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No Time To Die 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

10th October 2021 by Sarah Leave a Comment

James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology. Note: some spoilers, some allusions to big spoilers. (If you’re actually looking for full on spoilers check… No Time To Die Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: blofeld, bond, james bond, spies

Pigeon: Impossible (short film) Short Film 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

23rd February 2020 by Sarah Leave a Comment

I didn’t have time to review Spies In Disguise, the animated feature about top agent Lance Sterling (Will Smith) turned into a pigeon by peace-loving inventor Walter Beckett (Tom Holland) – though my 8 year old took time out from important Lego world-building to give it a go. I’ve been grousing every since though, as… Pigeon: Impossible (short film) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: pigeons, spies, spies in disguise

“I think women can do anything!” – the first Charlie’s Angels trailer is here

27th June 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

UPDATE, October 2019: I’ve added the second trailer – scroll down to the bottom “We exist because traditional law enforcement can’t keep up,” says Elizabeth Banks’ Bosley in the new Charlie’s Angels trailer, but really they shouldn’t need a reason. This is a sequel to the TV series AND the films from 2000 and 2003…. “I think women can do anything!” – the first Charlie’s Angels trailer is here Read More

Filed Under: Trailers Tagged With: charlie's angels, elizabeth banks, Ella Balinska, kristen stewart, naomi scott, remake, spies

Deciphering The Making Of Short Film The Code With Director Patrick Ryder

18th July 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Award-winning director Patrick Ryder’s latest short film is The Code, a World War 2 drama set in the forests of France shortly before the events of Dunkirk. It follows brothers Will (Kevin Leslie) and Eddie (Jacob Anderton) and their friend Tommy (Robert Dukes), separated from the rest of their regiment and desperate to get to… Deciphering The Making Of Short Film The Code With Director Patrick Ryder Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: france, second world war, soldiers, spies, wartime, ww2

The Code (Short Film) Short Film 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

18th July 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

*** Read my interview with director of The Code, Patrick Ryder *** Three British soldiers, one horribly injured, come across a wounded German, still attached to the silk parachute which is splayed out across a tree trunk lying on the forest floor. The German he utters remains mostly un-translated. He can speak English though, and… The Code (Short Film) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: codes, royal essex regiment, soldiers, spies, world war 2, ww2

Red Sparrow 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

6th March 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

If you’re a fan of nostalgia, you may well appreciate Red Sparrow, a spy mystery filled with utilitarian buildings, grey skies, and kohl-rimmed eyes peaking out from beneath fur hats and huge fringes. Starting off in Moscow, it then moves to Budapest, Vienna and London, playing out like a traditional Cold War thriller; complete with… Red Sparrow Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Ballerina, Budapest, cia, espionage, Moscow, seduction, Sparrow School, spies

Atomic Blonde 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

10th August 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

It’s 1989, just before the Berlin Wall comes down, and as the people of East Germany finally have freedom within reach, British spy Lorraine Broughton finds herself increasingly trapped as her escape routes close. Atomic Blonde is not so much style over substance as just enough style, but too much substance. The beginning is fabulous, the ending had my head spinning more… Atomic Blonde Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: atomic blonde review, berlin, berlin wall, cold war, coldest city, graphic novel, KGB, MI6, spies, spy thriller

Grimsby 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

9th December 2016 by Sarah Leave a Comment

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The US title is The Brothers Grimsby, though the brothers’ surname is not Grimsby. For the record, their surnames are Butcher and Graves, which sounds like a pair of 18th century serial killers. Or a modern day undertaker and abattoir worker who team up to fight crime in their spare time. (I would definitely watch… Grimsby Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: adoption, grimsby, MI6, nobby butcher, spies

Allied 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

29th November 2016 by Sarah Leave a Comment

The wedding was a quiet affair. Rationing was so strict you couldn't even say "cheese" without digging out a coupon

We’re in Casablanca in French Morocco and everyone is getting ready for the ambassador’s party. And it does seem like a lot of effort just for some vol-au-vents and a tray of Ferrero Rocher. Maybe there’s not much going on entertainment-wise in French Morocco, there is, after all, a war on. It’s 1942 and Max Vatan… Allied Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: 1940s, blitz, casablanca, french morocco, german spy, spies, world war 2, ww2

Another Country 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

27th September 2016 by Sarah Leave a Comment

BREXIT meant the UK could finally go back to its preferred method of conflict resolution

There’s something terrifying about rewatching a film you used to play over and over, but haven’t seen in years. Especially if you’ve told everybody you know how wonderful it is. What if it’s full of the misogyny, homophobia and racism that went unremarked upon a few decades ago, the kind you look at now and… Another Country Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: 1930s, defector, film review, guy burgess, julian mitchell, public school, russian spy, spies, tommy judd

Swallows and Amazons 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

19th September 2016 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Leaves on the line and the wrong kind of snow had caused endless delays but finally they'd arrived in 2016

In the UK in the 1970s you really had to make your own fun, so a source of particular joy for children was sniggering at bedtime while one’s mother read aloud the exploits of the brilliantly named children Titty and Roger in Arthur Ransome’s classic tale of Lake District derring do. Sadly, though Roger remains… Swallows and Amazons Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: amazons, arthur ransom, children films, childrens movies, film review, kelly macdonald, kids films, kids movies, lake district, movie review, Philippa Lowthorpe, rafe spall, russian spies, spies, swallows, swallows and amazons, swallows and amazons review, windermere

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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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