THE BRUTALIST Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Brady CorbetStars: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Gay Pearce, Alessandro Nivola, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Isaach de Bankole, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Ariane Labed, Michael Epp, Peter Polycarpou, Salvatore Sansone.Heavily favoured to win the major awards at the Oscars is this ambitious epic drama and film festival circuit favourite from Brady Corbet, who …
NORMAN
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Joseph CedarStars: Richard Gere, Lior Ashkenzai, Steve Buscemi, Charlotte Gainsbourgh, Michael Sheen, Dan Stevens, Harris Yulin, Hanz Azaria, Josh Charles, Isaach de Bankole, Ann Dowd.Richard Gere finds one of his best roles in quite some time in this quirky Jewish comedy from filmmaker Joseph Cedar. Norman is the English language feature debut for Cedar, who gave us …
THE LAST WITCH HUNTER
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Breck Eisner Stars: Vin Diesel, Michael Caine, Elijah Wood, Rose Leslie, Julie Engelbrecht, Olafur Darri Olafsson, Rene Owen, Isaach de Bankole, Joseph Gilgun.Up until now I always thought that The Chronicles Of Riddick was the nadir of Vin Diesel's film career. But now we have another contender for this dubious distinction with the messy, special effects heavy fantasy The Last …
WHITE MATERIAL
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Clair DenisStars: Isabelle Huppert, Isaach De Bankole, Nicholas Duvauchelle, Christoph Lambert.French director Claire Denis is the daughter of a French civil servant and she spent most of her formative years in Africa. Many of her films draw upon her memories and experiences of growing up there. Denis has made a career out of tackling difficult subject matter and often …
