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Finding The Way Back 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

17th July 2020 by Sarah Cartland

Jack Cunningham was an HS basketball phenom who walked away from the game, forfeiting his future. Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job at his alma mater, he may get one last shot at redemption. Like many redemption-via-sports movies, Finding The Way Back is less about looking outwards at the court, track or… Finding The Way Back Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: addiction, basketball, bereavement, high school

Storm Boy 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

6th April 2020 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

When Michael Kingley, a retired businessman, sees images from his past that he can’t explain, he is forced to recall his childhood memories and how, as a boy, he rescued and raised an orphaned pelican, Mr Percival. Arriving just in time for our locked-down Easter holidays, this film about self-isolation, loneliness, and our enduring connections to… Storm Boy Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: australia, bereavement, conservation, indigenous people, pelicans

My Spy 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

11th March 2020 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

A CIA operative is given the job of surveilling a single mother and her young daughter Sophie in their apartment block – but the tween quickly works out what’s going on… JJ (Dave Bautista) may be ex-Forces with military commendations as long as his bicep circumference, but as a spy he’s on the ropes with… My Spy Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: bereavement, cia, family, spying

Military Wives 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

9th March 2020 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

A group of women set up a choir on a military base while their partners are on a tour of duty on Afghanistan. I cried so much during Military Wives – to put it in resolutely British terms, a light drizzle turned into a cloudburst and then a solid, steady downpour – I should probably… Military Wives Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: afghanistan, bereavement, british army, choir, singing, soldiers

Onward 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

1st March 2020 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Elf brothers Ian and Barley, living in a world that has forgotten its magical past, go on a quest to find a rare magical gemstone that will allow them to complete a spell to return their dead father to them for 24 hours. Fantastic in both the current and the original sense, Onward is thrilling,… Onward Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: bereavement, brothers, elves, magic, quest

Blow The Man Down 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

26th February 2020 by Sarah Cartland 5 Comments

Teenage sisters Mary Beth and Priscilla Connolly, who have recently lost their mother, attempt to cover up a gruesome run-in with a dangerous man. To conceal their crime, they must go deeper into Easter Cove’s underbelly and uncover the town matriarchs’ darkest secrets. In this clever, layered thriller, the three older ladies of Easter Cove… Blow The Man Down Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: bereavement, fishing village, Maine, murder, secrets

The Rhythm Section 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

30th January 2020 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

As a baby assassin, Stephanie Patrick (Blake Lively) is rough and not particularly ready, moving either too fast or too slowly. She’s three-quarters trained, and “B” (Jude Law) has done everything he can for her. That last 25%, when she finds out if she can actually put a bullet in someone’s head without pausing first,… The Rhythm Section Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: assassin, bereavement, terrorism

Invasion Planet Earth 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

4th December 2019 by Sarah Cartland 1 Comment

It never rains but it pours as we like to say in weather-obsessed Britain, and that’s certainly true of Invasion Planet Earth. Not literally. This isn’t Geostorm. But our planet, already on the brink of a world war, is faced with an alien invasion. Simon Cox’s feature (he directed, produced and co-wrote the screenplay) has been… Invasion Planet Earth Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: aliens, bereavement, hero, london, war

Mickey And The Bear 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

12th November 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Hank, a veteran of the Iraq War, now spend his days looking for ways to dull the pain of PTSD and his painkiller addiction. His daughter Mickey, nearly 18, looks after him, their parent-child relationship turned on its head in too many ways. A coming-of-age drama about trying to escape when others are trying to… Mickey And The Bear Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: bereavement, family, Montana, ptsd, veteran, war

Playmobil: The Movie 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

17th July 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

I have a soft spot for Playmobil, and not only because it’s easier on parental feet when you tread on it in the dark than arch-nemesis Lego, which like its tie-in films is considerably sharper-edged than this smooth German rival. But while Playmobil:The Movie lacks the bite of the Lego films, this is still a colourful,… Playmobil: The Movie Read More

Filed Under: Featured 2, Film Reviews Tagged With: bereavement, family, playmobil, siblings

Playmobil The Movie (kids’ review!) 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

14th July 2019 by Cassian Leave a Comment

My name is Cassian and I’m 7. This is my review of Playmobil The Movie which I saw today with my mum and my brother. A sister and brother called Marla and Charlie find out their parents have died in a car accident, so Marla has to stay at home to look after Charlie (who… Playmobil The Movie (kids’ review!) Read More

Filed Under: Featured 3, Film Reviews, Kids, Reviews By Kids Tagged With: bereavement, playmobil, siblings

Midsommar 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

6th July 2019 by Sarah Cartland 2 Comments

Coming out of Midsommar I immediately saw a very blonde woman dressed in a blue and white folksy-style dress, her expression friendly yet with sinister undertones, and nearly legged it, before realising it was my own reflection in a shop window. Midsommar‘s crowd of smiling, fair-haired, prettily dressed cult members are ominous to us from the… Midsommar Read More

Filed Under: Featured 3, Film Reviews Tagged With: bereavement, folk, paganism, summer solstice, sweden

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