Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Bruce Beresford Stars: Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Greenwood, Annabeth Gish, Roma Maffia, Davenia McFadden, Daniel Lapaine, Benjamin Weir. This exciting suspense thriller is probably the most formulaic of ex-patriate director Bruce Beresford’s mainstream Hollywood films yet (Silent Fall, Last Dance, etc). Yet he proves himself more than capable… Read More »
CHILL FACTOR
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Hugh Johnson Stars: Skeet Ulrich, Cuba Gooding jr, Peter Firth, David Paymer, Hugh Daniel Kelly. A contemporary variation of the classic Wages Of Fear, with plenty of chases and mindless action thrown in for good measure. In 1987 scientist Raymond Long (David Paymer) developed a new chemical weapon for the… Read More »
THREE KINGS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: David O Russell Stars: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Nora Dunn, Jamie kennedy, Mykelti Williamson, Said Taghmaoui, Cliff Curtis, Liz Stauber, Holt McCallany. In the 1970 war film Kelly’s Heroes, Clint Eastwood led a ragtag bunch of soldiers who looted Nazi gold as they made their way… Read More »
STRANGE FITS OF PASSION – interview with Elise McCreadie
by GREG KING. The new Australian romantic comedy Strange Fits Of Passion screened at Cannes last year where it was particularly well received, and the film has garnered positive reviews wherever it has screened. Which is all good news for the film’s writer and director, actress turned filmmaker Elise McCreadie, who spoke passionately about her… Read More »
AMERICAN BEAUTY
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Sam Mendes Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Chris Cooper, Mena Suvari, Wes Bentley, Allison Janney, Peter Gallagher, Scott Bakula,Sam Robards. Yet another biting satire that savagely deconstructs the notion of wholesome family values in the heartland of American suburbia. As an exploration of dysfunctional families, the erosion of… Read More »
AMONG GIANTS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Sam Miller Stars: Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Griffiths, James Thornton, Lennie James, Andy Serkis, Rob Jarvis, Alan Williams, Sharon Bower, Steve Huison. Simon Beaufoy, writer of The Full Monty, knows the depressing working class areas of northern England quite well, and he returns to this familiar background for the setting of… Read More »