Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Darren Aronofsky Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson, Brian Gleeson, Stephen McHattie, Kristen Wiig. This is the mother of all wtf did I just watch movies for 2017. This paranoid psychological horror thriller is one of the more complicated and divisive films to hit our screens and will polarise audiences. That is probably to be expected from filmmaker Darren Aronofsky though, whose films are deliberately provocative and have explored themes of religion, personal torment, love Continue reading
MOTHER!
posted by Greg King Leave a Comment
Filed Under: Drama, Film Review, Horror, M Tagged With: biblical analogies, Brian Gleeson, darren aronofsky, domhnall gleeson, ed harris, greg king, horror film, javier bardem, jennifer lawrence, kristen wiig, matthew libatique, Michelle Pfeiffer, mother, mother film review, philip messina, Stephen McHattie
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES
posted by Greg King Leave a Comment
Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg Stars: Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Kevin McNally, Golshifteh Farahani, David Wenham, Bruce Spence, Stephen Graham, Martin Klebba, Adam Brown, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Paul McCartney. Pirates just want to have fun! This is the fifth instalment in the successful film franchise originally based on the Pirates Of The Caribbean theme ride at Disneyland, and the series has so far grossed over $3.7 billion at the box office, making it one of the Continue reading
Filed Under: Action, Adventure, Film Review, P Tagged With: Adam Brown, brenton thwaites, bruce spence, captain jack sparrow, david wenham, disneyland theme park ride, espen sandberg, geoffrey rush, golshifteh farahani, greg king, javier bardem, jeff nathanson, joachim ronning, johnny depp, Kaya Scodelario, keira knightley, Kevin McNally, Martin Klebba, orlando bloom, paul mccartney, pirates of the caribbean 5, pirates of the caribbean: dead men tell no tales, pirates of the caribbean: dead men tell no tales film review, salazar's revenge, sequel, Stephen Graham, terry rossio
THE GUNMAN
posted by Greg King Leave a Comment
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Pierre Morel Stars: Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Idris Elba, Ray Winstone, Jasmine Trinca, Mark Rylance, Peter Franzen. It's unusual to see Oscar winning actor Sean Penn (Mystic River, Milk, etc) stuck in such a generic action movie, but that's exactly what we get here. There must have been some attraction in this adaptation of The Prone Gunman, a crime novel written in 1981 by the late French author Jean-Patrick Manchette, as Penn has also served as one of the producers as well as co-writing the script with Don MacPherson Continue reading
Filed Under: Action, Drama, Film Review, T Tagged With: action thriller, democratic republic of congo, don macpherson, flavio matines labiano, greg king, idris elba, Jasmine Trinca, javier bardem, jean-patrick manchette, Mark Rylance, markos rounthwaite, pete travis, Peter Franzen, pierre morel, ray winstone, sean penn, the gunman, the gunman film review, the prone gunman
BIUTIFUL
posted by Greg King Leave a Comment
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Stars: Javier Bardem, Maricel Alvarez, Diaryatou Daff, Eduardo Fernandez, Hanaa Bouchaid, Guillermo Estrella. A down beat and depressingly realistic drama about broken lives, family, dysfunctional relationships, fatherhood, parental responsibility, spirituality, survival and morality. Biutiful is the new film from Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel), who is drawn towards fractured, multi-layered stories that deal with death and human connections formed in the Continue reading
Filed Under: B, Drama, Film Review, Foreign Language Tagged With: alejandro gonzalez inarritu, barcelona, biuitiful film review, biutiful, eduardo fernandez, greg king, javier bardem, nicolas giacobone, spanish cinema
