NOSFERATU Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Robert Eggers Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Bill Skarsgard, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Simon McBurney, Ralph Ineson, Willem Dafoe. This umpteenth retelling of the Dracula legend has been something of a passion project for idiosyncratic filmmaker Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse, etc) and is full of his usual signature touches and darker …
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 …
BARBARIAN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Zach Cregger Stars: Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgard, Justin Long, Matthew Patrick Davies, Richard Brake. It’s been a good year for horror fans with some excellent and very creepy films being released. And now here is one of the best, destined to become a classic of the genre. However, it’s best not to reveal too much about Barbarian so as not to spoil the surprises. …
IT
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Andy Muschietti Stars: Bill Skarsgard, Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Jack Dylan Grazer, Chosen Jacobs, Wyatt Oleff, Nicholas Hamilton, Stuart Hughes, Owen Teague, Jackson Robert Scott, Molly Atkinson, Stephen Bogaert. Based on the 1986 novel written by the prolific Stephen King, It is essentially a quintessential coming …
ATOMIC BLONDE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: David Leitch Stars: Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, Toby Jones, John Goodman, Eddie Marsan, James Faulkner, Til SChweiger, Barbara Sukowa, Sophia Boutella, Roland Moller, Bill Skarsgard, Martin Angerbauer. Berlin 1989. The Cold War is in its death throes, and the Berlin Wall, the symbol of the Cold War that has divided East and West for three decades, is about to be torn down. …
