Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Greg Mclean Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Alex Russell, Thomas Kretschmann, Joel Jackson. The opening night film for MIFF 2017 was the generic survival thriller Jungle, directed by Greg McLean, who is best known for his outback horror thriller Wolf Creek. Jungle is based on the true story of Israeli adventurer Yossi Ghinsberg's ordeal when he became lost in the …
JUNGLE – interview with Greg McLean
by GREG KING Jungle is a story of survival, based on Yossi Ghinsberg's experiences of being lost in the Amazon jungle for two weeks. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe, and is directed by Greg McLean, who is best known for his horror films like Wolf Creek. Jungle was the opening night film at the 2017 Melbourne International Film Festival, and hits cinemas in November. Greg caught up with …
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2017 – REVIEWS
ALL FILMS REVIEWED BY GREG KING LAST UPDATED AUGUST 13, 2017 FINAL PORTRAIT. In 1964, renowned portrait artist and sculptor Albert Giacometti passed away soon after completing his final painting. He had painted a portrait of American journalist James Lord, who had come to Paris for a brief visit. The portrait was only supposed to take a couple of days, but the increasingly frustrated Lord spent a couple …
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SWISS ARMY MAN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Daniels Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Paul Dano, Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Weekend At Bernie's meets Castaway? In a cinema landscape shaped by an endless array of sequels, remakes and special effects driven comic book adaptations and superhero movies it is refreshing to come across something a little different, a little left of centre. Hank (Paul Dano, from There Will Be Blood, …
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: David Yates Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Bill Nighy, Timothy Spall, Jason Isaacs, Rhys Ifans, John Hurt, Helen McCrory, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon, Peter Mullan . “These are dark times,” remarks a character in this seventh installment of the lucrative Harry Potter franchise. Indeed, it’s time for Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his …
