WE LIVE IN TIME Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: John CrowleyStars: Florence Pugh, Andrew Garfield, Lee Braithwaite, Adam James, Grace Delaney.This unashamed and somewhat old-fashioned weepy is a Love Story for the new millennium. The soft-spoken Tobias Durand (Andrew Garfield) works for a breakfast cereal company. The brash and confident Almut Bruhl is a chef. They meet under unusual …
BREATHE
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Andy SerkisStars: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Hugh Bonneville, Tom Hollander, Diana Rigg, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Amit Shah, Jonathan Hyde, David Wilmot, Stephen Mangan, Dean-Charles Chapman.The opening night film at the recent British Film Festival at Palace Cinemas, Breathe is an unashamedly old-fashioned tear jerker that will appeal to the same demographic that loved films …
SILENCE
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Martin ScorseseStars: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Ciaran Hinds, Issei Ogata, Yosuke Kubozuka, Tadanobu Asano, Yoshi Oida.The Passion Of Scorsese?Religion and questions of faith, belief, sin, redemption and the human condition have been consistent themes in the films of Oscar winning director Martin Scorsese, particularly in his The Last Temptation Of …
HACKSAW RIDGE
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Mel GibsonStars: Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Hugo Weaving, Teresa Palmer, Rachel Griffiths, Sam Worthington, Richard Roxburgh, Firani Dirass, Ben Mingay, Nathaniel Buzolic, Luke Bracey, Darcy Bryce, Milo Gibson, Robert Morgan, Phillip Quast, Ryan Corr.For a long time now Mel Gibson's career has been tarnished by the media spotlight focusing on his off screen dramas …
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2015 – reviews
ALL REVIEWS BY GREG KINGLAST UPDATED AUGUST 16, 2015check back daily during the festival for updates LISTEN TO ME MARLON.Film buffs will certainly appreciate this revealing and fascinating documentary in which we learn about the reclusive Hollywood star Marlon Brando, who died in 2004. In the 50s, the young Brando blazed a trail across the Broadway stages in plays like A Streetcar Named Desire, …
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NEVER LET ME GO
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Mark RomanekStars: Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Isobel Meikle-Small, Charlie Rowe, Ella Purnell, Charlotte Rampling, Sally Hawkins.At first glance the rustic Hailsham seems like a typically privileged English boarding school, where orphaned students are raised by strict teachers and prepared for their future. But as we quickly learn, Hailsham has a …
