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Saint Maud: sex and death and God and souls

8th February 2021 by Sarah Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: Re-caps (spoiler warning!) Tagged With: death, god, jennifer ehle, morfydd clark, religion, rose glass, saint maud

Blithe Spirit (2020) 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

15th January 2021 by Sarah

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

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: death, ghosts, Noel Coward

She Dies Tomorrow 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

5th September 2020 by Sarah

Amy thinks she’s dying tomorrow… and it’s contagious. I suspect She Dies Tomorrow will be one of those movies where we will all put a very personal spin on its message. Perhaps the hypersomniacs among us will decide it’s about the contagiousness of yawning, the historians about tulip mania or the dancing plague. In my… She Dies Tomorrow Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: death, social contagion

Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

13th August 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

A funeral industry expert in the US predicts significant numbers of closures of traditional funeral homes over the next few years – in the death business, it’s adapt or die. Funerals, like weddings, sure aren’t like they used to be. From tubs of Irish earth so expats can be buried in a part of their… Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: burial, cancer, death, funeral

The Farewell (Sundance London) 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

21st July 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

The Farewell is writer-director Lulu Wang’s second feature, and it’s a funny, bracing, tender and profoundly moving film. “Sexy but poor” is how Billi (Awkwafina) describes herself half-jokingly to her mother, visiting her parents while trying to avoid the apartment she always owes rent on. Her parents also live in New York, the whole family… The Farewell (Sundance London) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Sundance London Tagged With: american-chinese, china, death, family

30 Miles From Nowhere 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

10th April 2019 by Sarah 3 Comments

After so many horror films about teens and college kids facing their doom, their friendships unravelling in the face of danger, it’s refreshing that this time it’s the older but not wiser getting their comeuppance. With the youngsters I tend to bear in mind how much of an annoying, supercilious whiner I was at that age… 30 Miles From Nowhere Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: cabin in the woods, college, death, friends

Pet Sematary (2019) 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

7th April 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Nothing sums up the difference between city and country in Pet Sematary better than the story of the reanimated prize bull. The people of Ludlow in rural Maine combine practicality and belief in old legends, encapsulated by the tale of a local farmer who used a supernatural burial ground to bring back his most valuable animal…. Pet Sematary (2019) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: death, grief, Maine, stephen king, wendigo

Destination: Dewsbury 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

23rd February 2019 by Sarah 3 Comments

It’s a huge shock when the first one of your generation dies, as delusions of immortality crumble and the reality of middle age looms. New indie British comedy Destination: Dewsbury tackles this from the viewpoints of four men, mates since school, their lives starting to disintegrate just as the fifth member of their schoolboy gang turns out… Destination: Dewsbury Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: cancer, death, dewsbury, friendship, men, middle age, roadtrip, school

Two For Joy 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

22nd February 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

For the widowed Aisha (Samantha Morton) grief itself has become the driving force, rather than the reaction; with her family caught in an enervating circle of misery where the sheer exhaustion of getting through the day prevents them from escaping. It needs a huge catalyst to kick them off the repetitive cycle onto a different… Two For Joy Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: beach, bereavement, carers, children, death, families, holiday

Hereditary 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

17th February 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

A creaky floorboard and a clicking tongue. Two sounds you don’t want to hear when you’re alone in the house and the only tongue clicker you know of is your dead sister. “I never wanted to be your mother” Annie says to her teenage son Peter (Alex Wolff), “it wasn’t my fault and I tried… Hereditary Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: bereavement, children, death, family, possession

Padre 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

21st September 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

“The space behind you is as important as the one in front of you” says James (Willem Dafoe), guiding his female performers as they rehearse his new play. It’s a good analogy for grief and death as journeys. I’ve found that when it comes to grief, once that initial crushing of the ribs has lessened,… Padre Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: death, dreams, grief, padre trailer

Heathers 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

2nd August 2018 by Sarah 1 Comment

The 80s was a blunt decade, designed to disrupt – oversized, brash and brightly-coloured, where the brave and bullish could succeed. In a time defined by red lipstick, shrinking violets need not apply. Everything is over-oversized in Heathers. It’s even bigger, brasher, brighter and more vicious than the decade it satirises. Unsurprisingly in this live-action,… Heathers Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: 1980s, bullying, death, high school, murder, satire, suicide

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Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, John Wick lover and Gerard Butler apologist. Still waiting for Mike Banning vs John Wick: Requiem

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Reviews

Netflix and chill: the film club discusses The Pale Blue Eye 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

See How They Run 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Maneater 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Clarkson’s Farm (TV series, season 1) 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

The Reef: Stalked 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Persuasion 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

GATLOPP: Hell Of A Game 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Jurassic World: Dominion 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Top Gun: Maverick 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Senior Year 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

H20h no! The Film Club watches Black Water: Abyss 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (TV mini series) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Pursuit Of A Jigsaw (short film) Short Film 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Operation Mincemeat 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Reed’s Point 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Let The Wrong One In 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Death On The Nile 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Deep Water 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Moonfall 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

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