What's Love Got To Do With It? Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Shakur KapurStars: Lily James, Shazad Latif, Emma Thompson, Sajal Ali, Asim Chaudhry, Shabana Azmi, Jeff Mizra, Pakiza Baig, Ben Asheden, Alexander Owen, Oliver Chris.Not to be confused with the 1993 film of the same name which depicted the volatile and tumultuous …
THE FLIP SIDE
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Marion PilowskyStars: Eddie Izzard, Emily Taheny, Luke McKenzie, Vanessa Guide, Tina Bursill, Hugh Sheridan, Tiriel Mora, Susie Youssef.Lumbered with a terrible title, this low budget locally produced bittersweet romantic comedy is inert, laboured and painfully unfunny.Five years ago, narcissistic …
BOOK CLUB
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Bill HoldermanStars: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergin, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T Nelson, Andy Garcia, Richard Dreyfuss, Wallace Shawn, Ed Begley jr, Alicia Silverstone.Four lifelong female friends have formed their own book club as an excuse to get together regularly, taste some wine, swap …
THE BREAKER UPPERERS
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirectors: Madeleine Sami and Jackie Van BeekStars: Madeleine Sami, Jackie Van Beek, James Rolleston, Cecilia Pacquola, Ana Scotney.As Neil Sedaka once sang: “Breaking up is hard to do”, and that is borne out in this quirky, edgy occasionally abrasive and original romcom from New Zealand. People have a pathological …
I FEEL PRETTY
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirectors: Abby Kohn and Marc SilversteinStars: Amy Schumer, Michelle Williams, Rory Scovel, Tom Hopper, Busy Phillips, Aidy Bryant, Lauren Hutton, Emily Ratajkowski, Adrian Martinez, Naomi Campbell.When the trailer for I Feel Pretty first hit cinemas there was an immediate …
FINDING YOUR FEET
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Richard LoncraineStars: Imelda Staunton, Celia Imrie, Timothy Spall, Joanna Lumley, David Hayman, John Sessions, Josie Lawrence, Sian Thomas.Following its premiere as the closing night attraction at the 2017 British Film Festival, this formulaic and cliched bittersweet romcom …