THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES Reviewed by GREG KING. Director: Francis Lawrence Stars: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Fionnula Flanagan, Burn Gorman, Ashley Liao, Max Raphael, Josh Andreas Rivera, Mackenzie Lansing, Jason Schwartzman, Athena Strates, Nick Benson, Ayomide Adegun, Luna Steeples. It has been eight years… Continue Reading »
FOE
Foe Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Garth Davis Stars: Paul Mescal, Saoirse Ronan, Aaron Pierre. This slow burn and clunky psychological sci-fi drama is based on the 2018 novel written by Canadian author Iain Reid. Foe is set in a dystopian future world of 2065 when climate change has wreaked havoc on the environment and… Continue Reading »
TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Steven Caple jr Stars: Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Dean Scott Vasquez, voices of Peter Cullen, Peter Davidson, Michelle Yeoh, Peter Dinklage, Colman Domingo, John Di Maggio. Toy company Hasbro created their line of giant shape changing robots known as Transformers way back in 1984. Then came the animated television series… Continue Reading »
THE FLASH
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Andy Muschietti Stars: Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, Ron Livingston, Maribel Verdu, Ben Affleck, Jeremy Irons, Gal Gadot, Temuera Morrison, Kiersey Clemons. Once more into the multiverse we go. For a while the Marvel superhero movies have been exploring the fertile possibilities of the multiverse, which is… Continue Reading »
INFINITY POOL
Infinity Pool Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Brandon Cronenberg Stars: Alexander Skarsgard, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman, Jalil Laspert, Thomas Kretschman. The third film from auteur Brandon Cronenberg (son of legendary Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg) is a hybrid mix of sci-fi, horror and trenchant social commentary on class, wealth, privilege, artistic conceits, power, western decadence, guilt… Continue Reading »
LINOLEUM
LINOLEUM Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Colin West Stars: Jim Gaffigan, Rhea Seehorn, Katelyn Nacron, Gabriel Rush, Roger Hendricks Simon, Tony Shalhoub, Michael Ian Black, Elisabeth Henry, Amy Hargreaves. The latest feature for writer/director Colin West, the low budget Linoleum is a mind-bending, quirky and almost incomprehensible mix of sci-fi, absurdist comedy and dysfunctional family… Continue Reading »
