THE CROW Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Rupert Sanders Stars: Bill Skarsgard, FKA Twigs, Danny Huston, Sami Bouajila, Laura Birn, Isabella Wei, Josette Simon. An ugly mix of gothic superhero movie, love story and revenge drama with supernatural undertones, this is a pointless, unnecessary, dark and gratuitously violent reboot of Alex Proyas’ 1994 film The Crow. That film was, unfortunately, most notable …
MARLOWE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Neil Jordan Stars: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Danny Huston, Jessica Lange, Ian Hart, Colm Meaney, Alan Cumming, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Francois Arnaud, Daniela Melchoir. Philip Marlowe is the tough talking cynical private detective first created by author Raymond Chandler in 1939 in the novel The Big Sleep. Marlowe has since featured in many novels and has been portrayed …
GAME NIGHT
Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein Stars: Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Billy Magnussen, Sharon Horgan, Lomorne Morris, Kylie Bunbury, Jesse Plemons, Danny Huston, Michael C Hall, Jeffery Wright. This enjoyable mix of action and comedy from the team behind films like Horrible Bosses is like David Fincher’s The …
WONDER WOMAN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Patty Jenkins Stars: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen, David Thewlis, Danny Huston, Elena Anaya, Lucy Davis, Said Taghmaoui, Ewan Bremner, Eugene Brave Rock, Lilly Aspell. Marvel Studios have created their own universe in which their stable of superheroes tend to pop up in each other’s films, and for a long while they have had the edge over DC comics …
THE CONSPIRATOR
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Robert Redford Stars: Robin Wright, Colm Meaney, Kevin Kline, James McAvoy, Tom Wilkinson, Danny Huston, Evan Rachel Wood, Justin Long. As a director Robert Redford seems to be drawn towards stories that explore his interest in politics, American history and miscarriages of justice. He has found the ideal material in the story of Mary Surratt (Robin Wright), a widow who …
THE AVIATOR
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Martin Scorsese Stars: Leonardo Di Caprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate beckinsale, John C Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda, Ian Holm, Danny Huston, Gwen Stefani, Jude Law, Brent Spiner, Edward Herrmann, Willem Dafoe, Matt Ross, Adam Scott, Kelli Garner, Rufus Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright. Most people who know anything about maverick multi-billionaire Howard Hughes remember the …