Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Paul Davids Documentary Running Time:80 minutes.The Moody Blues were rather prescient with their lyric "Timothy Leary's dead", from the song Legend Of A Mind.Timothy Leary was the counter culture hero, who in the heady '60's, urged a generation to "turn on, tune in and drop out." Through this fascinating but unconventional documentary director Paul Davids (co-writer of …
THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Renny Harlin Stars: Geena Davis, Samuel L Jackson, Patrick Malahide, Craig Bierko, Brian Cox, David Morse, G D Spradlin, Tom Amandes, Yvonne Zima, Melina Kanakaredes, Alan North Running Time: 120 minutes.Despite his reputation as a classy director of brutal, slickly produced action thrillers that mix generous dollops of violence with cutting edge special effects, Renny …
THE FIFTH ELEMENT
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Luc Besson Stars: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker, Luke Perry, Brion James, Tommy "Tiny" Lister jr, Lee Evans, Tricky, Charlie Creed Miles, John Neville, John Bluthal, Matthieu Kassovitz Running Time: 127 minutes.This impressive, big budget action packed futuristic fantasy from French director Luc Besson (La Femme Nikita and The …
DONNIE BRASCO
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Mike Newell Stars: Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, Anne Heche, James Russo Running time: 126 minutes.Proving once again that truth is often stranger than fiction, Donnie Brasco tells the story of an idealistic young FBI agent who spent three years undercover with the mob in order to gain evidence on their activities. In 1978, FBI agent Joe Pistone …
BLACK ROCK
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Stephen Vidler Stars: Laurence Bruels, Linda Cropper, Simon Lyndon, Jessica Napier, Rebecca Smart, Chris Haywood, Essie Davis, Justine Clark, Jeannette Cronin, David Field Running Time: 90 minutesAdapted from the stage play by Nick Enright (Lorenzo's Oil, etc), Black Rock is a punchy, powerful and hard hitting Australian drama examining the devastating impact a brutal rape and …
SLING BLADE
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Billy Bob Thornton Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, J T Walsh, Robert Duvall, James Hampton, Rick Dial, Jim Jarmusch, Christy Ward Running Time: 135 minutes.Actor/writer Billy Bob Thornton's screenplays for the tense and violent thriller One False Move and the wonderful but largely ignored drama A Family Thing …
