The Lost King Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stephen Frears Stars: Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan, Harry Lloyd, Mark Addy, Lee Inglesby. In 2012 amateur historian Phillipa Langley discovered the final resting place of famed fifteenth century monarch King Richard III under a carpark in the centre of Leicester. Most of what contemporary audiences know of Richard, the last of the Plantagenet dynasty, is based …
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stephen Frears Stars: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Nina Ariadna, Rebecca Ferguson, David Haig, John Sessions. We recently saw the French art house film Marguerite, which was a fictional take on the true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a wealthy New York socialite and patron of the arts who was widely regarded as the world's worst singer. Now we get the true story of …
THE PROGRAM
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stephen Frears Stars: Ben Foster, Chris O'Dowd, Jesse Plemons, Guillaume Canet, Lee Pace, Dustin Hoffman, Denis Menochet, Bryan Greenberg, Laura Donnelly, Elaine Cassidy, Edward Hogg. By now just about everybody is aware that Lance Armstrong's historic seven wins in the iconic and grueling Tour De France were tainted by drugs and the use of elaborate masking agents. Especially …
THE PROGRAM – interview with David Walsh
by GREG KING Irish journalist David Walsh wrote the book Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit Of Lance Armstrong. It has formed the basis of the new film The Program, which has been written by John Hodges (Trainspotting, etc) and directed by Stephen Frears. Ben Foster plays Lance Armstrong and Chris O'Dowd plays Walsh. The Program is released on November 26. Greg caught up with David Walsh to find out more about Lance …
TAMARA DREWE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stephen Frears Stars: Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Tamsin Greig, Bill Camp, Luke Evans, Jessica Barden, Charlotte Christie, Dominic Cooper. The press advertisements for Tamara Drewe somewhat grandiosely call it "the best British film of the year!" Such hyperbole doesn’t say much for the state of the British film industry if true! It also ignores the far superior efforts …
