Reviewed by GREG KINGDocumentaryDirector: Roger MichellThe final film from director Roger Michell (whose drama The Duke is currently screening in cinemas) is a documentary about Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning British monarch. The documentary has been released to coincide with her platinum jubilee. While this may not be the definitive portrait of Queen Elizabeth II it will please monarchists as …
THE DUKE
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Roger MichellStars: Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Matthew Goode, Fionn Whitehead, James Wilby. Another film that proves that fact is often stranger than fiction. In 1961, Kempton Bunton (played here by Oscar winner Jim Broadbent), an eccentric 60-year-old taxi driver, stole a valuable Goya masterpiece from the National Gallery of London. Incensed that the British …
MY COUSIN RACHEL
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Roger MichellStars: Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, Holliday Grainger, Iain Glen, Pierfrancesco Favino.The novels of British author Daphne Du Maurier have provided a great source of material for filmmakers with their deft mix of intrigue, mystery, murder, obsession, mistrust and romance. Alfred Hitchcock captured the gothic atmosphere of her novel Rebecca, while he brought a …
MORNING GLORY
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Roger MichellStars: Harrison Ford, Rachel McAdams, Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson.Morning Glory is a snappy comedy set against the background of a low rating morning television news show which is hoping to turn its fortunes around.When Becky Fuller (Rachel McAdams) is sacked from her job as executive news producer at a third rate New Jersey television station she lands …
