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A Castle For Christmas: ending explained (wait, what?)

1st December 2021 by Sarah Leave a Comment

ENDING EXPLAINED? IN A NETFLIX CHRISTMAS ROMANCE MOVIE? Okay: They realise they’ve been stupid and admit they love each other, The End. The slightly longer version is here: Sophie and Myles finally become a couple thanks to Hamish the dog running off with her shoe when she’s trying on a black taffeta and tartan ball… A Castle For Christmas: ending explained (wait, what?) Read More

Filed Under: Christmas, Re-caps (spoiler warning!) Tagged With: a castle for christmas, AAA, brooke shields, cary elwes, castle, christmas, drew barrymore, mary lambert, romance, scotland

A Castle For Christmas 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

30th November 2021 by Sarah Leave a Comment

An American author finds love when she travels to Scotland to visit the childhood home of her late father. It is a truth universally acknowledged that an impecunious British aristocrat with a freezing castle must be in want of a rich American wife, even if he doesn’t know it yet. In A Castle, A Castle,… A Castle For Christmas Read More

Filed Under: Christmas, Film Reviews Tagged With: castle, christmas, novelist, scotland

The film club watches Dog Soldiers – winalot or pedigree dumb? 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

8th November 2020 by Sarah Leave a Comment

After re-watching Dog Soldiers it took me five days to venture back into the woods to walk the dog, and I made sure Film Club Liz came with me. I’ll not be hiking through the Scottish Highlands any time soon though, which joins the Yorkshire Moors and deserted late-night London Underground stations on my werewolf… The film club watches Dog Soldiers – winalot or pedigree dumb? Read More

Filed Under: Film Club, Film Reviews Tagged With: dog soldiers, horror, kevin mckidd, neil marshall, scotland, sean pertwee, werewolf

Local Hero 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

27th September 2019 by Sarah 1 Comment

A Scottish fishing village. An American oil company. Bullied locals vs thoughtless big business. Local Hero looks as if it’s going to be a story about heavy-handed billionaires forcing idiosyncratic Northern villagers in chunky sweaters out of their birthright. Or it probably did in 1983, when it came out. Now the film has become part… Local Hero Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: astronomy, mermaid, oil, scotland

Robert The Bruce 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

24th June 2019 by Sarah 9 Comments

Angus Macfadyen, reprising his role as Robert the Bruce, is a lot older than when he portrayed the future Scottish king in Braveheart, though it fits this Robert; a man wiser, ground down, painfully aware of where his actions have led the country: “I truly believed that God had chosen me to be King. And then we… Robert The Bruce Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: longshanks, robert the bruce, scotland

24 years after Braveheart, Angus Macfadyen is back as Robert the Bruce

7th June 2019 by Sarah 2 Comments

*** Read my Robert The Bruce review now *** HISTORICAL EPIC: ✔️ BEARDS: ✔️ SWORDS: ✔️ SCOTLAND: ✔️ MUD: ✔️. EXCITEMENT RATING: ✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️/5 Angus Macfadyen is back as Robert the Bruce, nearly a quarter of a century after playing the Scottish hero in Braveheart – though this new film is set in 1306, just after the death… 24 years after Braveheart, Angus Macfadyen is back as Robert the Bruce Read More

Filed Under: Trailers Tagged With: angus macfadyen, history, robert the bruce, scotland

The Isle 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

29th April 2019 by Sarah 1 Comment

*** Read my interview with Matthew (director/co-writer) and Tori (producer, co-writer and star) Butler-Hart *** I feel something of an affinity with sirens, as I too find that innocent men dash themselves on the nearest available jagged outcrop, their faces contorted in terror, whenever I start singing. The Isle, a supernatural Victorian thriller set on a… The Isle Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: ghosts, island, sailors, scotland, sirens

The Vanishing 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

3rd April 2019 by Sarah 27 Comments

Three lighthouse keepers on the remote Flannan Isles find a hidden trunk of gold, leading to their mysterious disappearance. There’s a brutal scene half-way through The Vanishing, director Kristoffer Nyholm’s “what if?” take on the Flannan Isle mystery. It’s a fight between lighthouse keepers James Ducat (Gerard Butler) and Thomas Marshall (Peter Mullan), and two violent… The Vanishing Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Re-caps (spoiler warning!) Tagged With: flannan isle, gold, lighthouse, lighthouse keepers, murder, scotland

Mary Queen Of Scots 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

19th January 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

To shore up their throne a monarch will lean heavily on symbolism, as does director Josie Rourke; so much so that the constant allusions to the symmetry and asymmetry in the two queens’ lives sometimes threaten to overwhelm the whole movie. My advice is simply to lie back and enjoy it, as otherwise your frustrations will… Mary Queen Of Scots Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: elizabeth I, elizabeth tudor, england, Mary queen of scots, mary stuart, queens, scotland, stuarts, tudors

Gerard Butler’s “Keepers” Reappears As “The Vanishing” In New Trailer

27th November 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

*** Read my review of The Vanishing *** I’ve always liked the idea of living in an isolated lighthouse for some peace and quiet, plus I’m the only person I know who loves big lights. Now, though, I think I’d refuse to go without 300 Spartan soldiers to protect me – after watching this trailer,… Gerard Butler’s “Keepers” Reappears As “The Vanishing” In New Trailer Read More

Filed Under: Trailers Tagged With: connor swindells, flannan isle, flannan isle mystery, Gerard butler, gold, keepers, Kristoffer Nyholm, lighthouse keepers, mysteries, peter mullan, scotland, the vanishing

OutLaw King 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

13th November 2018 by Sarah 2 Comments

This is a traditional account of Robert Bruce’s fightback against the English as the Scottish nobleman claims his country’s crown, taking on Edward I and his son Edward, Prince Of Wales (later Edward II). There are no gimmicks, and watching it on Netflix, it did feel as if TV is a good home for it;… OutLaw King Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: edward I, edward II, england, Loudoun hill, robert bruce, robert the bruce, scotland, war

Black Sea 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

4th November 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

*** Check out my submarine movies section *** Black Sea is a brutal watch, almost a horror film as the deaths mount, with fear itself a virus. And although not a straight East-West underwater battle, it still has Westerners fighting with Russians. At one point they each take over different ends of their submarine, with the Brits… Black Sea Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: black sea, crimea, gold, russia, salvage, scotland, submarine, ww2

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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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