Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Seth MacFarlane Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Giovanni Ribisi, Amanda Seyfried, Neil Patrick Harris, Liam Neeson, Sarah Silverman, Christopher Hagen, Wes Studi, Matt Clark, Rex Linn, Alex Burstein, Dennis Haskins, Christopher Lloyd, Gilbert Gottfried, Ewan McGregor, Ryan Reynolds, John Michael Higgins. There may well be a million different ways to… Continue Reading »
PROMETHEUS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ridley Scott Stars: Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Noomi Rapace, Rafe Spall, Sean Harris, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green. In 1979, Alien indelibly stamped itself on the consciousness of filmgoers with its memorable sequence of the alien creature bursting forth from John Hurt’s stomach before running amok on a space… Continue Reading »
YOUNG ADULT
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jason Reitman Stars: Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Patton Oswalt. Young Adult is a dark, bleak and uncomfortable comedy written by Oscar winner Diablo Cody (Juno, etc), who manages to create believable, flesh and blood but deeply flawed characters. The film re-unites her with Juno director Jason Reitman (Thank You For… Continue Reading »
THE CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Woody Allen Stars: Woody Allen, Helen Hunt, David Ogden Stiers, Dan Aykroyd, Charlize Theron There was a time when Woody Allen was capable of writing very funny screwball comedies that placed his neurotic alter ego in strange situations. But over the past decade his films have become more introspective and… Continue Reading »
MEN OF HONOUR
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: George Tillman Stars: Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding jr, Charlize Theron This true story of racism and military heroism ultimately fails to satisfy. In the 1940’s, Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding jr), a poor sharecropper’s son, was determined to become the first Afro-American diver in the Navy. Not only did… Continue Reading »
THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Robert Redford Stars: Matt Damon, Will Smith, Charlize Theron It was Mark Twain who once said that golf was a good walk spoiled by having to hit a little white ball. Cinematically, golf is hardly an exciting sport, although occasionally it has worked, especially in films like Happy Gilmore, and… Continue Reading »