MICKEY 17 Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Bong Joon-HoStars: Robert Pattinson, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Anamaria Vartolomei, Daniel Henshall, Thomas Turgoose, Cameron Britton, Patsy Ferran, Steve Park, Holliday Grainger.Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho's first feature since his 2020 Oscar winning Parasite is this blackly comic sci-fi film adapted from the 2022 novel by Edward …
THE BATMAN
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Matt ReevesStars: Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Paul Dano, John Turturro, Colin Farrell, Andy Serkis, Peter Sarsgaard, Barry Keoghan, Jayme Lawson, Gil Perez-Abraham, Rupert Penry-Jones, Luke Roberts.We’ve moved a long way from the camp sensibilities of the old Adam West television series of the 60s as both Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan gave us an …
GOOD TIME
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirectors: Benny and Joshua SafdieStars: Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Buddy Duress, Taliah Webster, Barkhad Abdi.The low budget indie crime drama Good Time is the latest film from the Safdie brothers (Benny and Joshua), whose films like Daddy Longlegs, etc, often explore the struggles of losers who live on the edges of society. This …
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2017 – REVIEWS
ALL FILMS REVIEWED BY GREG KINGLAST UPDATED AUGUST 13, 2017FINAL PORTRAIT.In 1964, renowned portrait artist and sculptor Albert Giacometti passed away soon after completing his final painting. He had painted a portrait of American journalist James Lord, who had come to Paris for a brief visit. The portrait was only supposed to take a couple of days, but the increasingly frustrated Lord spent a couple …
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QUEEN OF THE DESERT
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Werner Herzog Stars: Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Robert Pattinson, Damien Lewis, Jenny Agutter, David Calder.This queen of the desert is not a bus named Priscilla. Rather she is a modern thinking, fiercely independent, headstrong and intelligent British woman named Gertrude Bell who is apparently right up there with the famed T E Lawrence as an important figure in contemporary …
LIFE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Anton Corbijn Stars: Dane DeHaan, Robert Pattinson, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley, Alessandro Mastronardi.In 1955, photographer Robert Stock took that iconic photograph of actor James Dean strolling through the rain in Times Square. It was a photograph that immortalised the young star and created a timeless image of the actor's brooding presence and rebellious nature. This …
