Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Don Cheadle Stars: Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michael Stahlberg, Lakeith Lee Stanfield, Austin Lyon, Brian Wolfman Black Bowman. Miles Davis is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential jazz musicians of the twentieth century who produced seminal works like Sketches Of Spain and Someday My Prince… Continue Reading »
HOTEL RWANDA
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Terry George Stars: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix Irish writer/director Terry George (Some Mothers’ Sons, etc) is a film maker with a conscience and is not afraid of courting controversy. His latest film is a powerful and potent drama set against the background of one of the… Continue Reading »
CRASH
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Paul Haggis Stars: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillipe, Larenz Tate, William Fichtner, Jennifer Esposito. In the same vein as Altman’s Short Cuts and Paul Thomas Anderson’s overrated Magnolia, Crash is a sprawling film, featuring multi-layered and parallel narratives,… Continue Reading »
THE FAMILY MAN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Brett Ratner Stars: Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Piven, Saul Rubinek, Josef Sommer, Harve Presnell, Amber Valletta, Mackenzie Vega. The spirit of Frank Capra’s enduring Christmas classic It’s A Wonderful Life runs throughout this well meaning romantic comedy/drama in which a rapacious, uptight Wall Street broker suddenly discovers… Continue Reading »