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The Midnight Sky: it’s written in the stars

27th December 2020 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

I never expected to be comparing George Clooney’s cerebral offering The Midnight Sky to Gerard Butler’s fellow cataclysmic doom-movie Greenland, but we are where we are: in the middle of a pandemic, seeking solace in End Times drama. I talk about the implications of The Midnight Sky spoiler at the start, so you can stop… The Midnight Sky: it’s written in the stars Read More

Filed Under: Film Articles Tagged With: apocalypse, extinction level event, george clooney, Gerard butler, greenland, the midnight sky

The Midnight Sky 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

27th December 2020 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

A scientist in the Arctic trying to contact a spaceship to warn them of a disaster back on Earth must travel to another base with the small girl he’s looking after. This is another apocalyptic film that doesn’t really explain what is happening to the world, something I find very frustrating. I always want to… The Midnight Sky Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: apocalypse, arctic, extinction level event, family, scientist, space

TV review: Truth Seekers (Season 1)

21st October 2020 by Sarah Cartland

A team of part-time paranormal investigators use homemade gizmos to track the supernatural, sharing their adventures online. As their haunted stake outs become more terrifying they begin to uncover an unimaginable, apocalyptic conspiracy. Check out my very spoilery article Truth Seekers: the truth is out there (I mean in here), which covers the characters, episode recaps… TV review: Truth Seekers (Season 1) Read More

Filed Under: Other Reviews, TV Shows Tagged With: apocalypse, demons, ghost hunters, ghosts, julian barrett, malcolm mcdowell, nick front, samson kayo, simon pegg, Susan Wokoma, truth seekers

Fear and forboding in the “She Dies Tomorrow” trailer

29th July 2020 by Sarah Cartland

*** Read my 3-star review and article about the film here *** From writer-director Amy Seimetz comes She Dies Tomorrow, a thriller-horror-comedy about a young woman whose conviction that she’s doomed to keel over the next day appears to be catching. Here’s the synopsis: After waking up convinced that she is going to die tomorrow,… Fear and forboding in the “She Dies Tomorrow” trailer Read More

Filed Under: Featured 2, Trailers Tagged With: AAA, Amy Seimetz, apocalypse, she dies tomorrrow, thriller

Snowpiercer 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

25th May 2020 by Sarah Cartland 2 Comments

In a future where a failed climate-change experiment has killed all life except for the lucky few who boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, a new class system emerges. You can’t get more uber-Lockdown than Snowpiercer, Bong Joon-ho’s electrifying, horrifying and witty 2013 thriller about an uprising on board a luxury… Snowpiercer Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: apocalypse, class warfare, ice age, revolution, train

Casting news: George Clooney’s untitled Mark L Smith project, but it’s okay as I’ve got just the name for it

14th January 2020 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

I won’t lie, when I received the email from Netflix I misread it as Mark E. Smith and thought Gorgeous George had got himself involved in a biopic about the late frontman of The Fall. It isn’t, though I’m still interested as it’s a post-apocalyptic drama, and they’re one of my favourite genres – especially… Casting news: George Clooney’s untitled Mark L Smith project, but it’s okay as I’ve got just the name for it Read More

Filed Under: Featured 3, Film News Tagged With: AAA, apocalypse, george clooney, Mark L Smith, netflix

Day Zero (Short Film) Short Film 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

18th January 2019 by Sarah Cartland 1 Comment

Stephen Nagel’s short film, Day Zero, was made with zero budget – achieved by shooting on mobile phones, pulling in actor friends to perform, and borrowing props wherever he could. That kind of filmmaking situation is something I bear in mind when reviewing a micro or zero budget film, though ultimately, whatever its cost, it… Day Zero (Short Film) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Smartphones Tagged With: apocalypse, Cape Town, drought, oasis, south africa, water

Bird Box 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

27th December 2018 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

A stern and cold-voiced woman tells two 5 year olds named Boy and Girl that they’re going on a dangerous journey and if they don’t do what she says she will hurt them. It’s a frightening opening to this film about motherhood, not just because of the calamity it hints at but also because this… Bird Box Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: apocalypse, birds, blindfold, family

A Quiet Place 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

6th April 2018 by Sarah Cartland 2 Comments

With A Quiet Place, director and co-writer John Krasinski proves himself to be a master of relentless (and I mean relentless) tension, which doesn’t stop until the final frame. This film is only 90 minutes’ long but it’s a 90 minute crescendo of suspense, peppered with shocks and heartbreak. This is a battle for survival,… A Quiet Place Read More

Filed Under: Featured 3, Film Reviews Tagged With: apocalypse, deafness, end of the world, monsters, silence, survival

Breathe Easy 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

18th September 2017 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

You know the apocalypse is only going to get worse when you’re British and your mate says “oh and we’ve run out of beer”. Turns out the world ends not with a bang but with a young man’s whimper, that the stash of Fosters is all gone. In Britain, anyway. Elsewhere it’s more urgent and more violent, as… Breathe Easy Read More

Filed Under: Featured 2, Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: apocalypse, apocalyptic film, breathe easy, collaborative film, collaborative filming, end of days, indie film, support indie film, toxic cloud

War For The Planet Of The Apes (3D) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

20th July 2017 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

As if we didn’t need reminding, mankind’s hubris will be our downfall, nature will find a way, and oh karma’s a bitch. War For The Planet Of The Apes starts with an attack as a battalion of human soldiers sent by the vicious and desperate General (Woody Harrelson) come for Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his family in their… War For The Planet Of The Apes (3D) Read More

Filed Under: Featured 2, Film Reviews Tagged With: andy serkis, apocalypse, bad ape, biblical imagery, caesar, colonel, kobo, matt reeves film, maurice, motion capture, nova, planet of the apes, simian flu, virus, war for the planet of the apes, war for the planet of the apes review

Comfort Blanket Movies For When The World Is Going To Hell In A Handcart (i.e. Now)

31st January 2017 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Handing out her "end of days" to-do lists Fiona explained that being left behind during "The Rapture" didn't simply mean a disappointing wedding night

The world is pretty dark right now, but once you’ve filled your understairs cupboard with cans of baked beans, plus that Long Life UHT milk that come the Apocalypse no one will actually drink (“things are bad enough, I’ll have that cold coffee black if you don’t mind”), you’ll need something to fill the time before the… Comfort Blanket Movies For When The World Is Going To Hell In A Handcart (i.e. Now) Read More

Filed Under: Film Articles Tagged With: airplane, american werewolf in london, apocalypse, comfort blanket films, comfort movies, dark days, end of days, end of the world, favourite films, four weddings and a funeral, hugh grant, john wick, jurassic park, keanu reeves, kristin scott thomas, leslie nielsen, lofty pythons life of brian, naked gun, prometheus, reign of fire, ripley, yorkshire

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