Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Robert Connolly Stars: Sam Worthington, Ed Oxenbould, Deborah Mailman, David Wenham, Peter Rowsthorn, Nicholas Bakopoulos-Cooke, Ena Imai, Terry Norris. The idea of a film about a paper plane competition may not sound the most riveting prospect, but this gentle, family friendly locally made comedy/drama is actually a crowd pleaser that holds plenty of appeal. Paper Planes offers a …
300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Noam Murro Stars: Sullivan Stapleton, David Wenham, Eva Green, Rodrigo Santoro, Lena Headey, Jack O'Connell. Hollywood must have squandered all of its reserves of fake blood for this overly violent and visually ugly and cliched follow up to Zack Snyder's 2006 epic 300, which redefined the action genre. Snyder (300, Sucker Punch, etc) is a hack director with an over the top …
ORANGES AND SUNSHINE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jim Loach Stars: Emily Watson, David Wenham, Hugo Weaving, Richard Dillane. In the ‘50’s and ‘60s, thousands of British children were removed from their natural families and deported to Australia and other countries in a shameful social experiment. It was the austere and ultra-conservative post war years, and the children were taken from their single parent families. They …
