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… Continue Reading »
THE LONELY SPIRITS VARIETY HOUR – interview with PLATON THEODORIS
PLATON THEODORIS Interview by GREG KING Interview with PLATON THEODORIS When verbose radio host Neville Umbrellaman lands in hospital, a group of unexpected performers crash his show The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour. The quirky low budget independent Australian feature The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour. The film is adapted from Nitin Vengurlekar’s theatre show The Lonely Spirits… Continue Reading »
LONESOME
Lonesome Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Craig Boreham Stars: Josh Lavery, Daniel Gabriel, Anni Finisterer, Ian Roberts. An antipodean Midnight Cowboy? Sydney Cowboy perhaps? Lonesome is the sexually explicit sophomore feature from writer/director Craig Boreham, one of our finest exponents of queer cinema at the moment, and it follows his 2016 debut Teenage Kicks. The… Continue Reading »
THE LOST KING
The Lost King Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stephen Frears Stars: Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan, Harry Lloyd, Mark Addy, Lee Inglesby. In 2012 amateur historian Phillipa Langley discovered the final resting place of famed fifteenth century monarch King Richard III under a carpark in the centre of Leicester. Most of what contemporary audiences know of… Continue Reading »
LIGHTYEAR
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Angus MacLane Stars: voices of Chris Evans, James Brolin, Uzo Aduba, Keke Palmer, Taika Waititi, Dale Soules, Peter Sohn, Isiah Whitlock jr, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Bill Hader. This prequel to the charming and endearing Toy Story franchise didn’t quite give me the buzz that I was expecting. This is actually the… Continue Reading »
LOST ILLUSIONS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Xavier Giannoli Stars: Benjamin Voisin, Cecile de France, Vincent Lacoste, Sabine Dewaels, Xavier Dolan, Gerard Depardieu, Andre Marcon, Jean-Francois Stevenin. This lavish and sumptuous looking period drama from France was one of the hits at the recent Alliance Francaise French Film Festival, and now has hit cinema screens. Based on… Continue Reading »