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Old relics assemble! Age and obsolescence in Top Gun: Maverick

31st May 2022 by Sarah

Landed in the wrong place? My plot re-cap is here and my five-star review is here. I saw Top Gun at the cinema back in 1986 as a teenager, and its famed homoeroticism, plus added military fetishism, went way over my head like a stealth bomber without the bomber bit. I didn’t even fancy Tom… Old relics assemble! Age and obsolescence in Top Gun: Maverick Read More

Filed Under: Film Articles Tagged With: AAA, maverick, old relic, tom cruise, top gun, war

CORIOLANUS: episode 5 of the GERRYSTORM podcast

9th April 2021 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Coriolanus in the streets, Aufidius in the sheets. That’s our decision and we’re sticking to it. Fascinating, cultured, and sometimes a little too scratchy — me, and also my Gerrystorm podcast episode on CORIOLANUS.  This is episode 5, and while my guest Paula and I have gone all Shakespearean I can assure you there isn’t… CORIOLANUS: episode 5 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More

Filed Under: Gerrystorm, Podcasts Tagged With: AAA, Aufidius, Coriolanus, Gerard butler, gerrystorm, Jessica Chastain, podcast, ralph fiennes, Shakespeare, shakespearean tragedy, Vanessa redgrave, war

Unearthing The Dig

29th January 2021 by Sarah Leave a Comment

This is very spoilery about the ending of The Dig, as I go a bit further into the reach of Sutton Hoo and the relationships in the film. If you’re after my five-star review, it’s here. It’s ironic that the boat and burial chamber of an Anglo-Saxon king, a man descended from Germanic invaders, with… Unearthing The Dig Read More

Filed Under: Film Articles, Re-caps (spoiler warning!) Tagged With: history, sutton hoo, the dig, war

The Rifleman trailer: growing up at war

13th August 2020 by Sarah

The film that broke all domestic box office records during its Latvian run is now available on digital in the UK, with the DVD release on 24 August. The film is adapted from Aleksandrs Grins’ book Blizzard of Souls, which was banned in the USSR, based on Grins’ own war experiences in a Latvian battalion…. The Rifleman trailer: growing up at war Read More

Filed Under: Trailers Tagged With: AAA, Aleksandrs Grins, army, blizzard of souls, Dveselu putenis, latvia, latvian cinema, war, ww1

Some thoughts on Summerland

31st July 2020 by Sarah

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… Some thoughts on Summerland Read More

Filed Under: Film Articles, Re-caps (spoiler warning!) Tagged With: love, summerland, war

Summerland 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

30th July 2020 by Sarah

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

British chiller-thriller The Unfamiliar gets a trailer

23rd July 2020 by Sarah

The horrors of war are entangled with things that go bump in the night (and during the day) in this first trailer for British indie horror The Unfamiliar. Here’s the synopsis: British Army doctor Elizabeth “Izzy” Cormack, returns from war to rekindle her relationship with her estranged family. Inexplicable events in the house are put… British chiller-thriller The Unfamiliar gets a trailer Read More

Filed Under: Trailers Tagged With: AAA, christopher dane, henk pretorius, horror, jemima west, ptsd, the unfamiliar, war

Invasion Planet Earth 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

4th December 2019 by Sarah 1 Comment

It never rains but it pours as we like to say in weather-obsessed Britain, and that’s certainly true of Invasion Planet Earth. Not literally. This isn’t Geostorm. But our planet, already on the brink of a world war, is faced with an alien invasion. Simon Cox’s feature (he directed, produced and co-wrote the screenplay) has been… Invasion Planet Earth Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: aliens, bereavement, hero, london, war

Mickey And The Bear 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

12th November 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Hank, a veteran of the Iraq War, now spend his days looking for ways to dull the pain of PTSD and his painkiller addiction. His daughter Mickey, nearly 18, looks after him, their parent-child relationship turned on its head in too many ways. A coming-of-age drama about trying to escape when others are trying to… Mickey And The Bear Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: bereavement, family, Montana, ptsd, veteran, war

Angel Has Fallen 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

21st August 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

American movie presidents can only make us wistful nowadays, and in Angel Has Fallen the White House is graced by Morgan Freeman himself, as President Allan Trumbull. Yes there is a god, probably also played by Morgan Freeman. Trumbull has been promoted since London Has Fallen, Mike Banning’s last batshit outing, when taking on hundreds… Angel Has Fallen Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Re-caps (spoiler warning!) Tagged With: Mike Banning, secret service, war

Apocalypse Now – Final Cut 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

12th August 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

War is traditionally described as mostly boredom for its participants with short bursts of gut-wrenching, bloody terror, and this is no exception. Often into that sliver of a gap between the two states fit extremes of behaviour and personality; those people who almost seem to thrive on the chaos. Captain Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen) and… Apocalypse Now – Final Cut Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: madness, vietnam, war

Dr Strangelove, back with a 4k restoration and probably Twitter’s longest ever hashtag

7th March 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

*** Read my 5-star Dr Strangelove review and my interview with Matt Wells, director of new short film Stanley Kubrick Considers The Bomb *** Growing up in the 80s, when I wasn’t crimping my hair and listening to Duran Duran berating me for being “about as easy as a nuclear war”*, I was worrying about surviving one…. Dr Strangelove, back with a 4k restoration and probably Twitter’s longest ever hashtag Read More

Filed Under: Trailers Tagged With: black comedy, dr strangelove, george c scott, kubrick, nuclear bomb, peter sellers, satire, Stanley Kubrick Considers The Bomb, sterling hayden, war

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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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