THE WILD ROBOT Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Chris Sanders Stars: voices of Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Mark Hamill, Bill Nighy, Kit Connor, Catherine O'Hara, Matt Berry, Ving Rhames, Stephanie Hsu. School holidays are once again upon us, and there are plenty of options for some family friendly films to enjoy with Harold And The Purple Crayon, the Australian film Runt, and the animated origins story of …
THE CROW
THE CROW Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Rupert Sanders Stars: Bill Skarsgard, FKA Twigs, Danny Huston, Sami Bouajila, Laura Birn, Isabella Wei, Josette Simon. An ugly mix of gothic superhero movie, love story and revenge drama with supernatural undertones, this is a pointless, unnecessary, dark and gratuitously violent reboot of Alex Proyas’ 1994 film The Crow. That film was, unfortunately, most notable …
TRAP
TRAP Reviewed by GREG KING Director: M Night Shyamalan Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Hayley Mills, Jonathan Langdon, Saleka Shyamalan, Alison Pill, Kid Cudi, M Night Shyamalan, Marc Bacolol, Marnie McPhail. Trap is the latest film from M Night Shyamalan, and like so much of his oeuvre it is driven by an intriguing premise. But as with so many of his previous films it begins to lose momentum and …
TWISTERS
TWISTERS Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Lee Isaac Chung Stars: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Maura Tierney, David Corenswet, Harry Hadden-Patton, Sasha Lane, Katy O’Brian, Brandon Perea, Daryl McCormack, Kiernan Shipka, Nik Dodani, Tunde Adebimpe, James Paxton. In 1996 filmmaker Jan De Bont and writer Michael Crichton gave audiences a thrill ride with the blockbuster disaster film …
THE BIKERIDERS
THE BIKERIDERS Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jeff Nichols Stars: Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Norman Reedus, Toby Wallace, Damon Herriman, Boyd Holbrook. In the 60s and early 70s, the biker exploitation movie was a popular subgenre of its own. Many of them were produced by the independent American International Pictures. That period yielded dozens of biker films like Angels As …
THE PROMISED LAND
THE PROMISED LAND Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Nikolaj Arcel Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg, Kristine Kujath, Gustav Lindh, Melina Hagberg, Morten Hee Andersen. This true story, set in Denmark in the mid 1700s, reunites star Mads Mikkelsen with director Nikolaj Arcel (who directed him in 2012’s A Royal Affair). Impoverished former soldier Ludvig Kahlen (Mikkelsen) lives …
