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Surfacing Now – Seven Submarine Movies To Dive Into

5th November 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

The red posters. The blue boilersuits. A tagline with a water-related pun. The phrase “cat and mouse”. The seawater squirting into the missile room when the boat suffers a mild tap. You can’t beat a good submarine movie. I’ll admit I’m conflicted now. On the one hand you’re isolated and no one can get to… Surfacing Now – Seven Submarine Movies To Dive Into Read More

Filed Under: Film Articles, Submarines Tagged With: black sea, cold war, crimson tide, das boot, down periscope, hunt for red october, hunter killer, submarine, submarine movies

The Hunt For Red October 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

2nd November 2018 by Sarah 1 Comment

*** Check out my submarine movies section *** I miss the Cold War. We knew where we stood – permanently on the brink of nuclear annihilation, obviously. But those proxy wars and chess matches were, mostly, holding us back from the brink, playing out within agreed confines. The dangers were huge but we at least knew who… The Hunt For Red October Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Submarines Tagged With: cold war, russia, submarine, ussr

The Shape Of Water 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

14th February 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

This is an ode to gods and monsters, and fittingly it is set in the early 1960s – when America has become used to strange creatures on screen, warning us of our failings as a species, or terrifying us into submission. And with so many B-movies allegories for East-West relations, it’s also appropriate that The… The Shape Of Water Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: 1960s, Baltimore, cold war, space race

Atomic Blonde – 1 Minute Video Review Includes Video 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

11th August 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Click here for the full Atomic Blonde review

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: atomic blonde, atomic blonde review, berlin, berlin wall, cold war, coldest city, Lorraine Broughton, MI6, spy thriller, video-review

Atomic Blonde 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

10th August 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

It’s 1989, just before the Berlin Wall comes down, and as the people of East Germany finally have freedom within reach, British spy Lorraine Broughton finds herself increasingly trapped as her escape routes close. Atomic Blonde is not so much style over substance as just enough style, but too much substance. The beginning is fabulous, the ending had my head spinning more… Atomic Blonde Read More

Filed Under: Featured 2, Film Reviews Tagged With: atomic blonde review, berlin, berlin wall, cold war, coldest city, graphic novel, KGB, MI6, spies, spy thriller

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