DUNE PART TWO reviewed by GREG KING Director: Denis Villeneuve Stars: Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Austin Butler, Javier Bardem, Rebecca Ferguson, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgard, Charlotte Rampling, Christopher Walken, Lea Seydoux, Josh Brolin, Florence Pugh, Anya Taylor-Joy, Souheila Yacoub. Frank Herbert’s seminal 1965 science fiction novel has been hugely influential and has shaped other sci-fi classic… Continue Reading »
MARY MAGDALENE
Reviewed by Greg King Director: Garth Davis Stars: Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tahar Rahin, Denis Menochet, Tcheky Karyo, Ryan Corr. In the 50s, Biblical films were extremely popular, with sweeping epics like the Oscar winning Ben Hur and the spectacular The Ten Commandments scoring at the box office. These stories drawn from the… Continue Reading »
LION
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Garth Davis Stars: Dev Patel, Sunny Pawal, Nicole Kidman, David Wenham, Rooney Mara, Divian Ladwa. The moving Australian-produced drama Lion is based on the true story of Saroo Brierley, a young Indian boy from a poor rural family who, the age of five, became separated from his older brother Guddu… Continue Reading »
ROGUE ONE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Gareth Edwards Stars: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Forest Whitaker, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Riz Ahmed, Jimmy Smits, Alistair Petrie, Ben Daniels, Ian McElhinney, James Earl Jones. One of the most anticipated films of the year was Rogue One, the latest stand alone spin off… Continue Reading »