by GREG King Dysfunctional family gatherings are a popular subgenre that filmmakers like to explore as they are full of tension, conflicts, secrets and unresolved issues that simmer to the surface, and Christmas gatherings seem even more fraught. The Australian comedy/drama A Savage Christmas taps into this genre. It is the feature film directorial debut… Continue Reading »
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Christopher McQuarrie Stars: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Pom Klementieff, Esrai Morales, Shea Whigham, Vanessa Kirby, Cary Elwes, Henry Czerny, Greg Tarzan Davis. I am a fan of the original Mission: Impossible tv series, which ran from 1966-1973,… Continue Reading »
MARLOWE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Neil Jordan Stars: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Danny Huston, Jessica Lange, Ian Hart, Colm Meaney, Alan Cumming, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Francois Arnaud, Daniela Melchoir. Philip Marlowe is the tough talking cynical private detective first created by author Raymond Chandler in 1939 in the novel The Big Sleep. Marlowe has since featured… Continue Reading »
MY NEIGHBOR ADOLF
MY NEIGHBOR ADOLF Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Leon Prudovsky Stars: David Hayman, Udo Kier, Olivia Silhavy, Kineret Peled. One of the hits of the 2022 Jewish International Film Festival was this quirky dramedy about a Holocaust survivor who comes to believe that his new next door neighbour is actually Adolf Hitler living incognito. Somewhere… Continue Reading »
MAFIA MAMMA
Mafia Mamma Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Catherine Hardwicke Stars: Toni Collette, Monica Bellucci, Giulio Corso, Eduardo Scarpetta, Francesco Mastroianni, Alfonso Perugini, Sophia Nomvete, Tim Daish, Tommy Rodger, Alessandro Bressanello. There have been a lot of enjoyable comedies set against the backdrop of the underworld and gangsters – Mickey Blue Eyes, Married To The Mob,… Continue Reading »
MISSING
Missing Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Will Merrick, Nicholas D Johnson Stars: Storm Reid, Nia Long, Ken Leung, Joaquim De Almeida, Tim Griffin, Daniel Henney, Amy Landecker, Megan Suri, Tracy Vilar. Not to be confused with the 1982 thriller of the same name that starred Jack Lemmon as a man desperately searching for his son… Continue Reading »