Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Pablo Larrain Stars: Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Sean Harris, Sally Hawkins, Jack Farthing, Stella Gonet, Jack Nielen, Freddie Spry. A rather bland and uninvolving speculative look at a critical three days in the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, Spencer is far from a traditional biopic. The film takes place over three days of Christmas in 1991, before Diana …
EMA
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Pablo Larrain Stars: Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Santiago Cabrera, Paola Giannini, Cristian Suarez, Giannina Fruttero, Mariana Loyola, Catalina Saavedra. Written by Guillermo Calderon (Neruda, etc) and Alejandro Moreno, Ema is a character study about a troubled woman and her journey towards a hard-won catharsis. This is the eighth feature film from Chilean …
JACKIE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Pablo Larrain Stars: Natalie Portman, Billy Crudup, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, John Carroll Lynch, Beth Grant, Richard E Grant, Caspar Phillipson. Oscar winner Natalie Portman (Black Swan, etc) joins the likes of Jacqueline Bissett, Katie Holmes and Jaclyn Smith in portraying former first lady Jackie Kennedy on the screen. But this is not a conventional …
