Natasha's New Film Blog

Summerland's promotional poster   On Tuesday last week I saw Summerland (Jessica Swale, 2020) at the cinema. Summerland is a period drama about a young boy, Frank, played by Lucas Bond in the second world war who is evacuated from London to Kent and sent to live with a woman, Alice, a lesbian played by Kent fellow Kent native Gemma Arterton who is the village outcast and she does not want Frank living with her. Gemma Arterton's wardrobe must be full of period costumes, having recently played Vita in Vita and Virgina (Chanya Button, 2019) and another war-time piece, Their Finest (Lone Scherfig , 2016) . Giving the character and time-period of Summerland, then, it is not a suprise Arterton was chosen to play Alice.  It is an independent, British made film, Kent as the primary filming location. As a Kentish girl myself it was nice to see places I recognize on screen. Summerland is the kind of film that is generally suitable for all ages, but is most likely to attract older...

  Went to the cinema for the first time since lockdown, I've missed it so much the cinema is my spiritual home. Last film I saw was Le Mans '66 (Ford V Ferrari) (dir. James Mangold, 2019) on a silver screen re-release in mid March, the cinema was empty due to the fact older people were deciding themselves to isolate before the government brought it in. (The last new film I saw was Sonic the Hedgehog (dir. Jeff Fowler, 2020)   (in mid February). So has happened since then we can all agree, it was good to do something I love for the first time in over 4 months.  Stage Mother promotional poster I saw Stage Mother (dir. Thom Fitzgerald,2020) with my friends Maisie and Harry who like myself are fans of drag. The movie was about a woman, Maybelline, played by Jacki Weaver who inherits a gay bar from her son who died young, a bar which has regular drag performances on.She then helps the queens and other characters.  It was an enjoyable enough film, could have do...

Some cinemas have re-opened (my local re-opened around a month ago with social distancing, and to save money, is only open Friday - Saturday, which makes sense as there is no point showing films to an empty house as the blockbusters are all delayed meaning less people wish to visit the cinema at the moment).  Some are re-opening soon. So, I am looking forward to visiting again. Here is a list of new movies I wish to watch and review this year and next year:  2020 releases: Stage Mother (I have already seen this and will review it in my next blog). Summerland  Marvel's Black Widow -This was originally due for release in May but due to most cinemas being closed it has at the moment been pushed back to October. This is the movie I am most excited for as I am a massive Black Widow fan and like most others, I have waited years for this movie. DC's Wonder Woman 1984 -This was originally due for release in December last year, but got pushed back to June this year but due to cine...