Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Directors: Michael Ware and Bill Guttentag. The film takes its title from a quote attributed to Plato: “Only the dead have seen the end of war.” And that is the perfect title for this harrowing, confronting and uncensored up close and personal look at the horrors of war from a… Continue Reading »
AMERICAN SNIPER
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Clint Eastwood Stars: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner, Keir O’Donnell, Jake McDorman, Luke Grimes, Sammy Sheik, Navid Negahban, Eric Close, Owain Yeoman. In the late 70s and 80s, many filmmakers took an opportunity to revisit America’s involvement in Vietnam and used their fresh perspective to criticise the country’s… Continue Reading »
THREE KINGS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: David O Russell Stars: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Nora Dunn, Jamie kennedy, Mykelti Williamson, Said Taghmaoui, Cliff Curtis, Liz Stauber, Holt McCallany. In the 1970 war film Kelly’s Heroes, Clint Eastwood led a ragtag bunch of soldiers who looted Nazi gold as they made their way… Continue Reading »
