Reviewed by GREG KING Director: George Lucas Stars: Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Samuel L Jackson, Ian McDiarmid, Hayden Christensen, Christopher Lee, Jack Thompson, Joel Edgerton, Rose Byrne, Susie Porter It seems as though George Lucas has at least listened to much of the criticism leveled at The Phantom Menace, his disappointing 1999 effort to revive… Read More »
THE TIME MACHINE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Simon Wells, Gore Verbinski (uncredited) Stars: Guy Pearce, Jeremy Irons, Orlando Jones, Samantha Mumba. Like the recent “re-imaginings” of classic films Planet Of The Apes and Get Carter, this updated version of The Time Machine is a completely unnecessary remake that adds little, and ultimately fails to improve on the… Read More »
VANILLA SKY
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Cameron Crowe Stars: Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Timothy Spall, Jason Lee, Kurt Russell, Tilda Swinton, Noah Taylor. A remake of the Spanish film Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes), Cameron Crowe’s Vanilla Sky is a bewildering, existential sci-fi thriller that will be mainly remembered as the film that… Read More »
THE 6TH DAY
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Roger Spottiswoode Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Rooker, Robert Duvall, Sarah Wynter, Michael Rapaport, Wendy Crewson, Rod Rowland, Terry Crews, Ken Pogue, Colin Cunningham, Taylor Anne-Reid. The first mainstream Hollywood film since The Boys From Brazil to tackle the controversial issue of cloning, The 6th Day is a spectacular… Read More »
TITAN A.E.
Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Don Bluth and Gary Goldman Stars: voices of Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Bill Pullman, Nathan Lane, John Leguizamo, Janeane Garofalo, Ron Perlman, Alex D Linz, Tone Loc, Jim Cummings. A few years ago, Fox studios established their own animation arm in an attempt to take on Disney’s traditional domination of… Read More »
RED PLANET
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Anthony Hoffman Stars: Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Carrie-Anne Moss, Benjamin Bratt, Simon Baker, Terence Stamp. Cinematically, science-fiction fans have not been well served during this first year of the brave new millennium. With a couple of exceptions, most of this year’s offerings (Supernova, Mission To Mars, etc) have been troubled… Read More »