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by GREG KING Where In The Hell is a low budget art house road movie/buddy movie with a queer touch. It stars Cam Killion and Joohun Lee. It is the feature debut for writer/director Laramie Dennis. The film has its world premiere in St Louis on November 10, and will be screening here in Melbourne as part of The Melbourne Queer Film festival on November 15 and 21. Greg caught up with Laramie who was in Los …
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WICKED LITTLE LETTERS reviewed by GREG KING Director: Thea Sharrock Stars: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Timothy Spall, Anjana Vasan, Gemma Jones, Eileen Atkins, Joanna Scanlan, Lolly Adefope, Alicia Weir, Hugh Skinner, Paul Chahidi, Malachi Kirby. This engaging, hugely entertaining and outrageous mix of comedy and drama is based on a true story about an obscene letter writing scandal that happened in the …
WONKA Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Paul King Stars: Timothee Chalamet, Olivia Colman, Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Grant, Calah Lane, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Keegan-Michael Key, Jim Carter, Rakhee Thakar, Natasha Rothwell, Rich Fulcher, Sally Hawkins. Timothee Chalamet steps into the shoes of Willy Wonka, the master chocolatier created by author Roald Dahl in 1964 and previously played on …
The Whale Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Darren Aronofsky Stars: Brendan Fraser, Hong Chau, Ty Simpkins, Sadie Sink, Samantha Morton. Oscar nominated director Darren Aronofsky revived Mickey Rourke’s career in 2008 with his film The Wrestler. Rourke was nominated for an Oscar for his performance. Similarly, Aronofksy has brought Brendan Fraser back out of the cinematic wilderness with his latest film The …
What's Love Got To Do With It? Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Shakur Kapur Stars: Lily James, Shazad Latif, Emma Thompson, Sajal Ali, Asim Chaudhry, Shabana Azmi, Jeff Mizra, Pakiza Baig, Ben Asheden, Alexander Owen, Oliver Chris. Not to be confused with the 1993 film of the same name which depicted the volatile and tumultuous relationship between Tina Turner and her abusive Svengali-like husband Ike, …
I Wanna Dance With Somebody Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Kasi Lemmons Stars: Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Tamara Tunie, Nafessa Williams, Clarke Peters, Ashton Sanders. Fans of the late, great Whitney Houston will not really learn anything new or particularly surprising from this so-so biopic of the late singer. I Wanna Dance With Somebody is a more sanitised look at her life mainly due to the …
THE POOL Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Ian Darling. Located on the edge of the famous Bondi Beach in Sydney, the Bondi Icebergs pool was established in 1929 and is steeped in history. It is estimated that …
GLADIATOR II Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ridley Scott Stars: Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Denzel Washington, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Tim McInnerny, Derek Jacobi, Rory McCann, Matt Lucas, Yuval Gonen, Peter …
SATURDAY NIGHT Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jason Reitman Stars: Gabriel La Belle, Cory Michael Smith, Matt Wood, Dylan O'Brien, Willem Dafoe, J K Simmons, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman, Rachel Sennott, Ella Hunt, Emily Fairn, …
