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WATCH FILMS AT HOME: Robert Tanitch reviews 5 films

RESTLESS NATIVES (StudioCanal). Michael Hoffman directed this likeable Scottish comedy in 1985. Two young lads turn Robin Hood (or is it Rob Roy?) and get on their motorbike, having donned wolf and cl ...

andrew 339 views 0 likes Mar 5, 2021

A poignant biodoc about art, ageing and painting nature’s eternity

Eye of the Storm (from March 5, 2021 in virtual cinemas) 78 minutes. The only good thing to come out of Donald’s Trump environmentally disastrous golf course in Aberdeenshire was the serendipitous mee ...

andrew 636 views 0 likes Mar 3, 2021

Paul Greengrass’s handsome western has more topical messages than true grit

News of the World (From February 10, 2021 on Netflix.) Cert 12, 118 mins. The closest Tom Hanks has come to a Western is his iconic role as Woody the Cowboy in Toy Story, but News of The World directo ...

andrew 457 views 0 likes Feb 24, 2021

An unmissable film for open water swimmers and single mums

Joyce Glasser reviews Against the Tides (On Demand from 1 March 2021), Cert. 12A, 87 min. Against the Tides is a documentary that no wild swimmer, endurance sports fan or single mum will want to miss. ...

andrew 487 views 1 likes Feb 19, 2021