CONCLAVE Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Edward Berger Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Lucian Msamati, Sergio Castelitto, Carlos Diehz, Isabella Rossellini. The Pope is dead. The process begins for the election of a new Pope to lead the Catholic Church. These are dangerous and troubled times and religion seems to lack the power it once held. The church needs stable guidance and …
THE SNOWMAN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tomas Alfredson Stars: Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, J K Simmons, Val Kilmer, Toby Jones, Michael Yates, David Dencik, Jonas Karlsson, James D'Arcy, Jakob Oftebro, Adrian Dunbar, Chloe Sevigny, Ronan Vibert, Genevieve O'Reilly. Nordic noir tends to be darker and bleaker than your typical Hollywood crime thriller, probably because …
FRANK
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Lenny Arbrahamson Stars: Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy, Francois Civil, Carla Azar, Tess Harper. This original but decidedly off beat comedy garnered plenty of plaudits following its screening at the Sundance Film Festival earlier in the year, but it is a film that is likely to bemuse as many people as it pleases. This is the film in which …
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tomas Alfredson Stars: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, John Hurt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, Toby Jones, Ciaran Hinds, David Dencik. Novelist John Le Carre was previously an agent with Britain’s MI6, and he drew upon his experience to bring a touch of realism to his gritty spy novels. They were far removed from the world of Bond – no exotic …
