Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Oliver Stone Stars: Joseph Gordon Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Rhys Ifans, Nicolas Cage, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quino, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Olyphant, Scott Eastwood, Ben Schnetzer, Ben Chaplin, Logan Marshall Green, Joely Richardson. Dual Oscar winning filmmaker Oliver Stone is a polarising figure with a strong political conscience whose films often shake… Continue Reading »
SHE’S FUNNY THAT WAY
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Peter Bogdanovich Stars: Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Rhys Ifans, Kathryn Hahn, Jennifer Aniston, Will Forte, Austin Pendleton, Joanna Lumley, Cybill Shepherd, Michael Shannon, Tatum O’Neal, Debi Mazar, George Morgofen, Tovah Feldshuh, Colleen Camp, Jennifer Esposito. We haven’t seen much from former film historian and critic turned director Peter Bogdanovich on… Continue Reading »
MADAME BOVARY
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Sophie Barthes Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Ezra Miller, Rhys Ifans, Paul Giamatti, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Logan Marshall-Green, Laura Carmichael. Olivier Gourmet. Gustave Flaubert’s 1865 brooding and bittersweet tragedy about a self destructive, adulterous 19th century housewife and her tragic fall from grace has been filmed many times, most notably by Claude Chabrol… Continue Reading »
SERENA
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Susanne Bier Stars: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Rhys Ifans, Toby Jones, Sean Harris, David Dencik, Ana Ularu, Sam Reid. This downbeat and nihilistic depression era drama is set in a logging camp in North Carolina during the height of the Depression. Despite the dangerous nature of the work there are… Continue Reading »
ANONYMOUS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Roland Emmerich Stars: Rhys Ifans, Sebastian Armesto, Rafe Spall, David Thewlis, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, . Roland Emmerich is best known for his big budget, special effects driven disaster movies, like Independence Day, 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, etc. His latest film is set against the background of palace intrigues… Continue Reading »
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: David Yates Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Bill Nighy, Timothy Spall, Jason Isaacs, Rhys Ifans, John Hurt, Helen McCrory, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon, Peter Mullan . “These are dark times,” remarks a character in this seventh installment of the lucrative Harry Potter franchise. Indeed, it’s time for… Continue Reading »
