Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jon favreau Stars: Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Peter Falk, Famke Janssen, Sean Coombs. Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn first burst on to the scene with Swingers, their hip, independently financed comedy about the slacker’s lifestyle. Since then their careers have taken different directions. While Vaughn has gone on to mainstream… Continue Reading »
MEN OF HONOUR
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: George Tillman Stars: Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding jr, Charlize Theron This true story of racism and military heroism ultimately fails to satisfy. In the 1940’s, Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding jr), a poor sharecropper’s son, was determined to become the first Afro-American diver in the Navy. Not only did… Continue Reading »
MAX KEEBLE’S BIG MOVE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tim Hill Stars: Alex D Linz, Jamie Kennedy, Larry Miller, Josh Peck, Zena Grey, Justin Berfield. Max Keeble’s Big Move is a lightweight, moderately amusing Home Alone clone from the Disney studios that holds some appeal for easily pleased younger audiences. Twelve year old Max Keeble (Alex D Linz, from… Continue Reading »
MAGNOLIA
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Stars: Jeremy Blackman, Tom Cruise, Melinda Dillon, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H Macy, Julianne Moore, John C Reilly, Jason Robards, Melora Walters, Henry Gibson, Michael Bowen, April Grace, Luiz Guzman, Ricky Jay, Orlando James, Alfred Molina, Michael Murphy, Felicity Huffman, Emmanuel L Johnson, Don… Continue Reading »
MCLIBEL
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Franny Armstrong. This fascinating documentary records the longest civil trial in England’s legal history – a David and Goliath like struggle between the multinational McDonalds corporation and two environmental activists who had made some damaging statements about the company. Dave Marsh and Helen Steel were members of an environmental… Continue Reading »
MR. BEAN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Mel Smith Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol, Pamela Reed, Harris Yulin, Burt Reynolds, John Mills, Richard Gant, Tricia Vessey, Andrew Lawrence, Tom McGowan, Sandra Oh Running Time: 98 minutes. Rowan Atkinson brings his famous creation, the hapless, disastrously accident prone Mr Bean, to the big screen in this hilarious and… Continue Reading »