Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Mike LeighStars: Imelda Staunton, Phil Drake, Peter Wright, Heather Craney, Adrian Scarborough, Daniel Mays, Alex Kelly, Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Ruth Sheen.Mike Leigh returns to the socially realistic dramas with which he is synonymous with Vera Drake, a bleak and emotionally devastating drama about abortion, that is also one of his best films for quite some …
VAN WALKER: PARTY LIAISON
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Walt BeckerStars: Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Tim MathesonYet another teen movie? National Lampoon returns to the world of fraternity house parties and the wild antics of university students for the first time since the cult favourite Animal House (1978), which then set the standard for sophomoric teen comedies. But, despite the presence of Tim Matheson, who was an …
VANILLA SKY
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Cameron CroweStars: Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Timothy Spall, Jason Lee, Kurt Russell, Tilda Swinton, Noah Taylor.A remake of the Spanish film Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes), Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky is a bewildering, existential sci-fi thriller that will be mainly remembered as the film that led to the split in the fairy tale marriage between …
VERTICAL LIMIT
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Martin CampbellStars: Chris O'Donnell, Robin Tunney, Bill Paxton, Scott Glenn, Izabella Scorpurio, Ben Mendelsohn, Robert Taylor, Steve Le Marquand, Temeura Morrison, Stuart Wilson.Martin Campbell (Goldeneye, The Mask Of Zorro, etc) is quickly building a reputation as a director of exciting, action yarns. His latest film Vertical Limit takes audiences on a spectacular …
VERY BAD THINGS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Peter Berg Stars: Christian Slater, Cameron Diaz, Jon Favreau, Daniel Stern, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Jeremy Piven, Leland Orser, Joey Zimmerman, Tyle Malinger, Russell B McKenzie, Lawrence Pressman.While Very Bad Things shares a similar moral to A Simple Plan, it is ultimately a vastly different film. This grim black comedy looks at how normally ordinary people can commit …
VEGAS VACATION
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Stephen Kessler Stars: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Ethan Embry, Marisol Nichols, Randy Quaid, Wayne Newton, Sid Caesar, Wallace Shawn,Christie BrinkleyThe very thought of the Griswold clan, America's most hapless and naive family of holiday makers, venturing into the neon lit playground of America's gambling Mecca for a week long vacation should provide enough …
