Sheila Bridge Blog
This is a brilliant film. It is the true story of an apparently ordinary English businessman Greville Wynne who is recruited by MI6 to act as the courier for the information passed on by a high ranking Russian official, Penkovsky. The story is the story of their friendship and the drama centres around the Cuban... Continue Reading →
Like many in lockdown UK David and I are raiding our DVD library and rewatching old films. This reflection only contains one slight plot spoiler for this excellent film 'Unknown' with Liam Neeson in the lead role In the story Liam's character arrives in Berlin and has an accident. He comes round after 4 days... Continue Reading →
No plot spoilers This is an awesome film, I loved it. Set in 1962, a very refined black American piano virtuoso hires an ignorantly racist Italian nightclub bouncer from the Bronx to be his driver on a two month concert tour of the deep South. It's hardly surprising that he needs more than a... Continue Reading →
Based on a true story, this film shows how ordinary people can show extraordinary courage in the face of oppression. Otto and Elise Hampel lived in Berlin during the second World War, after suffering a devastating loss, they began a simple but terrifying campaign of resistance. Acting entirely alone, they began to write propaganda postcards... Continue Reading →
Have just caught up with the recent film "Jackie" a portrayal by Natalie Portman of Jacqueline Kennedy in the weeks immediately after her husband's assassination. It's a powerful and thought-provoking portrayal of grief but it's also a story about how we construct stories. There are several ways in to this story: firstly we see the... Continue Reading →
A film review (with no plot spoilers). A family film or a film about a family? Probably more the latter than the former but absolutely hilarious even though it deals with some very heavy stuff: adultery, divorce, cancer to name just some of the subjects explored. But no family on earth is spared some of... Continue Reading →
If you find yourself facing an overwhelmingly difficult or complex situation and you can't see your way forward, here is a suggestion: 'Eat pie'. This particular piece of wisdom has been gleaned from Men in Black 3 and is given by Agent K to Agent J at the point where imminent global disaster (aka the... Continue Reading →
'Hope Springs' is the story of a couple married for 31 years who attend a week's intensive counselling course in a desperate bid to put the spark back into their marriage. It's billed as a comedy and it is very funny and ultimately feel-good but with ALOT of 'ouch' moments along the way. In... Continue Reading →
Finally! I have finally been to see HP 7 pt2. I say that because it's been in the cinemas for weeks and I just haven't been able to go but actually I could also say 'finally' because it feels like it's been a very long journey since 1997 when I remember reading book 1 in... Continue Reading →
There is a poignant scene near the beginning of the recent Harry Potter film. Having decided that her 'muggle' (non magical) parents are at risk from the forces of evil and that they would be safer without her in their life, Hermione casts a spell over them to erase from them all memory of her ever being their... Continue Reading →
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