MEAN GIRLS Reviewed by GREG KINGDirectors: Samantha Jayne, Arturo Perez jrStars: Angourie Rice, Renee Rapp, Auli'l Cravalho, Jacquel Spivey, Avantika, Bebe Wood, Christopher Briney, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Jenna Fischer, Jon Hamm, Busy Phillips, Lindsay Lohan, Ashley Park, Mahi Alam, Connor Ratliff, Brian Altemus.Released in cinemas to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the original Mean Girls, …
BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Drew GoddardStars: Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm, Chris Hemsworth, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Lewis Pullman, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman, Shea Whigham, Xavier Dolan.The El Royale hotel straddles the border between California and Nevada, and guests can have a choice of staying in the California suites, which offer warmth or the Nevada rooms which seem to offer a bridge between …
TAG
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Jeff TomsicStars: Ed Helms, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm, Jack Johsoon, Hannibal Buress, Isla Fisher, Annabelle Wallis, Leslie Bibb, Rashida Jones, Brian Dennehy, Nora Dunn, Steve Berg, Thomas Middleditch.“You never stop playing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop playing,” remarks one of the characters in this underwhelming action comedy.Tag delivers a …
BABY DRIVER
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Edgar WrightStars: Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, Lily James, Eiza Gonzalez, Jon Bernthal, Flea, Lanny Joon, C J Jones. British director Edgar Wright (Shaun Of The Dead, etc) was raised on a diet of Hollywood genre films, but his quirky sensibility and sense of humour subverts the usual tropes of the genre. His Hot Fuzz was a loving homage to …
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Greg MottolaStars: Zach Galiafanakis, Isla Fisher, Jon Hamm, Gal Gadot, Patton Oswalt, Matt Walsh, Maribeth Monroe, Kevin Dunn, Michael Liu.Not to be confused with the 2009 comedy The Joneses, which featured David Duchovny and Demi Moore as a couple fixated on the lavish lifestyle of their neighbours, Keeping Up With The Joneses is a high concept but formulaic action …
MINIONS
Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda Stars voices of: Pierre Coffin, Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Jennifer Saunders, Geoffrey Rush.In the Despicable Me films, the minions were the cute, diminutive, yellow, denim-clad henchmen for the supervillain Gru (who was voiced by Steve Carell). They spoke in their own impenetrable and guttural language, and more …
