BOOKWORM – interview with ANT TIMPSON By GREG KING In this family friendly drama from New Zealand filmmaker Ant Timpson, an 11-year-old girl named Mildred finds her world turned upside down when her estranged father, the washed-up magician Strawn Wise, comes to look after her while her mother is in hospital. He reluctantly agrees to take her camping to find a mythological beast known as the Canterbury …
IRIS AND THE MEN
IRIS AND THE MEN Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Caroline Vignal Stars: Laure Calamy, Vincent Elbaz, Suzanne De Baecque. Charming little French romcom that deals with some troubling themes albeit in a light fashion. Iris (played by Laure Calamy) is fifty and runs a successful dental practice in Paris but she seems to be experiencing a mid-life crisis. When the film opens Iris confesses her …
ALIEN ROMULUS
ALIEN ROMULUS Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Fede Alvarez Stars: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Aileen Wu, Isabele Merced, Spike Fearn, Ian Holm. Alien Romulus is the seventh film in the Alien franchise that began way back in 1979 with Ridley Scott’s superb fusion of sci-fi and horror. It is a legacy sequel that pays lip service to the original films. The film is set in the year …
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 – REVIEWS
ALL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 REVIEWS WRITTEN BY GREG KING CUCKOO. A German/US co-production, this offbeat and strange drama is the sophomore feature for German born filmmaker Tilman Singer and follows his striking 2018 debut Luz. The film is vaguely disorienting. We meet Gretchen (played by Hunter Schafer, from the tv series Euphoria, etc), a surly 17-year-old American who reluctantly heads off to the Bavarian …
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BORDERLANDS
BORDERLANDS Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Eli Roth Stars: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Edgar Ramirez, Ariana Greenblatt, Jack Black, Florian Munteau, Gina Gershon, Hayley Bennett, Janina Gavankar. Cinematic adaptations of video games have, for the most part, disappointed both gamers and movie goers and the cinematic landscape is littered with failed adaptations. Based on the …
TRAP
TRAP Reviewed by GREG KING Director: M Night Shyamalan Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Hayley Mills, Jonathan Langdon, Saleka Shyamalan, Alison Pill, Kid Cudi, M Night Shyamalan, Marc Bacolol, Marnie McPhail. Trap is the latest film from M Night Shyamalan, and like so much of his oeuvre it is driven by an intriguing premise. But as with so many of his previous films it begins to lose momentum and …
