Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Alexander Payne Stars: Bruce Dern, June Squibb, Will Forte, Stacy Keach, Tim Driscoll, Kevin Ratray, Bob Odenkirk. On his bleak, uncompromising, sparse 1982 acoustic album Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen sung haunting and evocative tales of despair, of dreams turned sour and of financial ruin and the slow decline of the American… Continue Reading »
NORWEGIAN WOOD
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tran Anh Hung Stars: Kenichi Matsuyama, Kengo Kora, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara. Taking its title from the Beatles song of the same name, Norwegian Wood is a visually beautiful, elegiac and haunting tale of love, longing, loss of innocence, sexuality and madness from award winning French-Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung… Continue Reading »
NEVER LET ME GO
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Mark Romanek Stars: Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Isobel Meikle-Small, Charlie Rowe, Ella Purnell, Charlotte Rampling, Sally Hawkins. At first glance the rustic Hailsham seems like a typically privileged English boarding school, where orphaned students are raised by strict teachers and prepared for their future. But as we quickly… Continue Reading »
NO STRINGS ATTACHED
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ivan Reitman Stars: Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Greta Gerwig, Lake Bell, Kevin Kline, Cary Elwes. Rob Reiner’s classic romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally explored the question of whether two people could remain best friends without sex getting in the way of their relationship. It still remains one of the… Continue Reading »
NORWEGIAN WOOD
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tran Anh Hung Stars: Kenichi Matsuyama, Kengo Kora, Rinko Kikuchi, Tetsuji Tamayama, Kiko Mizuhara. Taking its title from the classic Beatles song of the same name, Norwegian Wood is a visually beautiful, elegiac and haunting tale of love, longing, loss of innocence, guilt, sexuality and obsession from award winning French-Vietnamese… Continue Reading »
NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Joel Gallen Stars: Chris Evans, Chyler Leigh, Molly Ringwald, Paul Gleason, Ed Lauter, Mr T. Movie genre spoofs are generally hit and miss affairs (Scary Movie, Fatal Instinct, etc), and Not Another Teen Movie is no different. A scatter gun send up of the cliches and plot mechanics of the… Continue Reading »