard Roxburgh, Julian Maroun, Rahel Ramahn, Yael Stone, Mojean Aria, Fayssal Bazzi, Nic Cassim, Josh McConville. This powerful but grim drama from …
DEATH OF A UNICORN Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Alex Scharfmann Stars: Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Richard E Grant, Tea Leoni, Will Poulter, Jessica Hynes, Steve Park, Anthony Carrigan, Sunita Mani. Corporate lawyer Elliot …
