Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Clint Eastwood Stars: Clint Eastwood, Eduardo Minett, Natalia Traven, Fernanda Urrejola, Dwight Yoakam, Horacio Garcia Rojas, Marco Rodriguez. At 91 years of age Clint Eastwood climbs back into the saddle for this elegiac and reflective contemporary western. He plays Mike Milo, a washed-up former rodeo rider with a broken back… Continue Reading »
THE 15:17 TO PARIS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Clint Eastwood Stars: Spencer Stone, Alex Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler, Judy Greer, Thomas Lennon, Jenna Fischer, William Jennings, Bryce Gheisar, Paul-Mikel Williams. In August 2015 a heavily armed terrorist named Ayoub El-Khazzani boarded the titular express train from Amsterdam to Paris with the intent of opening fire on the passengers. He… Continue Reading »
SULLY
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Clint Eastwood Stars: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Mike O’Malley, Jamey Sheridan, Anna Gunn, Chrise Bauer, Michael Rapaport. On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 took off from New York’s Laguardia Airport. A few minutes after takeoff the plane was struck by a flock of geese, which disabled… Continue Reading »
AMERICAN SNIPER
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Clint Eastwood Stars: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner, Keir O’Donnell, Jake McDorman, Luke Grimes, Sammy Sheik, Navid Negahban, Eric Close, Owain Yeoman. In the late 70s and 80s, many filmmakers took an opportunity to revisit America’s involvement in Vietnam and used their fresh perspective to criticise the country’s… Continue Reading »
JERSEY BOYS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Clint Eastwood Stars: Johnny Lloyd Young, Vincent Piazza, Erich Bergen, Michael Lomenda, Christopher Walken, Mike Doyle, Joey Russell, Steve Schrippa, Donnie Kehr, Barry Livingston, Freya Tingley, Renee Marino. “I’m gonna be as big as Sinatra,” a young Frank Valli boasts to Mary, who becomes his first wife. And he did… Continue Reading »
J EDGAR
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Clint Eastwood Stars: Leonardo Di Caprio, Armie Hammer, Judi Dench, Naomi Watts, Ken Howard, Jeffrey Donovan. For nearly fifty years, J Edgar Hoover was the most powerful man in American law enforcement. Not only did he establish the FBI and its well respected forensics laboratories and impressive data bases, but… Continue Reading »
