Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Alex Garland Stars: Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu, Gayle Rankin. Men is the third feature film from Alex Garland, best known for Ex-Machina and for writing the novel The Beach, which was the source of the Danny Boyle film starring Leonardo Di Caprio. This is a creepy and unsettling… Continue Reading »
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Joseph Kosinski Stars: Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Glen Powell, Monica Barabaro, Jon Hamm, Ed Harris, Val Kilmer, Charles Parnell, Lewis Pullman, Jay Ellis, Manny Jacinto, Bashir Salahuddin, Danny Ramirez. It’s been 36 years since Top Gun burst onto our screens full of gung-ho energy and testosterone, and with… Continue Reading »
MOTHERING SUNDAY
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Eva Husson Stars: Odessa Young, Colin Firth, Olivia Colman, Josh O’Connor, Emma D’Arcy, Glenda Jackson, Sope Dirisu, Patsy Ferran. This period drama about doomed love is sort of like an edgier variation on Upstairs Downstairs. The film is set mainly in the spring of 1924. The central character is Jane… Continue Reading »
MAN OF GOD
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Yelena Popovic Stars: Aris Servetalis, Alexander Petrov. Faith based films rarely connect with a broader audience, and Man Of God is no exception. Not to be confused with the 2022 Nigerian film of the same name, this low key but deeply religious film from 2021 is a biopic of Saint… Continue Reading »
MAIGRET
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Patrice Leconte Stars: Gerard Depardieu, Jade Labeste, Pierre Moure, Aurore Clement, Clara Antoons, Melanie Bernier. In the pantheon of fictional detectives, Chief Inspector Jules Maigret sits alongside Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes. Created by prolific French author Georges Simenon, Maigret has been the chief protagonist in some 78 novels and… Continue Reading »
MORBIUS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Daniel Espinosa Stars: Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Jared Harris, Adria Arjona, Charlie Shotwell, Tyrese Gibson, Al Madrigal, Joseph Esson. The latest in the lineup of superhero stories brings us yet another dark and brooding origin story of a lesser known hero from the Marvel stable. Like Venom, Morbius is part… Continue Reading »