SEPTEMBER 5 Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Tim FehlbaumStars: Peter Sarsgarrd, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch, Benjamin Walker, Zinedine Soualem, Georgina Rich, Corey Johnson. The 1972 Olympic Games in Munich were intended to be a showcase for the modern. New Germany to show to the world how the country had moved on from the dark days of WWII and the Third Reich. But the Games were mired …
COMPANION
COMPANION Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Drew HancockStars: Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén, Rupert Friend, Jaboukie Young-White, Matthew J. McCarthy, Marc Menchaca, Woody Fu.It is best to approach the sci-fi horror comedy Companion without knowing too much about it beforehand so as not to ruin its many surprises. The film opens with a black screen and …
TRAP
TRAP Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: M Night ShyamalanStars: Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Hayley Mills, Jonathan Langdon, Saleka Shyamalan, Alison Pill, Kid Cudi, M Night Shyamalan, Marc Bacolol, Marnie McPhail.Trap is the latest film from M Night Shyamalan, and like so much of his oeuvre it is driven by an intriguing premise. But as with so many of his previous films it begins to lose momentum and …
THE KILLER
The Killer Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: David FincherStars: Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard, Sala Baker, Sophie Charlotte, Gabriel Polanco, Kerry O'Malley.Written by Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en, etc) and based on Alexis Nolent’s graphic novel of the same name The Killer is a neo-noir thriller that eschews most of the usual tropes of the hitman/assassin genre and is …
MARLOWE
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Neil JordanStars: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Danny Huston, Jessica Lange, Ian Hart, Colm Meaney, Alan Cumming, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Francois Arnaud, Daniela Melchoir.Philip Marlowe is the tough talking cynical private detective first created by author Raymond Chandler in 1939 in the novel The Big Sleep. Marlowe has since featured in many novels and has been portrayed …
NOVEMBER
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Cedric JimenezStars: Jean Dujardin, Anais Demoustier, Sandrine Kiberlain, Lyna Khoudri, Saraj Afcahin, Jeremie Renier.A mix of fact and fiction this tense drama is set against the backdrop of the series of coordinated terrorist attacks that shook Paris in November 2015. 130 people were killed and over 400 injured in the attacks that targeted the Stade de France soccer …
