Last Night of Amore Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Andrea de Stefano Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Linda Caridi, Francesco De Leva, Antonio Gerardi, Katia Mironova. A gritty Italian crime thriller set against the backdrop of Milan’s criminal underworld, Last Night Of Amore was one of the highlights of the recent Italian film festival. For 35 years Franco Amore (Pierfrancesco Favino, from Nostalgia, …
BRING HIM TO ME – interview with director Luke Sparke
Bring Him To Me Interview by GREG KING Bring Him To Me is a tense thriller starring Barry Pepper, Jamie Costa, Sam Neill and Rachel Griffiths. Written by Tom Evans, the film sees Pepper’s character driving Cost across town to an unknown destination and an unknown fate. Under orders from a ruthless crime boss, an unnamed driver battles his conscience and drives a young, unsuspecting passenger to an uncertain …
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LIE WITH ME
Lie With Me Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Olivier Peyon Stars: Guillaume de Tonquedec, Viktor Belmondo, Julien De Saint Jean, Jeremy Gillet, Guiliane Londez. Noted author Stephane Belcourt (Guillaume de Tonquedec, from the star studded ensemble comedy Happy 50, etc) returns to his childhood hometown of Baussony in the Cognac-producing region of south-west France after a 35-year absence and faces some of …
LAST FILM SHOW
Last Film Show Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Pan Nalin Stars: Bhavin Rabari, Dipen Raval, Bhavesh Shrimali, Richa Meena, Alpesh Tank, Paresh Mehta. This charming drama from India is infused with the same love and passion for cinema and its transformative power as the classic Cinema Paradiso and Spielberg’s recent semi-autobiographical coming of age film The Fabelmans. It centres around …
THE LITTLE MERMAID
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Rob Marshall Stars: Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Javier Bardem, Melissa McCarthy, Noma Dumezweni, Art Malik, voices of Jacob Tremblay, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina. Disney continues its trend of producing live action adaptations of its animation back catalogue with this lavish $200 million remake of 1989’s classic tale of The Little Mermaid, which was itself loosely based on …
LINOLEUM
LINOLEUM Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Colin West Stars: Jim Gaffigan, Rhea Seehorn, Katelyn Nacron, Gabriel Rush, Roger Hendricks Simon, Tony Shalhoub, Michael Ian Black, Elisabeth Henry, Amy Hargreaves. The latest feature for writer/director Colin West, the low budget Linoleum is a mind-bending, quirky and almost incomprehensible mix of sci-fi, absurdist comedy and dysfunctional family drama that …
