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BLOG: epic trolling as the film club watches Beowulf & Grendel

27th October 2020 by Sarah Cartland

This is by no means the first fantasy starring Gerard Butler that I’ve enjoyed but I think it’s the first I’ve seen on screen. My Good-Bad Film Club companion Liz adores Game of Thrones, and Beowulf & Grendel – which came out in 2005 – is surely its precursor. I’m always behind the zeitgeist and… BLOG: epic trolling as the film club watches Beowulf & Grendel Read More

Filed Under: Blog, Featured 3 Tagged With: beowulf, beowulf and grendel, eddie marsan, Gerard butler, Ingvar Sigurdsson, norse myths, old english, sarah polley, scandinavia, Stellan Skarsgård, Sturla Gunnarsson, tony curran

Bliss! 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

5th September 2018 by Sarah Cartland 1 Comment

Bliss! is an assured and well-judged feature debut from director Rita Osei – an uplifting family film but an unsentimental one, and a movie that young girls can call their own. Searching Norway for a blond man nicknamed The Viking was never going to be easy. But it shows how deep teenage Tash’s need for… Bliss! Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: coming of age, norway, scandinavia, south shields

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