Tag: Dougray Scott
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My Oxford Year, a by-the-numbers romcom
My Oxford Year checks all the boxes for a romcom. It has the meet cute, the falling in love, the problem in the 3rd act, and – despite the tragic aspect of this love story – it has a cheery ending.
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Exterritorial, woman led action movie
Exterritorial is an action movie built around a mother who claims her son was kidnapped inside the American Embassy in Germany when they were seeking passports. There’s plenty of gaslighting in the plot, aided by the mother’s PTSD from her time as a soldier. There’s also a strong thread of a mother who will never…
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Vigil, season 2, forget submarines – it’s all about drones
Vigil, season 2, retains the name of the submarine from season 1, but everyone is above the water this season. Some time has passed between the two seasons. Long enough for Amy Silva (Suranne Jones) and Kirsten Longacre (Rose Leslie) to be living happily as a family with Poppy Silva (Orla Russell) in their care.…
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Brain Dump: Queer Eye 5, Vida, and Batwoman
It’s a day for emptying out short thoughts on this and that. I’ll give you a quick wallop about season 5 of Queer Eye, the end of Vida, and the new casting on Batwoman.