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 …
BUCKLEY’S CHANCE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tim Brown Stars: Bill Nighy, Victoria Hill, Milan Burch, Kelton Pell, Martin Sacks, Ben Wood, Anthony Gooley, Julia Billington. A genial but slightly old fashioned feelgood family centric drama that paints a rather cliched picture of Australia’s outback and its characters. Following the death of his beloved father New York teen Ridley (Milan Burch) and his mother Gloria …
SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Carl Hunter Stars: Bill Nighy, Sam Riley, Alice Lowe, Louis Healy, Jenny Agutter, Tim McInnerny, Alexei Sayle. The marvelous Bill Nighy is at his droll, aloof and deadpan best in this quirky, subtly observed character driven comedy/drama. Nighy plays Alan, a Scrabble-obsessed tailor who has been trying to find his oldest son Michael, who stormed out of the family home …
THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: John Madden Stars: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Dev Patel, Bill Nighy, Richard Gere, Ronald Pickup, Penelope Wilton, Celia Imrie, Tamsin Greig, Tena Desae, Lillet Dubey, David Strathairn, Diana Hardcastle, Shazad Latif. Is this the most ironically apt film title of the year? The original and life affirming Best Exotic Marigold Hotel was one of the surprise hits of 2012, so …
PRIDE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Matthew Warchus Stars: Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine, Andrew Scott, Ben Schnetzer, George MacKay, Joseph Gilgun, Faye Marsay, Freddie Fox, Lisa Palfrey, Jessica Gunning, Menna Trussler. Politics often makes for strange bedfellows, and so it is with this true story about two opposite communities drawn together by a common cause and a struggle against …
I, FRANKENSTEIN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stuart Beattie Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Aden Young, Miranda Otto, Yvonne Strahovski, Jai Courtney. Mary Shelley would probably be spinning in her grave if she could see what filmmaker Stuart Beattie and graphic novelist Kevin Grevioux have done to her most famous creation in this dreadful, special effects heavy fantasy. Beattie and Grevioux have reimagined Shelley's …
