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The Man At The Bottom Of The Garden (short film) Short Film 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

10th July 2021 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Jessica’s parents have been married for decades, but lockdown is proving difficult. And now mum has a plan to get dad out of the house. Made in and of a pandemic — a Zoom call set-up and a snappy 10 minute running time — this isn’t a horror, despite first appearances (and the plethora of… The Man At The Bottom Of The Garden (short film) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Lockdown Tagged With: family, isolation, lockdown, marriage, zoom

In The Shadow It Waits 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

29th July 2020 by Sarah

Four twenty-something co-workers, bored with their day jobs and sick of being locked up in isolation, play a silly online game and unwittingly prove the truth of an urban legend. However, whilst they may not be able to get out, that doesn’t mean that something can’t get in… In The Shadow It Waits is performed… In The Shadow It Waits Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Lockdown Tagged With: internet, isolation, lockdown, online game

Cold Comfort For Mads Mikkelsen In New Arctic Trailer

4th January 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

*** Read my Arctic review (4/5) *** Mikkelsen plays Overgård, a man left stranded in the arctic after his small plane crash lands. Mikkelsen has been lauded for his portrayal, and it’s one I can’t wait to see. Sadly I missed it at the London Film Festival last autumn as I had an injured foot,… Cold Comfort For Mads Mikkelsen In New Arctic Trailer Read More

Filed Under: Trailers Tagged With: arctic, ice, isolation, plane crash, snow, survival

Take Rabbit (Short Film) Short Film 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

9th June 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

*** Read my interview with Take Rabbit‘s director, the Oscar- and BAFTA-nominated  Peter Peake *** “You gets what you gives” says the Man as he gradually decides to start interacting with the world once more, ending his self-imposed conversational exile. It’s a change brought about in the main by a meeting with a talking Liverpudlian… Take Rabbit (Short Film) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: animation, isolation, relationships, talking animals

The Thing (1982) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

4th April 2017 by Sarah 2 Comments

A hipster slate, greenery garnish and a jus - but still something didn't seem quite right

John Carpenter’s The Thing has everything – physical isolation in an antarctic scientific base, failed communication channels, a coming storm (literal and metaphorical), psychological horror as the threat grows and established friendships crumble, and really, really disgusting monsters that I couldn’t take my eyes off. There is a delightful yuck factor to The Thing’s Things. (That is… The Thing (1982) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: alien, antarctica, childs, horror, isolation, john carpenter, keith david, kurt russell, macready, mutant, research station, the thing, who goes there

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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

John Wick: Chapter 4 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Visualization (short film) Short Film 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Follow The Dead 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Plane 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

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☆☆☆☆☆

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