Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Rob Marshall Stars: Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Javier Bardem, Melissa McCarthy, Noma Dumezweni, Art Malik, voices of Jacob Tremblay, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina. Disney continues its trend of producing live action adaptations of its animation back catalogue with this lavish $200 million remake of 1989’s classic tale of The Little Mermaid,… Continue Reading »
MARY POPPINS RETURNS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Rob Marshall Stars: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Colin Firth, Meryle Streep, Julie Walters, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson, Angela Lansbury, Dick Van Dyke, Jeremy Swift, Kobna Holbrook-Smith, David Warner, Jim Norton, voices of Chris O’Dowd, Mark Addy. It’s been fifty years since Disney released their… Continue Reading »
INTO THE WOODS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Rob Marshall Stars: Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Johnny Depp, Billy Magnusson, Lilla Crawford, Daniel Huddlestone, MacKenzie Mauzy, Christine Baranski, Tracey Ullman, Frances de la Tour. It’s taken nearly 27 years for Hollywood to bring Into The Woods to the screen, but ultimately this film… Continue Reading »
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Rob Marshall Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane, Richard Griffith, Penelope Cruz, Sam Claflin. Johnny Depp returns for the fourth time as the foppish pirate Captain Jack Sparrow in a film that is only marginally more enjoyable than the overblown and bloated Pirates 3. Rob Marshall, who is better… Continue Reading »