by GREG KING The French Film Festival screens at Palace Cinemas around Australia from March 3, and serves up some of the best contemporary cinema from France. The opening night film is the big budget lavish production Lost Illusions, adapted from the 185-year-old Balzac novel and featuring a star-studded cast. Closing the festival is the… Continue Reading »
MARRY ME
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Kat Coiro Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, Chloe Coleman, Sarah Silverman, John Bradley, Jimmy Fallon, Michelle Buteau, Khalil Middleton. I went into this one with low expectations thinking Marry Me was going to be yet another bland and formulaic romcom. But despite its rather unbelievable premise this feel-good romantic comedy… Continue Reading »
MOONFALL
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Roland Emmerich Stars: Patrick Wilson. Halle Barry, John Bradley, Charlie Plummer, Michael Pena, Eme Ikwaukor, Caroline Bartczak, Zayne Maloney, Donald Sutherland, Stephen Bogaert, Kathleen Fee. Very little makes sense in this gleefully silly and nonsensical blockbuster from Roland Emmerich. Moonfall is a derivative sci-fi film that borrows from other films… Continue Reading »
THE MULE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Clint Eastwood Stars: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Michael Pena, Dianne Wiest, Alison Eastwood, Taissa Farmiga, Laurence Fishburne, Andy Garcia, Manny Montana, Clifton Collins jr, Ignacio Serricchio, Robert LaSardo, Loren Dean. Not to be confused with the 2014 Australian comedy of the same name that starred Angus Sampson and Hugo Weaving,… Continue Reading »
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Josie Rourke Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Guy Pearce, David Tennant, Ian Hart, Joe Alwyn, Simon Russell Beale, Jack Lowden, Ismael Cruz Cordova. The tale of the rivalry between Scottish queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth I, has been told on screen many times before, most notably in the lavish but… Continue Reading »
MARY POPPINS RETURNS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Rob Marshall Stars: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Colin Firth, Meryle Streep, Julie Walters, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson, Angela Lansbury, Dick Van Dyke, Jeremy Swift, Kobna Holbrook-Smith, David Warner, Jim Norton, voices of Chris O’Dowd, Mark Addy. It’s been fifty years since Disney released their… Continue Reading »