The Best Movie Reviews
by GREG KING Strange Creatures is a road movie in which two estranged brothers – Nathan and Jed – embark on a journey to spread their late mother’s ashes on the country property where they grew up. Along the way they come to explore their differences and find some common ground. The film is the debut feature for writer/director Henry Boffin (the tv series Metrosexual, etc). It is screening at the Melbourne …
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SATURDAY NIGHT Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jason Reitman Stars: Gabriel La Belle, Cory Michael Smith, Matt Wood, Dylan O'Brien, Willem Dafoe, J K Simmons, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman, Rachel Sennott, Ella Hunt, Emily Fairn, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Ellen Boscov, Tommy Dewey, Catherine Curtin, Andrew Barth Feldman, Nicholas Podany, Robert Wuhl, Jon Batiste, Brian Welch, Paul Rust, …
SUPERMAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Directors: Ian Bonhote & Peter Ehedgui This superb and moving documentary about actor Christopher Reeve, best known for playing Superman in the 1970s series of films, doesn’t follow the usual template for documentaries exploring the career of famous actors. Rather than an in depth dive into his film career and body of work, the …
BATMAN IN CONCERT – interview with Sarah-Grace Williams by GREG KING To celebrate 85 years of the superhero Batman there are special screenings of Tim Burton’s 1989 movie that starred Michael Keaton in the title role and Jack Nicholson as the Joker, which will be accompanied by a live orchestral score. The orchestra is conducted by Sarah-Grace Williams who joined us on the program this morning to …
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SPEAK NO EVIL Reviewed by GREG KING Director: James Watkins Stars: James McAvoy, Scoot McNairy, Mackenzie Davis, Aisling Franciosi, Alix West Lefler, Dan Hough, Kris Hitchen, Motaz Malhees, Jakob Hojlev Jorgensen. Speak No Evil serves up an interesting twist on the home invasion thriller. This creepy psychological thriller is a remake of a little seen sinister 2022 Danish horror film that briefly screened …
STING Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Kiah Roache-Turner Stars: Ayla Browne, Ryan Corr, Penelope Mitchell, Noni Hazlehurst, Robyn Nevin, Jermaine Fowler, Danny Kim, Sylvia Colloca, Lee Perry. Anyone afraid of snakes and creepy crawlies should probably look away now. In the vein of Arachnophobia and Eight Legged Freaks and their ilk comes yet another horror film featuring a nasty, lethal and alien spider …
THE POOL Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Ian Darling. Located on the edge of the famous Bondi Beach in Sydney, the Bondi Icebergs pool was established in 1929 and is steeped in history. It is estimated that …
GLADIATOR II Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ridley Scott Stars: Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Denzel Washington, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Tim McInnerny, Derek Jacobi, Rory McCann, Matt Lucas, Yuval Gonen, Peter …
TERRIFIER 3 Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Damien Leone Stars: Lauren La Vera, David Howard Thornton, Antonella Rose, Samantha Scaffidi, Elliott Fullam, Mason Mecartea, Alexa Blair Robertson, Margaret Anne Florence, Bryce Johnson, …
