Tag: Daisy Ridley

  • Magpie looks at a failing marriage

    Magpie looks at a failing marriage

    Magpie takes place inside a marriage. It’s based on an idea the lead actor, Daisy Ridley, had. She produced the film and her husband Tom Bateman wrote the script. Daisy Ridley really wrung this one out with an uncomfortable look at a bad marriage and a clever and rewarding ending.

  • Young Woman and the Sea, the Trudy Ederle story

    Young Woman and the Sea, the Trudy Ederle story

    Young Woman and the Sea tells the inspiring true story of Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle. In 1926 she proved that women could be athletes and accomplish heroic deeds. She was the first woman to swim the English Channel, and she did it in two hours less time than it had taken the men who managed it…

  • The Marsh King’s Daughter: big time daddy issues

    The Marsh King’s Daughter: big time daddy issues

    The Marsh King’s Daughter tells how a strong woman saves herself from the abuses of a bad man. In this story the man is her father. Coincidentally there’s currently a meme going around about “if you heard footsteps in the woods would you rather it was a bear or a man?” Most women choose bear.…

  • Watch This: Trailer for Murder on the Orient Express

    Watch This: Trailer for Murder on the Orient Express

    Kenneth Branagh brings us a new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic Hercule Poirot mystery Murder on the Orient Express. The film is star-studded to the max. Every character is played by someone outstanding.

  • Watch This: Trailer for The Eagle Huntress

    Watch This: Trailer for The Eagle Huntress

    The Eagle Huntress is a documentary about a 13 year old Mongolian girl who wants to break with 12 generations of family history and become a female eagle huntress.