THE BIKERIDERS Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jeff Nichols Stars: Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Norman Reedus, Toby Wallace, Damon Herriman, Boyd Holbrook. In the 60s and early 70s, the biker exploitation movie was a popular subgenre of its own. Many of them were produced by the independent American International Pictures. That period yielded dozens of biker films like Angels As …
THE FLASH
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Andy Muschietti Stars: Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, Ron Livingston, Maribel Verdu, Ben Affleck, Jeremy Irons, Gal Gadot, Temuera Morrison, Kiersey Clemons. Once more into the multiverse we go. For a while the Marvel superhero movies have been exploring the fertile possibilities of the multiverse, which is full of potential if done right, as in …
12 STRONG
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Nicolai Fuglsig Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Pena, Navid Negahban, Numan Acar, Trevante Rhodes, William Fichtner, Rob Riggle, Austin Stowell, Geoff Stults, Thad Luckinbill, Austin Hebert, Ben O'Toole, Kenneth Miller, Kenny Sheard, Jack Kesy, Elsa Pataky, Arshia Mandavi. A very different dirty dozen for the war on …
THE SHAPE OF WATER
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Guillermo del Toro Stars: Sally Hawking, Michael Shannon, Octavia Spencer, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nick Searcy, David Hewlett. The Shape Of Water is a bold and surprisingly moving mash up of science fiction, 50s and 60s creature feature, fantasy, cold war thriller, beguiling romance, politics, science, prejudice, forbidden …
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tom Ford Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Ellie Bamber, Armie Hammer, Karl Glusman, Laura Linney, Michael Sheen, Jena Malone, Andrea Riseborough, Imogen Waterhouse. The sophomore film from former fashion designer turned director Tom Ford after the Oscar nominated A Single Man, Nocturnal Animals is an austere and fairly …
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jeff Nichols Stars: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Jaeden Lieberher, Adam Driver, Sam Shepard, Bill Camp. Jeff Nichols' previous two films - Take Shelter and Mud - were impressive and established his reputation as a director to watch. Mud in particular was a southern Gothic thriller that cemented Matthew McConaughey's reputation as a serious dramatic actor and …
