Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Steve McQueen Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Lupita Nyong’o, Michael Fassbender, Alfre Woodard, Scoot McNairy, Michael K Williams, Brad Pitt. The brutal realities of slavery are brought to life in harrowing fashion in this confronting film from British director Steve McQueen. This is the third feature… Continue Reading »
THE TREE OF LIFE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Terrence Malick Stars: Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Brad Pitt, Hunter McCracken. Maverick director Terrence Malick is not exactly a prolific filmmaker, and this is only his fifth film in a thirty-year career. Malick is best known for films like Badlands and Days Of Heaven, which are memorable for their striking… Continue Reading »
SPY GAME
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tony Scott Stars: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane, Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Robert Redford returns to the CIA for the first time since the gripping ’70’s thriller Three Days Of The Condor. However, the engaging and clever Spy Game replaces the paranoid overtones with the more cynical and mercenary… Continue Reading »
SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud Stars:Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, B D Wong, Mako, Danny Denzongpa, Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchik, Lhakpa Tsamchoe, Jetsun Pema, Victor Wong Running Time:136 minutes. The film begins in 1939, when Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt) set out on an expedition to climb Nanga Parbat, an inaccessible peak in the… Continue Reading »