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
Greenland’s UK date of doom announced! Watch the trailer now
Finally Gerard Butler’s excellent disasteroid / cometastrophe film Greenland has a UK release date. The Amazon Exclusive is out on Prime Video on 5 February – and it’s the perfect pandemic distraction, if like me your first movie watch when Lockdown 1.0 loomed last spring was Contagion. The film follows John Garrity (Butler), his wife… Greenland’s UK date of doom announced! Watch the trailer now Read More
Pieces Of A Woman: the final bit of the jigsaw
Warning: very spoilery about the end of the film – if you want to read my review instead, it’s here. Pieces Of A Woman is about Martha navigating her grief when her baby dies, and part of that is about her regaining control after the birth. Births are often unpredictable but she had tried to… Pieces Of A Woman: the final bit of the jigsaw Read More
Pieces Of A Woman 3.5 stars
When Martha and Sean’s baby dies shortly after her home birth, the months that follow see relationships around her fracture as Martha tries to navigate her grief. When Martha goes into labour, she and her husband Sean find their chosen midwife stuck with another birthing mother. They’re sent Eva instead, an unexpected development but not… Pieces Of A Woman Read More
Scorchio! The film club watches Skyfire 3 stars
I’m telling you now that as all my movie club reviews are, this is very spoilery, so chill. If Skyfire was a person it would be a young Tom Cruise: short, exciting, and very, very hot. This was the Good-Bad Film Club’s first watch since before Christmas. Instead I’ve been watching good films about terrible… Scorchio! The film club watches Skyfire Read More
The Blithe Spirit remake and the ghosts of movies past
Extremely spoilery about both Blithe Spirits and you’ll also have to simply accept that ghosts are real. (My review of the new Blithe Spirit film is here.) To misquote Princess Di, “there were three people in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded”. None of the three in Blithe Spirit (1945) or Blithe Spirit… The Blithe Spirit remake and the ghosts of movies past Read More
Blithe Spirit (2020) 2 stars
An author with writer’s block is visited by the ghost of his dead wife Elvira, who is soon making second wife Ruth jealous. I know I usually rail against the “pre-dead wife” trope, but with Noel Coward’s play I’ll allow it. Sadly though, even with the reappearance of the gorgeous, ghostly Elvira (Leslie Mann) this… Blithe Spirit (2020) Read More
Locked Down ending: from hedgies & homebaking to the Harris diamond, what happened?
Very spoilery! Edgar Allan Poe may have said “There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told,” but not here. (Or read my review.) “Freedom Linda, in one beautiful moment,” says Paxton as the stand in Harrods, dithering over whether to swap the fake diamond with the real one she’s supposed to be… Locked Down ending: from hedgies & homebaking to the Harris diamond, what happened? Read More
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