Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Directors: Dan Jones, Marcus Cobbledick. “All for one” was the rallying cry of the three musketeers, but it also seems to encapsulate the camaraderie and spirit of the GreenEDGE cycling team, Australia’s first professional cycling team to compete in the prestigious Tour De France. The team was established in 2010… Continue Reading »
LE RIDE
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Phil Keoghan. The Tour de France is one of the world’s great sporting events, and a real test of endurance, stamina and determination. The 1928 Tour was one of the most gruelling in the event’s history, and it was a real war of attrition as only 41 of the… Continue Reading »
LE RIDE – interview with Phil Keoghan
by GREG KING Phil Keoghan is best known as the host of the tv series The Amazing Race in which he sends contestants off on adventures. In 2013 he embarked on his own grand adventure, in which he and his friend Ben Cornell attempted to recreate the original route of the 1928 Tour de France.… Continue Reading »
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… Continue Reading »
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… Continue Reading »
THE ARMSTRONG LIE
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Alex Gibney. Lance Armstrong is something of a modern American hero. A former teenage cycling champion and cancer survivor he won an unprecedented seven consecutive Tours de France before retiring from the sport in 2005. However, his achievements were always surrounded by whispers of banned substances, illegal drugs and… Continue Reading »
