VENOM: THE LAST DANCE Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Kelly Marcel Stars: Tom Hardy, Rhys Ifans, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Peggy Lu, Stephen Graham, Alanna Ubach, Andy Serkis, Clark Backo, Cristo Fernandez. Venom: The Last Dance is the third and possibly final instalment in the trashy comic book series built around Venom, a spin-off character from the Spiderman universe, but this surly anti-hero is …
WICKED LITTLE LETTERS – interview with ANJANA VASAN
Interview with ANJANA VASAN by GREG KING Based on a true story and set in the small town of Littlehampton in the 1920s, Wicked Little Letters tells the story of how a woman named Edith Swan received a number of nasty letters filled with obscenities. Suspicion fell on her neighbour Rose, a free-spirited single mother. The film stars Olivia Colman, Timothy Spall, Jessie Buckley and Anjana Vasan, who plays a …
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VIOLENT NIGHT
Violent Night Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tommy Wirkola Stars: David Harbour, John Leguizamo, Alex Hassell, Beverly D'Angelo, Alex Louder, Leah Brady, Edi Patterson, Cam Gigandet, Alexander Elliott, Brendan Fletcher, Andre Eriksen, Mike Dopud, Mitra Suri. Die Hard meets Home Alone. The wealthy Lightstone family gather at their secure remote family compound to celebrate Christmas. But this is a …
THE VELVET QUEEN
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Directors: Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier In 2019, award winning nature photographer Vincent Munier set out to try and capture vision of the rare and elusive snow leopard in its natural habitat. There are less than 7000 snow leopards in the world today and they mostly live in the most remote regions of the Himalayas, and rarely venture below 3500 feet. Munier was …
THE VILLA
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Thomas Gilou Stars: Kev Adams, Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Prevost, Mylene Demongeot, Jean-Luc Bideau, Liliane Rovere, Firmine Richard, Marthe Villalonga, Marianne Garcia, Jarry, Antoine Dulery, Omar Mebrouk, Oussame Kheddam. This star-studded French comedy, which was a hit at the recent Alliance Francaise French Film Festival, is largely set within a retirement village. The …
FRIENDS AND STRANGERS – interview with director James Vaughan
by GREG KING Friends and Strangers is the debut feature film for writer/director James Vaughan. It is a comedy/drama about young twentysomethings fumbling their way through life. The film was shot on location around Sydney in 2019, and Vaughan spent the best part of a year editing it. Greg spoke to James about the origins of the film, about how autobiographical the story or the characters were, the casting, and …
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