DEATH OF A UNICORN Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Alex Scharfmann Stars: Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Richard E Grant, Tea Leoni, Will Poulter, Jessica Hynes, Steve Park, Anthony Carrigan, Sunita Mani. Corporate lawyer Elliot Kintner (Paul Rudd) is driving through the Canadian Rockies to visit his boss Odell Leopold (Richard E Grant), the head of a large pharmaceutical company. Odell is dying of cancer, and …
SALTBURN
Saltburn Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Emerald Fennell Stars: Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Archie Madekwe, Richard E Grant, Rosamund Pike, Alison Oliver, Paul Rhys, Will Gibson, Carey Mulligan The sophomore feature from writer/director Emerald Fennell, who won an Oscar for her screenplay for 2020’s Promising Young Woman, Saltburn is a dark comedy thriller about obsession, excess, gender, sex, power, …
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Marielle Heller Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E Grant, Dolly Wells, Ben Falcone, Jane Curtin, Steven Spinella, Christian Navarro, Anna Deveare Smith. Can You Ever Forgive Me? is based on a true story about a struggling writer who, in the early 90s, forged a number of letters from prominent celebrities. It's a strange story about the creative process and the hardships faced …
THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS
Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Lasse Hallstrom, Joe Johnston Stars: Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Matthew MacFadyen, Richard E Grant, Eugenio Derbez, Morgan Freeman, Jayden Fowora-Knight, Ellie Bamber, Misty Copeland, Sergei Polunin. Originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and premiering in 1892, The Nutcracker is one of the most …
THEIR FINEST
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Lone Scherfig Stars: Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin. Bill Nighy, Jack Huston, Jake Lacy, Eddie Marsan, Halen McCrory, Jeremy Irons, Richard E Grant, Henry Goodman, Hubert Burton, Claudie Jeesie, Stephanie Hyam. This thoroughly enjoyable WWII drama is set in London at the height of the Blitz. The Ministry of Information and the War Office want to make a propaganda film to keep …
LOGAN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: James Mangold Stars: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Richard E Grant, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Stephen Merchant, Eriq La Salle, Elise Neal, Quincy Fouse. This is Hugh Jackman’s swan song as Wolverine, after eight films in seventeen years of playing the Marvel superhero. And what a great way to go out! He has saved the best till last. Not only is Logan …
