SPIDERMAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman Stars: voices of: Shamiek Moore, Brian Tyree Henry, Mahershala Ali, Hailee Steinfeld, Nicolas Cage, Chris Pine, Jake Johnson, Kimiko Glenn, John Mulaney, Liev Schreiber, Lily Tomlin, Kathryn Hahn, Stan Lee, Zoe Kravitz, Luna Lauren Velez, Natalie Morales, Oscar Isaac, Lake Bell. From Marvel Studios in association with Sony Animation Studios this subversive take on the whole superhero genre gives us one of the more sophisticated examples of animation to hit our screens in recent years. Continue reading
Filed Under: Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Film Review, S Tagged With: animated spiderman movie, Bob Persichetti, brian michael bendis, Brian Tyree Henry, chris miller, chris pine, greg king, hailee steinfeld, jake johnson, John Mulaney, kathryn hahn, Kimiko Glenn, lake bell, liev schreiber, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, Mahershala Ali, marvel, Natalie Morales, nicolas cage, oscar isaac, Peter Ramsey, phil lord, Rodney Rothman, sara pichelli, Shamiek Moore, spderman: into the spider-verse, spiderman: into the spider-verse film review, Stan Lee, Zoe Kravitz
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Oliver Stone Stars: Joseph Gordon Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Rhys Ifans, Nicolas Cage, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quino, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Olyphant, Scott Eastwood, Ben Schnetzer, Ben Chaplin, Logan Marshall Green, Joely Richardson. Dual Oscar winning filmmaker Oliver Stone is a polarising figure with a strong political conscience whose films often shake up the establishment. His films have often explored themes of power and corruption and complex issues about American values in the modern world. He has explored some of the darker Continue reading
Filed Under: biopic, Drama, Film Review, S Tagged With: anatoly kucherena, Ben Chaplin, ben schnetzer, edward snoden, edward snowden biopic, greg king, Joely Richardson, joseph gordon-levitt, laura poitras, Logan Marshall-Green, luke harding, melissa leo, nicolas cage, oliver stone, Rhys Ifans, Scott Eastwood, Shailene Woodley, snowden, snowden film review, timothy olyphant, tom wilkinson, Zachary Quino
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: David Gordon Green Stars: Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Gary Poulson, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Adriene Mishler, Brian Mays, Aaron Spivey-Sorrells, Sue Rock, Heather Kafka. Not to be confused with John G Avildsen's blistering 1970 drama of the same name, which starred the late Peter Boyle as a viciously unrepentant bigot, David Gordon Green's gritty drama taps into the Southern noir aesthetic with its themes of masculinity, revenge, retribution and violence. It also mixes these more adult themes with the tropes of the coming of age tale. And Continue reading
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Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Dominic Sena Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Claire Foy, Christopher Lee, Robert Sheehan, Ulrich Thompson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Stephen Graham. Sneaking into cinemas without much fanfare is Season Of The Witch, a rather dull, disappointing and inherently silly sword and sorcery adventure set in 14th century Europe. This clunky $40 million production flopped at the US box office and is being thrown away by the local distributors before it disappears onto DVD. The 14th century was a time of religious zealotry, the bloody Continue reading
Filed Under: Adventure, Film Review, S Tagged With: bragi f schut, Christopher Lee, claire foy, dominic sena, greg king, nicolas cage, ron perlman, season of the witch, season of the witch film review, stephen campbell moore, witchcraft