THE ALTO KNIGHTS Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Barry LevinsonStars: Robert De Niro, Debra Messing, Cosmo Jarvis, Kathrine Narducci, Michael Rispoli, Wallace Langham.The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Goodfellas, Once Upon A Time In America, Casino are amongst the great epic gangster movies from Hollywood in the past fifty years. While The Alto Knights follows in their footsteps it somehow falls …
DIRTY GRANDPA
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Dan Mazer Stars: Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch, Aubrey Plaza, Julianne Hough, Dermot Mulroney, Jake Picking, Michael Hudson, Jason Mantzoukas, Jeffrey Bower-Chapman, Brendan Mychol Smith, Mo Collins, Henry Zebrowski, Danny Glover.Recently we had Bad Grandpa, in which Jackass star Johnny Knoxville disguised himself as an old man and embarked on a series of pranks that …
THE INTERN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Nancy Meyers Stars: Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Anders Holm, Rene Russo, Nat Wolff, Adam Devine, Zack Pearlman, Celia Weston, Linda Lavin, Jojo Kushner, Christina Scherer.Robert De Niro is one of the most dynamic and intense actors of his generation and he has appeared in classics like The Godfather Part II, Raging Bull and Taxi Driver. Thirty years ago the thought of De Niro …
GRUDGE MATCH
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Peter Segal Stars: Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Kim Basinger, Alan Arkin, Kevin Hart, Jon Bernthal.This surprisingly enjoyable comedy/drama about two aged boxers reluctantly dragged out of retirement for a show down can best be described as essentially Rocky versus Raging Bull. The concept works because of the astute casting of two of the screen's most memorable and …
LIMITLESS
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Neil BurgerStars: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Andrew Howard.Limitless is a twisted morality tale about greed, hubris and wish fulfilment.Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper, from The Hangover, etc) is an aspiring writer suffering from writer’s block. But when his drug dealing ex-brother-in-law introduces him to a new wonder drug known as NZT his life …
