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Film review: Dating Amber

Film review: Dating Amber

In 1990’s Ireland, Eddie (Fionn O’Shea) and Amber (Lola Petticrew) are two closeted teenagers who form a fake relationship to save themselves from school bullying. As the charade progresses, however, the pair struggle with embracing, or suppressing, their true sexuality.  …read more

Film review: Days of the Bagnold Summer

Film review: Days of the Bagnold Summer

When plans to visit his dad in the US fall through, teenage metal-head Daniel Bagnold (Earl Cave) is forced to spend the six weeks of summer holiday with his timid librarian mum, Sue (Monica Dolan). I really could not have …read more

Film review: Little Women (2019)

Film review: Little Women (2019)

Writer Jo March reflects on her and her three sisters’ lives in this new adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel. When adapting a story as well known (and frequently remade) as Little Women, it helps immensely to have a …read more

Series review: Little Fires Everywhere

Series review: Little Fires Everywhere

The life of controlling matriarch Elena Richardson (Reese Witherspoon) is upended when enigmatic mother Mia (Kerry Washington) and her daughter Pearl (Lexi Underwood) move to Elena’s picture-perfect town of Shaker Heights, Ohio. Little Fires Everywhere is a TV show that …read more

Film review: My Spy

Film review: My Spy

CIA operatives JJ (Dave Bautista) and his partner Bobbi (Kristen Schaal) find their surveillance operation compromised when they are discovered by wily nine-year-old Sophie (Chloe Coleman), the daughter of their target. In return for her silence, Sophie coerces JJ and …read more

Film review: Togo

Film review: Togo

Dog-sled runner Leonhard Seppala (Willem Dafoe) must traverse across a tumultuous Alaskan tundra to retrieve a serum that will save his small town Nome from a Diphtheria outbreak. Leading Seppala’s pack is his faithful but ageing Siberian husky Togo, whose …read more