Reviewed by GREG KING Director: John Crowley Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Jane Brennan, Brid Brennan, Fiona Glascott. Set in the 1950s, this Oscar nominated romantic story exploring one woman's experience of the post-war immigration to America is also a sweet love story and coming of age tale. Eilis Lacey (played by Saoirse Ronan) is an introspective, …
ARRIETTY
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi Stars: voices of Tom Holland, Mark Strong, Olivia Colman, Saoirse Ronan, Geraldine James. Arrietty is the latest film from Japan’s Studio Ghibli, and it maintains the high standards we have come to expect following such superb animated films as Howl’s Moving Castle, Spirited Away, etc. However, studio veteran Hayao Miyazaki has not directed Arietty. …
HANNA
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Joe Wright Stars: Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett, Saoirse Ronan, Tom Hollander. If there was a genre for art house action movies, then Hanna would stand as the definitive example. This bruising, intelligent, suspenseful, visceral and fast-paced spy thriller from British director Joe Wright (best known for his art house hits Atonement and Pride And Prejudice) comes across as a …
THE WAY BACK
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Peter Weir Stars: Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Colin Farrell, Saoirse Ronan, Dragos Bucur. Australian director Peter Weir chooses his film projects carefully, and is not interested in empty big budget spectaculars and Hollywood blockbusters, which is why he is not exactly one of the more prolific film makers around. In fact, The Way Back is his first feature film since Master …
