SEND HELP Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Sam RaimiStars: Rachel McAdams, Dylan O'Brien, Edyll Ismail, Xavier Samuel, Dennis Haysbert, Chris Pang, Emma Raimi, Thaneth Warakulnukroh.If you tossed Castaway, Lord Of The Flies, Survivor: Battle Of The Sexes and the third act of Triangle Of Sadness into a blender, the result would be something like Send Help.A corporate jet crashes into the Pacific Ocean. …
EUROPA EUROPA FILM FESTIVAL 2026
EUROPA EUROPA FILM FESTIVAL 2026 – interview with SPIRO ECONOMOPOULOSby GREG KINGThe Europa Europa film festival screens in Australian cinema from February to March. This year the festival is also screening in New Zealand for the first time, and artistic director Spiro Econompoulos is excited by the expansion of the festival. He joined Greg on Movie At Dusk on 3WBC 94.1FM to unpack this year’ program. The …
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SENTIMENTAL VALUE Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Joachim TrierStars: Stellan Skarsgard, Renate Reinsve, Inge Ibbsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning, Oyvind Hesjedal Loven, Lena Endre, Jesper Christensen, Bjorn Alexander, Pia Borgli, Anders Danielsen Lie.From Danish-Norwegian director Joachim Trier (Worst Person In The World, etc) comes this quiet, restrained, sensitive, intimate and slow-moving drama which …
SONG SUNG BLUE
SONG SUNG BLUE Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Craig BrewerStars: Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson, Michael Imperioli, Fisher Stevens, Jim Belushi, King Princess, Ella Anderson, Hudson Hensley, Cecilia Riddett, Jayson Warner Smith, Mustafa Shakir.Song Sung Blue is a real emotional rollercoaster that moves from feel good to feel bad and back again, and it ends on a bittersweet note.Set in 1987, the film …
THE BEST FILMS OF 2025.
by GREG KINGA COMPLETE UNKNOWN is a compelling biopic that covers the early period of Dylan’s career, from his arrival in New York in 1961, as a nineteen-year-old, through to his controversial appearance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 when he played electric guitar accompanied by a backing band for the first time, which caused a furore amongst the traditional folk set. Timothee Chalamet (Wonka, etc) …
SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE
SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Jalmari HelanderStars: Jorma Tommila, Stephen Lang, Richard Brake.This is a sequel to 2022’s Finnish produced extremely violent WWII set action drama Sisu, which made my list of the top films of that year. Writer/director Jalmari Helander returns to handle this sequel, which delivers more of the same adrenaline rush, high body count and spectacular …
