Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Zhang Yimou Stars: Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau, Jing TIan, Zhang Hanyu, Eddie Peng, Lu Han, Zheng Pei, Pilou Ashbaek, Kenny Lin. Matt Damon fighting monsters on the Great Wall of China? The Great Wall of China is about 5500 miles long and took 1700 years to… Continue Reading »
JOHN WICK
Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: David Leith and Chad Stahelski Stars: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, Lance Reddick, Adrianne Palicki, Iam McShane, John Leguizamo, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, Omer Bernea, Keith Jardine. A cool, stylish and ultra violent action thriller with a high body count, John Wick is another variation on the… Continue Reading »
A MOST WANTED MAN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Anton Corbijn Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Willem Dafoe, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Daniel Bruhl, Nina Hoss, Rainer Bock, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Mehdi Debhi, Herbert Gronemeyer. The spy thriller A Most Wanted Man marks one of the final screen appearances of Philip Seymour Hoffman, the Oscar winning actor who died earlier this… Continue Reading »
NYMPHOMANIAC
Reviewed by GREG KING Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgard, Shia Le Beouf, Uma Thurman, Christian Slater, Stacy Martin, Jamie Bell, Willem Dafoe. Danish auteur Lars Von Trier is one of contemporary cinema’s enfants terrible, who has established a reputation for controversy through his confronting and deliberately provocative films. The sexually explicit and graphic Nymphomaniac will… Continue Reading »
THE HUNTER
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: David Nettheim Stars: Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor, Sam Neill, Morgana Davies. The Hunter is a character driven drama set against the majestic backdrop of Tasmania’s wilderness forests. Martin David (Willem Dafoe) is a mysterious mercenary who is sent to Tasmania by Redleaf, a biotech company, to capture a Tasmanian tiger.… Continue Reading »
MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Werner Herzog Stars: Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Chloe Sevigny, Udo Kier, Brad Dourif, Michael Pena, Grace Zabriskie. Following a brief run as part of ACMI’s first look program, Werner Herzog’s latest film gets a brief, limited theatrical release. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done is loosely based on… Continue Reading »
