THE GREAT ARCH Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Stephane DemoustierStars: Claes Bang, Sidise Babett Knudsen, Xavier Dolan, Swann Arlaud, Michel Fau, Pierre-Francois Grunenwald, Alessandro Bressanello, Thomas Garcia.There have been a few films about the trials of an obsessive architect who refuses to compromise his ideals or vision even though his attitude leads to trouble. In 1949 we had The Fountainhead, …
THE WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Padraic McKinleyStars: Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe, Lucas Lynggaad Tonneson, Austin Amelio, Avi Nash, Julia Jones, George Burgess, Alex Newman, Sam Hazeldine, Avy Berry.This tense drama is set in Oregon in 1933, at the height of the Great Depression.Samuel Murphy (Ethan Hawke) is a down on his luck single father, a former soldier and mechanic who is …
THE BIRTHDAY TRIP
THE BIRTHDAY TRIP Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: James Robert WoodsStars: Ben Gerrard, Luke Jacobz, David Quirk, Annalise Hall, Nicola Frew, Josephine Starte, Robert Preston, Sapphire Blossom.Fifteen years after graduating from their elite private school three former female friends head off for a retreat at a corporate owned farm stay in the picturesque southern highlands of New South Wales. They are …
THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN
THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Olivier AssayasStars: Paul Dano, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander, Jeffrey Wright, Tom Sturridge, Will Keen.Based on the 2022 novel written by Giuliana du Empoli, The Wizard Of The Kremlin is a geopolitical drama that offered a mix of fact and fiction as it recounted the rise to power of Vladimir Putin, the former KGB spy who became the powerful ruler of …
THE ODYSSEY
THE ODYSSEY Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Christopher NolanStars: Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland, John Leguizamo, Charlize Theron, Lupita Nyong'o, Jon Bernthal, Samantha Morton, Zendaya, Himesh Patel, Elliot Page, Benny Safdie, Bill Irwin, Corey Hawkins, Iddo Goldberg, Ryan Hurst, Mia Goth, Logan Marshall-Green, Will Yun Lee, Jimmy Gonzales, Andrew Howard, Jovan Adepo, Jesse …
THE INVITE
THE INVITE Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Olivia WildeStars: Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Edward Norton, Penelope Cruz.This biting, incisive, and well written comedy about marital discord and an awkward dinner party comes across as something of a cross between The War Of The Roses and Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, without the viciousness. The film opens with a quote from noted wit Oscar Wilde – “One …
