Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Ron Howard. This is a well-researched and very informative documentary about famed opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti, a larger than life figure who brought opera to the masses. Pavarotti died from pancreatic cancer in 2007, aged 71, but left behind an enormous legacy. U2 frontman Bono calls Pavarotti “the rock… Continue Reading »
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ron Howard Stars: Alden Ehrenreich, Emilia Clarke, Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton, Donald Glover, Paul Bettany, Joonas Suotamo, Linda Hunt, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jon Favreau, Erin Kellyman, Ray Park. This stand-alone Star Wars film gives us the backstory of the roguish Han Solo, how he met Chewbacca and got his hands on… Continue Reading »
INFERNO
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ron Howard Stars: Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Ben Foster, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Omar Sy, Irrfan Khan, Xavier Laurent, Ana Ulara, Ida Darvish. Inferno is the third film adapted from the series of novels written by Dan Brown featuring the religious symbologist Robert Langdon (played by Tom Hanks). A symbologist is… Continue Reading »
THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK – THE TOURING YEARS
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Ron Howard. In the 1960s The Beatles were the biggest band in the world, topping the charts and causing scenes of pandemonium and hysteria wherever they appeared. But their success changed both the music scene and the world forever. Beatlemania swept the world in an era before social media,… Continue Reading »
THE DILEMMA
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ron Howard Stars: Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum, Jennifer Connelly, Queen Latifah. The Dilemma is yet another of those laboured and unfunny comedies about male bonding in which grown ups act in irresponsible and immature fashion. It stars Vince Vaughn and Kevin James as Ronny and Nick,… Continue Reading »
THE CHAMBER
Reviewed by GREG KING Director:James Foley Stars:Chris O’Donnell, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway, Lela Rochon, Robert Prosky, David Marshall Grant, Raymond Barry, Bo Jackson, Josef Sommer, Nicholas Pryor, Harve Presnell, Richard Bradford Running Time:110 minutes A far cry from the lightweight drama and largely implausible conspiracy themes of The Pelican Brief, etc, The Chamber is possibly… Continue Reading »
