Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jerrold Carmichael Stars: Jerrold Carmichael, Christopher Abbott, Tiffany Haddish, JB Smoove, Henry Winkler. Emmy award winning television writer, producer and stand-up comic Jerrold Carmichael makes his feature film directorial debut with this blackly comic buddy film about two best friends who make a suicide pact. Val (played by Carmichael) and Kevin (played by …
FIRST MAN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Damien Chazelle Stars: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Pablo Schreiber, Christopher Abbott, Ethan Embry, Patrick Fugit, Olivia Hamilton, Ciaran Hinds, Corey Stoll, Shea Whigham, Lukas Haas. Oscar winning filmmaker Damien Chazelle has quite a resume to his credit. He who gave us the superb drama Whiplash, which was my top film of 2014. He followed that …
IT COMES AT NIGHT
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Trey Edwardes Shults Stars: Joel Edgerton, Carme Ejogo, Kelvin Harrison jr, Christopher Abbott, Riley Keogh, Griffin Robert Faulkner. Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the woods comes this extremely low budget horror film from the US. It Comes At Night is not your traditional slasher/monster horror film but it is surprisingly effective and unsettling. It …
WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT
Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa Stars: Tina Fey, Martin Freeman, Margot Robbie, Christopher Abbott, Billy Bob Thornton, Alfred Molina, Nicholas Braun, Stephen Peacocke, Josh Charles, Thomas Kretschman. Based on the 2011 book The Taliban Shuffle, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot looks at journalists in a war zone in Afghanistan. War is a serious matter, but there have been many comedies that …
