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Last Train To Christmas 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

20th December 2021 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Nightclub owner Tony Towers, on a train with his fiancée on Christmas Eve 1985, sees how his life might have been if he had made different decisions along the way. The synopsis of Last Train To Christmas made it sound like a mash-up of A Christmas Carol, Snowpiercer, Sliding Doors and The Hitman And Her… Last Train To Christmas Read More

Filed Under: Christmas, Film Reviews Tagged With: christmas, failure, families, success

Nowhere Special 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

5th August 2021 by Sarah Leave a Comment

A dying father seeks a new family for his young son. There are times when I want to have my heart broken at the movies and times when I most definitely don’t. I’m currently in a “definitely don’t” phase, and had been deliberately avoiding Nowhere Special, but the recent heatwave sent me to the local… Nowhere Special Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: adoption, bereavement, children, families

Relic (London Film Festival) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

8th October 2020 by Sarah Leave a Comment

A daughter, mother and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family’s home. There are post-it notes stuck all around Edna’s elegant and airy house, little reminders of basic living: turn off taps says one. As they get more frightening, warnings in an increasingly spidery hand, there’s one that says Don’t… Relic (London Film Festival) Read More

Filed Under: Film Festivals, Film Reviews, London Film Festival Tagged With: ageing, dementia, families, women

The Last Tree (Sundance London) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

7th June 2019 by Sarah 1 Comment

Shola Amoo’s second feature is an accomplished and absorbing film, following the teenage Femi as he struggles to create his own identity and sense of place from disparate memories, experiences and expectations. Little confusions, which for teenagers can still loom large, are woven into far more serious choices. There’s a sweet scene when Femi, walking along… The Last Tree (Sundance London) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Sundance London Tagged With: families, identity, london, nigeria, race

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

Puzzle 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

27th August 2018 by Sarah 15 Comments

It turns out there’s more than one way to complete a jigsaw, and my own tried and tested technique – corners then edges then screaming in frustration – won’t win you a Best Puzzler cup. Initially Agnes (Kelly Macdonald) just turns over the pieces and dives in. Her new and experienced champion puzzler partner Robert… Puzzle Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: families, jigsaws, motherhood, new york, puzzles

Christopher Robin 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

19th August 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

This is a film that yearns for a golden bygone age. “You can’t just keep saying hello to people!” says Christopher Robin to Pooh as they rush past harried Londoners. Okay, not that. A time when bosses utilised our goodwill, demanding more and more, expecting us to work all hours so we never saw our… Christopher Robin Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: aa milne, eeyore, families, hundred acre wood, kanga, piglet, pooh, tigger, winnie the pooh

Mobile Homes 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

10th July 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

*** Read my interview with Mobile Homes director Vladimir De Fontenay *** It’s part of the mythology of America that everyone can move on, starting afresh somewhere new, the slate wiped clean. Everybody deserves a second, third of fourth chance, even if in practice it often doesn’t work out that way for the very people… Mobile Homes Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: america, families, mobile homes, running away, trailer park

All Between Us 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

27th June 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

This dinner-party-from-hell movie was made in 2010, but is only now, eight years later, getting a home entertainment release – presumably to cash in on co-star Tiffany Haddish’s phenomenal (and well-deserved) success. I’ll admit until I realised when the film was made I was rather mystified regarding Haddish’s involvement. It’s a story that has some… All Between Us Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: dinner party, families, friends, marriage, relationships, secrets

Eaten By Lions 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

25th June 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

*** Check out my video interviews with the cast and my written interview with director Jason Wingard *** In Eaten By Lions the mum and dad/stepdad of brothers Pete (Jack Carroll) and Omar (Antonio Aakeel) suffer exactly that fate, and I won’t deny it’s a relief not to have to labour over a movie title’s meaning. You could argue… Eaten By Lions Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: ableism, blackpool, brothers, families, racism

A Bad Moms Christmas 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

1st November 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

I adore Christmas, and had no qualms watching this on November 1st, while eating homemade mince pies. I used to manage a retail Christmas department, which meant wearing musical antlers blaring our “Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer” from September to February, and I still adored Christmas. I also make my own mincemeat, bake and ice… A Bad Moms Christmas Read More

Filed Under: Christmas, Film Reviews Tagged With: bad moms, christmas, families, mothers

Louder Than Bombs 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

16th October 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

I’ve met a few men like Jonah. First telling his wife not to swear in front of their just-delivered baby daughter in case she hears, later sleeping with an ex he has accidentally left with the impression that his wife has cancer. Jonah doesn’t have a problem misdirecting people, accidentally or deliberately, to create a… Louder Than Bombs Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: bereavement, families, joachim trier film, louder than bombs review, photography, suicide, war photographer

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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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