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Article: some thoughts on Summerland

31st July 2020 by Sarah Cartland

Warning: this is very spoilery so if you came here via a search engine looking for my review, and haven’t seen the film yet, you can read it here. I said at the end of my review that everything is tied up very neatly. It’s not coincidence – that’s made clear – but it is… Article: some thoughts on Summerland Read More

Filed Under: Film Articles Tagged With: love, summerland, war

Summerland 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

30th July 2020 by Sarah Cartland

In Kent during World War II, Alice, who has never got over a broken relationship, reluctantly takes in Frank, a young evacuee. Initially resolving to be rid of him within a week, she eventually opens her heart to him. Some of the insults and accusations aimed at women down the ages may be dependent on… Summerland Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: evacuees, folklore, love, war, ww2

Portrait of a Lady on Fire 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

1st March 2020 by Tracey Sinclair Leave a Comment

A love story set in the 18th century about Marianne, a painter, and the aristocratic Heloïse, whose pre-wedding portrait she has been commissioned to paint. Heloïse, unwilling to marry, has consistently refused to sit – so Marianne paints her secretly, having been introduced as a hired companion. Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a… Portrait of a Lady on Fire Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: art, brittany, france, lesbian cinema, lesbian relationships, love, painting

EMMA. 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

7th February 2020 by Sarah Cartland 3 Comments

When you get to my age it feels like Emma adaptations come round more often than unexpected Jon Bernthal cameos, so I was surprised to discover it’s actually 21 years since Gwyneth Paltrow’s big screen outing as the “handsome, clever and rich” – and meddlesome – heroine. And this EMMA is a hugely enjoyable, fresh… EMMA. Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: jane austen, love, regency england

“I’m not a career elf!” – the Last Christmas international trailer is here

12th September 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

*** Read my review of Last Christmas *** And this one goes in much more heavily on the dark side of the festive season. In this case it’s the illness Kate (Emilia Clarke) suffered the previous Christmas, which left her near death. 12 months on, the experience still has her in its grip and she… “I’m not a career elf!” – the Last Christmas international trailer is here Read More

Filed Under: Trailers Tagged With: christmas, george michael, illness, love, wham

Falling Inn Love 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

29th August 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

To B&B or not to B&B, that is the question – as American city girl Gabriela wins an actual New Zealand guesthouse in a competition, meeting handsome local builder Jake when she turns up to view her beautiful but ramshackle prize (which at least comes with its own goat, Gilbert). To which I could also… Falling Inn Love Read More

Filed Under: Featured 2, Film Reviews Tagged With: DIY, green energy, love, new zealand

Benjamin 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

7th August 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

A second film, like a second album, is fraught with problems, but it also offers a rich seam of jokes, especially around the double edged sword that early success brings. “Ideally I’d have just made that film and died”, young filmmaker Benjamin tells his publicist, Billie about his first movie. “Is that not a good answer…?”… Benjamin Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: anxiety, filmmaking, LGBT, love, media

Always Be My Maybe 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

31st May 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Sasha Tran (Ali Wong) is magazine cover-famous. She’s a top chef with a successful LA restaurant, another about to open in San Francisco, and a New York venue coming later. Her childhood friend friend Marcus Kim (Randall Park) is lamppost-famous. His flyers for his 15-year-old band Hello Peril have finally reached the other side of San Francisco,… Always Be My Maybe Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: chef, family, love, restaurants

In Fabric 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

26th April 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

With In Fabric, director Peter Strickland has built a world which conveys all that is best and worst about shopping: carnal, animalistic, beautiful, frightening and blackly funny, with as many touchable moments as teachable ones. Imagine a cross between 1970s department store sitcom Are You Being Served? and the original Suspiria, and that just about… In Fabric Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: dress, loneliness, love, retail, sale, shopping

Long Shot 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

24th April 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

This is a grown-up comedy, what with it being about politics, ethical journalism, the environment, personal integrity, Boyz II Men, boners, masturbation, and drugs. Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron) is Secretary of State, working under President Chambers (Bob Odenkirk) whose route to power was a decade spent playing the president on TV. Which is very funny… Long Shot Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: love, politics, speechwriting, white house

Isn’t It Romantic – 1 Minute Video Review Includes Video 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

3rd March 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Read the full Isn’t It Romantic review and watch the trailer

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: australia, gay friend, love, new york, PG-13, romantic comedy, romcom, video-review

Isn’t It Romantic 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

2nd March 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

I’m delighted to say that Isn’t It Romantic doesn’t have one original idea in it. You’ll have seen them all before, in a thousand romcoms – but director Todd Strauss-Schulson has taken those ideas, chucked them into the air then watched them fall to the ground in perfect order, a bit like if Rebel Wilson did… Isn’t It Romantic Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: australia, bff, gay friend, love, new york, PG-13, romantic comedy, romcom

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