Reviewed by GREG KING Director: David Lowery Stars: Bryce Dallas Howard, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley, Oona Laurence, Isiah Whitlock jr, Marcus Henderson. Disney seem intent on remaking live action versions of their back catalogue of animated classics, and we’ve had the likes of The Jungle Book, Alice In Wonderland, Cinderella and… continue reading »
BEN-HUR
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Timur Bekmambetov Stars: Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Morgan Freeman, Pilou Asbaek, Rodrigo Snatoro, Nazanin Boniadi, Ayelet Zurer, Moises Arias. Despite the success of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator and Mel Gibson’s visceral The Passion Of The Christ, the lavish big budget Biblical epic and sword and sandals drama has gone the way… continue reading »
GHOSTBUSTERS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Paul Feig Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth, Neil Casey, Andy Garcia, Charles Dance, Zach Woods, Steve Higgins, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Sigourney Weaver, Katie Dippold, Michael McDonald, Michael Kenneth Williams, Matt Walsh, Cecily Strong. Hollywood has a nasty habit of… continue reading »
THE JUNGLE BOOK
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jon Favreau Stars: Neel Sethi, voices of Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Esposito, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong’o, Garry Shandling. Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale of Mowgli, the orphan boy raised in the jungle by wolves, has been told many times on screen before, most notably in the… continue reading »
A BIGGER SPLASH
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Luca Guadagnino Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Dakota Johnson, Aurora Clement. An erotic psychological drama starring Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes and Dakota Johnson, A Bigger Splash is a loose remake of Jacques Deray’s seductive 1969 film called La Picerne, which starred Alain Delon. Director Luca Guadagnino (better known… continue reading »
POINT BREAK
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ericson Core Stars: Luke Bracey, Edgar Ramirez, Ray Winstone, Teresa Palmer, Delroy Lindo, Matias Varela, Clemens Schick, Tobias Santelmann, Max Thierot, James Le Gros. This is a fairly pointless and unnecessary remake of Kathryn Bigelow’s hyper macho, testosterone fuelled 1991 cult action drama about a naive young FBI agent who… continue reading »
