Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Dexter Fletcher Stars: George MacKay, Kevin Guthrie, Freya Mavor, Antonia Thomas, Peter Mullan, Jane Horrocks, Jason Flemyng. Sunshine On Leith is the second film from Scottish actor turned director Dexter Fletcher (from the tv series Press Gang, etc), whose first film Wild Bill screened at MIFF in 2012. This feelgood… Continue Reading »
THE BABADOOK
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jennifer Kent Stars: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Hayley McElhinney, Benjamin Winspear, Tiffany Lyndall-Knight, Chloe Hurn. Greg King spoke to director Jennifer Kent and star Essie Davis for his Movies At Dusk program on 3WBC 94.1FM https://www.mediafire.com/listen/x575ragsjd4ujsd/190421_001.MP3 Be afraid, be very afraid! This effective low budget horror film from… Continue Reading »
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Bryan Singer Stars: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Peter Dinklage, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Nicholas Hoult, Ellen Page, Omar Sy, Evan Peters, Halle Berry, Marc Carmaro, Shawn Ashmore, Anna Paquin, Josh Helman, Daniel Cudmore, Fan Bingbing. Much like Star Trek: Generations brought together two franchises of the… Continue Reading »
MY SWEET PEPPER LAND
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Hiner Saleem Stars: Korkmaz Arslan, Golshifteh Farahani, Tarik Akreyi, Suat Usta, Mir Murad Bedirxan, Feyyaz Duman. Remember those old westerns in which a taciturn loner with a high moral sense of justice and right (something like the characters that Clint Eastwood, Jimmy Stewart or John Wayne would often play) would… Continue Reading »
CHILD’S POSE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Calin Peter Netzer Stars: Luminata Gheorgiou, Bogdan Dumitrache, Natasa Raab, Adrien Titieni. We don’t get an opportunity to see much cinema from Romania outside of film festivals here, and those few we do see (like 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days, etc) are often fairly grim and highly critical… Continue Reading »
THE ZERO THEOREM
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Terry Gilliam Stars: Christoph Waltz, David Thewlis, Melanie Thierry, Lucas Hedges, Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton, Ben Wishaw, Rupert Friend, Peter Stormare. Terry Gilliam is a former member of the Monty Python comedy troupe, but as a filmmaker he doesn’t seem to care much for commercial success or conventional stories. He… Continue Reading »