Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Terry George Stars: Oscar Isaac, Christian Bale, Charlotte Le Bon, Marwan Kenzari, Shorheh Aghdashloo, James Cromwell, Jean Reno, Tom Hollander, Angela Sarafyan, Numan Acar, Igal Naor, Tamer Hassan. Political filmmaker Terry George delves into the mass murder of Armenian citizens in his new film The Promise. George wears his heart on his sleeve, and has tackled big subjects before, such as the issue of IRA hunger strikers in his 1996 drama Some Mother’s Sons and the 1994 mass genocide in Rwanda in his 2004 drama Hotel Rwanda. His Continue reading
THE PROMISE
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Filed Under: Drama, Film Review, T Tagged With: Angela Sarafyan, armenian genocide, Charlotte Le Bon, christian bale, greg king, Igal Naor, james cromwell, javier aguirresarobe, jean reno, Marwan Kenzari, Numan Acar, oscar isaac, robin swicord, Shorheh Aghdashloo, Tamer Hassan, terry george, the promise, the promise film review, tom hollander, world war one
BITTER HARVEST
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Reviewed by GREG KING Director: George Mendeluk Stars: Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper, Terence Stamp, Tamer Hassan, Aneurin Barnard, Lucy Brown, William Beck, Richard Brake, Tom Austen, Gary Oliver. After the overthrow of Nicholas II in 1918 the Russian peasants of the Ukraine thought they would be better off under the Bolsheviks. But it was not to be as the socialist ideal of collectivisation decreed that they had to cede a certain percentage of their harvest to feed the country. The peasants eventually rebelled against tis decree. Upset by their Continue reading
Filed Under: B, Drama, Film Review Tagged With: Aneurin Barnard, barry pepper, bitter harvest, bitter harvest film review, doug milsome, Gary Oliver, george mendeluk, greg king, holodomor, Lucy Brown, max irons, Richard Brake, russia, Samantha Barks, Tamer Hassan, terence stamp, Tom Austen, William Beck
