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 …
ANYONE BUT YOU
ANYONE BUT YOU reviewed by GREG KING Director: Will Gluck Stars: Sydney Sweeney, Glenn Powell, Rachel Griffiths, Bryan Brown, Dermot Mulroney, Michell Hurd, Hadley Robinson, Alexandra Shipp, Joe Davidson, Darren Barnett, Charlee Fraser. Formulaic and predictable romcom both set in and shot around Sydney, Anyone But You taps into the familiar tropes of the genre without adding anything particularly fresh or …
OF AN AGE
Of An Age Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Goran Stolevski Stars: Elias Anton, Thom Green, Hattie Hook. The opening night film of the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2022 was Of An Age, a queer themed drama and coming of age tale that seems to draw inspiration from the likes of Richard Linklater’s Before Sunset and the classic Brief Encounter. The film is set in 1999 and centres …
THE HONEYMOON
The Honeymoon Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Dean Craig Stars: Pico Alexander, Maria Bakalova, Asim Chaudhry, Lucas Bravo, Mario Valeria Montesano, Michaele Enrico Montesano, Sergio Valasta, Roberto Alinghiere. This cringeworthy and unfunny comedy is an Italian/British co-production and is has received some of the worst reviews of the year. Adam (Pico Alexander, from Red Dead Redemption II, etc) …
WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
What's Love Got To Do With It? Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Shakur Kapur Stars: Lily James, Shazad Latif, Emma Thompson, Sajal Ali, Asim Chaudhry, Shabana Azmi, Jeff Mizra, Pakiza Baig, Ben Asheden, Alexander Owen, Oliver Chris. Not to be confused with the 1993 film of the same name which depicted the volatile and tumultuous relationship between Tina Turner and her abusive Svengali-like husband Ike, …
BONES AND ALL
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Luca Guadagnino Stars: Taylor Russell, Timothee Chalamet, Mark Rylance, Andre Holland, Chloe Sevigny, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Gordon Green. Bones And All reunites director Luca Guadagnino with his Call Me By Your Name star Timothee Chalamet, but this is a romance of a very different and unique kind. Based on the 2016 YA novel written by Camille De Angelis and set in the …
