All the news about News Of The World that’s fit to print, and no sidebar of shame. Warning: very spoilery about the ending! My four-star review of the film is here. Arthur Miller said “A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself,” and Captain Kyle Kidd, the ageing, war-weary storyteller who travels… The News Of The World, trying to get a nation to talk to itself Read More
News Of The World 4 stars
A man travelling from town to town reading the news is tasked with delivering a young German girl who has been living with the Kiowa people back to her only living relatives. Intinerant storytellers have a long history: outsiders who paradoxically bring people together through the connective power of stories, even if the lines between… News Of The World Read More
The Gerrystorm podcast: from Banning to Beowulf and beyond
Welcome to GERRYSTORM, the podcast dedicated to the filmography of our Greatest Living Scotsman, Gerard Butler. Scroll down for links to all GERRYSTORM episodes, and how to listen, or check out the latest episode below. Warning: all GERRYSTORM podcast episodes are very spoilery (there’s also a synopsis at the start of each episode if you… The Gerrystorm podcast: from Banning to Beowulf and beyond Read More
Saint Maud: sex and death and God and souls
You prayed for spoilers and here they are. Very spoilery about Saint Maud and its shocking ending. Religion, sex and death is one of the ultimate horror threesomes, and Saint Maud brings them together in a devastating exploration of the effects of one woman’s breakdown. “No one sees what they don’t want to,” says the… Saint Maud: sex and death and God and souls Read More
Saint Maud 4 stars
Religious convert Maud starts work as a live-in nurse at the home of Amanda, a famous dancer now frail from illness and trapped in her grand, isolated house. We know exactly what the friendless, fervently religious Maud thinks, because she chats to God all the time to assuage her loneliness. Her (to us) one-sided discussions… Saint Maud Read More
News of the News Of The World: a trailer for Tom Hanks Netflix film
*** Check out my four-star review and article *** No, not an account of the phone-tapping scandal that brought down Murdoch’s newspaper – this is Paul Greengrass’s latest film, with Tom Hanks as Captain Kyle Kidd. It’s set five years after the end of the American Civil War, and Kidd, a “non-fiction storyteller”, travels from… News of the News Of The World: a trailer for Tom Hanks Netflix film Read More
Unearthing The Dig
This is very spoilery about the ending of The Dig, as I go a bit further into the reach of Sutton Hoo and the relationships in the film. If you’re after my five-star review, it’s here. It’s ironic that the boat and burial chamber of an Anglo-Saxon king, a man descended from Germanic invaders, with… Unearthing The Dig Read More
The Dig 5 stars
On the eve of World War II, a British widow hires a self-taught archaeologist to dig up mysterious formations on her land, leading to a staggering find. In 1939 Basil Brown started work excavating a burial mound on land belonging to Edith Pretty, at Sutton Hoo. His astonishing discoveries – the imprint of a large… The Dig Read More
Trust and teamwork in new trailer for Disney’s Raya And The Last Dragon
There’s only one thing worse than a dragon – Americans! Oops sorry wrong film. Judging by this trailer, Raya And The Last Dragon is the movie I need right now, despite (or because?) recent movies I needed right then were about mass death (Greenland, The Midnight Sky), and it all got a bit bleak. This… Trust and teamwork in new trailer for Disney’s Raya And The Last Dragon Read More
A monster clash in the Godzilla vs Kong trailer
The epic clash between the two titans—instigated by unseen forces—is only the beginning of the mystery that lies deep within the core of the Earth. Legends collide as these mythic adversaries meet in a spectacular battle for the ages, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. I know it sounds like Eastenders‘… A monster clash in the Godzilla vs Kong trailer Read More
The film club watches Norway’s The Wave, but is it yay or no way? 4 stars
Note: film club blog posts are both reviews and accounts of zoom watches, so are extremely spoilery. Don’t read if you’re a fan of chin-scratching ambiguity, that’s what I’m saying. Disaster films take our favourite movie metaphors and make them real, and that’s taken to its glorious (if deadly) extreme in The Wave, where a… The film club watches Norway’s The Wave, but is it yay or no way? Read More
PODCAST: Unpromising Old Lady guests on First Time Watchers talking Promising Young Woman
Podcast alert! No not my podcast, which I am still seriously considering just as I was 4 years ago when I first said I was launching a podcast. (I’m getting to it!) GET IT NOW ON apple podcasts This is the First Time Watchers podcast, run by Tim from the (once again) good ol’ US… PODCAST: Unpromising Old Lady guests on First Time Watchers talking Promising Young Woman Read More
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