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Grief, guilt, and that ending in The Reef: Stalked

31st July 2022 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Very spoilery. (If your looking for my review, it’s here.) There are surprisingly few deaths in The Reef: Stalked, as it’s as much about Nic coming to terms with her sister Cath’s murder, her own guilt at what happened and her grief-stricken reaction in the months after. Eventually the surviving friends have to work together… Grief, guilt, and that ending in The Reef: Stalked Read More

Filed Under: Re-caps (spoiler warning!) Tagged With: AAA, abuse, shark, women

Gunpowder Milkshake 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

17th September 2021 by Sarah Leave a Comment

When a high-risk job goes wrong, hitwoman Sam must choose between serving The Firm and protecting the life of an innocent child, helped by her mother and three lethal librarians. This is another film with an assassins’ underground world hiding in plain sight within ours. Parallel universes bumping up against each other, they are all… Gunpowder Milkshake Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: crime, underworld, women

Promising Young Woman 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

5th August 2021 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Everyone said Cassie was a promising young woman… until a mysterious event abruptly derailed her future. But nothing in Cassie’s life is what it appears to be: she’s wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she’s living a secret double life by night. Writer-director Emerald Fennell seems to be both pushing and then questioning the avenging angel metaphor… Promising Young Woman Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: assault, revenge, women

Jakob’s Wife 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

15th April 2021 by Sarah Leave a Comment

A chance encounter with the vampiric Master leads to browbeaten minister’s wife Anne discovering a new sense of power and an appetite to live bigger and bolder than before. “Are blonde ladies normally considered vampires?” asked my 9 year old, eyeing Barbara Crampton and then me after wandering in while I watched Jakob’s Wife. After… Jakob’s Wife Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: middle age, religion, vampires, women

Relic (London Film Festival) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

8th October 2020 by Sarah Leave a Comment

A daughter, mother and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family’s home. There are post-it notes stuck all around Edna’s elegant and airy house, little reminders of basic living: turn off taps says one. As they get more frightening, warnings in an increasingly spidery hand, there’s one that says Don’t… Relic (London Film Festival) Read More

Filed Under: Film Festivals, Film Reviews, London Film Festival Tagged With: ageing, dementia, families, women

3 Teaspoons Of Sugar (Short Film) Short Film 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

15th June 2020 by Sarah

In a household where mealtimes are for celebration, fellowship and good eating, three members of this tight-knit family are diagnosed with diabetes over the years. Animated short 3 Teaspoons Of Sugar is an informative health message warmly wrapped in a witty tale about South African family relationships. That setting isn’t just a way of delivering… 3 Teaspoons Of Sugar (Short Film) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: animation, diabetes, family, health, women

Crude Oil (short film) Short Film 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

12th May 2020 by Sarah Leave a Comment

A young woman breaks free from an overbearing friendship after learning to recognise and assert her own talents and desires. Saying more in 15 minutes than many a big budget drama, this short, uplifting film about a long, constraining friendship is pithy, witty and warm. It’s also realistic; Jenny (Andreina Byrne) knows her friendship with… Crude Oil (short film) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: friendship, superpowers, women

Booksmart 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

9th June 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Usually the kids in teen comedies leave me feeling incredibly old, but Booksmart‘s Molly (Beanie Feldstein) and Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) seem even more middle-aged than me. They’re very clever, and very hard-working, and only have one day left at high school before graduation. That focus and drive means that even school Principal Brown (Jason Sudeikis)… Booksmart Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: feminism, graduation, high school, teenagers, women

Late Night (Sundance London) 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

1st June 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

When late night chat show host Katherine Newbury is told she’s being replaced, she finally has to face her writers’ room. Literally, as most of the men in there have never even seen her in the flesh before. Those men are all white, and privileged, though not as hirsute as I was expecting. They’re lazy,… Late Night (Sundance London) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Sundance London Tagged With: chat show, diversity, race, sexism, tv, women

Valley Of The Dolls 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

4th April 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

I knew the clothes would be terrific when I spotted Handbags by… in the opening credits. And it’s the outfits (along with the unintentionally fevered atmosphere) which stretches this film up to two stars. Small town girl turned New York secretary turned Hollywood model Anne Welles is elegant in a yellow maxi dress, a tight… Valley Of The Dolls Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: 1960s, drugs, hollywood, movies, singer, women

Shake it til you make it with the new Poms trailer

22nd February 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

“You’re one of us now! Except with higher boobies” says Sheryl to their young cheerleader choreographer. Martha (Diane Keaton), newly arrived at Sun Springs Retirement Community, and new BFF Sheryl (Jacki Weaver), decide to set up a cheerleading squad with some of the other residents – complete with hidden talents and not so hidden aches,… Shake it til you make it with the new Poms trailer Read More

Filed Under: Trailers Tagged With: alisha boe, cheerleaders, cheerleading, diane keaton, friends, jacki weaver, pam grier, pompoms, retirement, retirement collunity, women, zara hayes

Dumplin’ 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

1st January 2019 by Lucy Berrington Leave a Comment

Willowdean Dickson is a plus-size teenager coming of age in a world of vibrant retro colors and quietly crushing slim privilege. With a band of friends — of varying looks, politics, and life goals — she embarks on a small-town, life-size protest that will likely resonate with anyone who has been too plain for the… Dumplin’ Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: beauty contest, beauty pageant, body image, pageant, texas, weight, women

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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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