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The Secret Garden 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

25th October 2020 by Sarah

An orphaned girl discovers a magical garden hidden at her strict uncle’s estate. I was underwhelmed by The Secret Garden but not the secret garden. The film feels soulless, its magic and reality uneasy (flower)bedfellows; while the garden is a gorgeously tangled, artfully curated wilderness housing everything a child, kept captive by an adult world… The Secret Garden Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: 1940s, country house, Frances Hodgson Burnett, grief, horticulture, india, partition, yorkshire

Viceroy’s House 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

6th March 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

"Darling to save time we've cut your speech from three days to an hour by taking out all the times you say 'terribly' "

Gillian Anderson as Lady Mountbatten, last Vicereine of India, does that peculiar shoulder-slouching thing all through Viceroy’s House in the manner of members of the British upper classes who are rather embarrassed by their extreme privilege. This is not a criticism by the way – Anderson is brilliant as the terribly clipped, terribly rich Edwina who nonetheless genuinely tries… Viceroy’s House Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: aalia, dickie mountbatten, edwina mountbatten, gandhi, Gurinder Chadha, india, jeet, jinnah, lady mountbatten, last viceroy of india, lord mountbatten, migration, nehru, pakistan, partition, viceroy, viceroys house, viceroys house review

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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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