Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Shawn Levy Stars: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Ben Kingsley, Dan Stevens, Skyler Gisondo, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Rebel Wilson, Ricky Gervais, Patrick Gallagher, Rami Malek, Mizuo Peck, Hugh Jackman, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs. This third, and hopefully final, installment in director Shawn Levy’s successful Night At The… Continue Reading »
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Bryan Singer Stars: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Peter Dinklage, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Nicholas Hoult, Ellen Page, Omar Sy, Evan Peters, Halle Berry, Marc Carmaro, Shawn Ashmore, Anna Paquin, Josh Helman, Daniel Cudmore, Fan Bingbing. Much like Star Trek: Generations brought together two franchises of the… Continue Reading »
REAL STEEL
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Shawn Levy Stars: Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Kevin Durand, Hope Davis, James Rebhorn. Real Steel is essentially an adolescent boy’s fantasy movie about giant boxing robots. But thankfully it lacks the noise, chaos, extravagant visual effects and bombastic approach of Michael Bay’s Transformers trilogy. Real… Continue Reading »
X MEN: FIRST CLASS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Matthew Vaughn Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Jennifer Lawrence, Rose Byrne, Kevin Bacon, January Jones, Lucas Till, Caleb Landry Jones, Edi Gathegi, Oliver Platt, Zoe Kravitz . This fifth film in the X Men franchise is an origin story that takes us back to an earlier time and… Continue Reading »
KATE & LEOPOLD
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: James Mangold Stars: Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Live Schreiber, Breckin Meyer Blast From The Past, indeed! Queen of the romantic comedy, Meg Ryan returns to safe territory with this fluffy, light weight, undeniably formulaic farce in which a 19th century duke travels to modern day New York via a time… Continue Reading »
PAPERBACK HERO
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Antony J Bowman Stars: Hugh Jackman, Claudia Karvan, Jeanie Drynan, Andrew S Gilbert,Angie Milliken, Bruce Venables. Jack Willis (Hugh Jackman) drives a road train across the Australian outback for a living. To fill in time during the long stretches of open road, he has written a novel, a mushy romance… Continue Reading »