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The Outrun is effectively a dramatised biography for novelist and co-screenwriter Amy Liptrot, and her yoyo-ing in and out of alcoholism in real life, such as showing Rona (Saoirse Ronan – See How They Run) …
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See How They Run – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan
See How They Run refers to mice, and opens with a 1953 West End performance of The Mousetrap, the Agatha Christie play which I’ve not seen, and I don’t think it’s ever been made into …
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Ammonite – The DVDfever Review – Saoirse Ronan, Kate Winslet
Ammonite is set in the 1840s, and centres around standoffish fossil hunter Mary Anning (Kate Winslet – in the forthcoming Mare Of Easttown), who’s taking huge, fossilised rocks off the beach, starting with a titular …
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The French Dispatch – Trailer 1 – Wes Anderson
The French Dispatch is the latest movie from writer/director Wes Anderson (Isle Of Dogs). A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th-century French city that brings …
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Little Women 2019 – Trailer 1 – Saoirse Ronan
Little Women 2019 sees the Louisa May Alcott story dragged out once again, the last time I remember being in 1994 when Winona Ryder starred in it. Once again, four sisters come of age in …
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Mary Queen Of Scots on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Mary Queen Of Scots begins with the premise: “Mary Queen Of Scots was born a Catholic. As Protestants fight to control Scotland, the infant Mary is sent to Catholic France. At 15, she marries the …
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Mary Queen of Scots – Trailer 1 – Saoirse Ronan
Mary Queen of Scots explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart (Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird). Queen of France at 16, and widowed at 18, Mary defies pressure to remarry, but iInstead, she …
Continue readingThe Seagull – Trailer 1 – Saoirse Ronan
The Seagull centres around aging actress Irina Arkadina (Annette Bening), who pays summer visits to her brother Pjotr Nikolayevich Sorin (Brian Dennehy) and her son Konstantin (Billy Howle) on a country estate. On one occasion, …
Continue readingOn Chesil Beach – Trailer 1 – Saoirse Ronan
On Chesil Beach is a period drama, adapted by Ian McEwan from his bestselling novel, starring Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle as a young couple from drastically different backgrounds, having met during the summer of …
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Lady Bird – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Lady Bird is another film selected for potential BAFTA and Oscar glory, yet is also another film that’s less than the sum of its parts, which is a shame, as Saoirse Ronan is superb in …
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