THE RULE OF JENNY PEN Reviewed by GREG KING Director: James Ashcroft Stars: John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush, George Henare, Ginette McDonald, Ian Mune, Thomas Sainbury, Maaka Pohatu, Hilary Norris. This bizarre, offbeat and slightly bonkers low budget psychological horror drama from New Zealand is largely set within the confines of the Royal Pine Mews nursing home. Arrogant judge Stefan Mortensen …
THE ALTO KNIGHTS
THE ALTO KNIGHTS Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Barry Levinson Stars: Robert De Niro, Debra Messing, Cosmo Jarvis, Kathrine Narducci, Michael Rispoli, Wallace Langham. The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Goodfellas, Once Upon A Time In America, Casino are amongst the great epic gangster movies from Hollywood in the past fifty years. While The Alto Knights follows in their footsteps it somehow falls …
THE RETURN
THE RETURN Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Uberto Pasolini Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Charlie Plummer, Marwan Kenzari, Angela Molina, Claudio Santamaria, Tom Rhys Harries, Amir Wilson, Ayman Al Aboud, Francesco Bianchi, Nicolas Retrivi, Bruno Cassandra, Cosimo Desii. Uberto Pasolini’s The Return takes one of the final chapters in Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey and gives it a fresh perspective. …
SNOW WHITE
SNOW WHITE Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Marc Webb Stars: Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot, Andrew Burnap, Ansu Kabia, Emilia Faucher, Hadley Fraser, voices of Andrew Barth Feldman, Tituss Burgess, Martin Klebba, Jason Kravitz, George Salazar, Jeremy Swift, Andy Grotelueschen, Patrick Page. Disney continues to plunder its extensive back catalogue of animated classics for live action remakes, hoping to …
BOB TREVINO LIKES IT
BOB TREVINO LIKES IT Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tracie Laymon Stars: Barbie Ferreira, John Leguizamo, French Stewart, Lauren "Lolo" Spencer, Rachel Bay Jones, Ted Welch, Ashlyn Moore, Tristan Thompson. This unashamed tearjerker is the sophomore feature for writer/director Tracie Laymon (2011’s Girls! Girls! Girls!, etc). Lily Trevino (Barbie Ferreira, from Nope, etc) suffers from bouts …
FLOW
FLOW Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Gints Zilbalodis. A cat’s home is devastated by a giant flood, and as the waters rise it finds refuge on a boat populated by a number of other animals. The cat shares the boat with a dog, a capybara, a scavenging ring-tailed lemur and a majestic white crane. As the boat moves across unfamiliar landscapes there are signs of a lost civilization. The …
