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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

17th April 2018 by Sarah Cartland 1 Comment

There’s a cosiness to the word-count guzzling Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society, in a lie-back-and-think-of-postwar-England kind of way. We know what we’re going to get: fabulous 1940s fashions (wide-leg high waisted jeans, here I come); clattering typewriters; bosom-hoiking landladies; beautiful views. Plus love, loss, and employment for several British national treasures. But it… The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Read More

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Dunkirk 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

28th July 2017 by Sarah Cartland 2 Comments

If there’s one thing war films have taught me it’s that conflicts are long periods of quiet boredom interspersed with flashes of horrific fighting, injuries and death. Dunkirk isn’t boring but it is a film that feels remarkably quiet, which is odd as though there is little dialogue there is music everywhere, along with screeching bombs… Dunkirk Read More

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Anthropoid 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

26th September 2016 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

His wife rued the day she'd bought him that Oliver Sacks book

As Czech resistance fighters Josef and Jan try to locate their contact from the raggle-taggle remnants of the Czech Resistance, the  constant low level terror at being found out or betrayed to the Gestapo is palpable. Nervousness skitters through every meeting as they all try to work out who can or cannot be trusted. Everyone is a… Anthropoid Read More

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