Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Anna Muylaert Stars: Regina Case, Michel Joelsas, Karine Teles, Camila Mardila, Lourenco Mutarelli. Like 2014’s Casa Grande and Sebastian Silva’s The Maid, this slow paced but involving domestic comedy/drama from writer/director Anna Muylaert (Durval Discos, etc) looks at the class system in modern Brazil. It also looks at themes of… Continue Reading »
TRASH
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stephen Daldry Stars: Martin Sheen, Rooney Mara, Selton Mello, Wagner Moura, Rickson Tevez, Gabriel Weinstein, Eduardo Luis. Set against the backdrop of the impoverished slums of Rio de Janeiro, where the street people and urchins daily scavenge through the local rubbish tip looking for detritus that will make their lives… Continue Reading »
REACHING FOR THE MOON
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Bruno Barreto Stars: Miranda Otto, Gloria Pires, Nancy Middendorf, Treat Williams, Marcello Airoldi, Lola Kirke. Elizabeth Bishop is a Pulitzer Prize winning author regarded as one of the four greatest female poets of all time, but she is a writer who I had never heard of before. Reaching For The… Continue Reading »
RIO 2
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Carlos Saldanha Stars voices of: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Andy Garcia, Leslie Mann, Miguel Ferrer, Jemaine Clement, Kristin Chenowith, Jake T Austin, Jamie Foxx, Pierce Gagnon, George Lopez, Bruno Mars, will.i.am, Sergio Mendes, Natalie Morales, Rita Moreno, Tracy Morgan, Rodrigo Santoro, Jim Conroy. This year there have been a number… Continue Reading »
