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MEAN GIRLS (12A)

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🎞️ Release Date: 17 January 2024

⭐ Rating 7/10

🎬 Seats (S18) 10/10 (dead centre back row and comfy as!)

🍿 Popcorn with M&M Toppings (5/10) sweet popcorn was great. M&Ms were great, but think they’d be a better topping on salted.

20 years after the original Mean Girls, what better way to celebrate than with a remake but with music! An easy watch with a modern-day twist whilst still incorporating all of the must-haves from the original. Gretchin is still trying to make Fetch happen but there was a lacking in the Queen B herself Regina George. Characters felt overplayed that made the 2004 hit however I would still rate this as a MUST SEE to make your own opinion. To me, it’s more of a film adaption of the stage show than a remake of the original which means you find a new kind of love for Mean Girls and the characters in it. Great to see some familiar faces in the cast still and new energy from characters like Janis Ian.

Reviewed by Lloyd Sceats ✏️

 

2024 🎬🎞️📽️

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We are back with our Film Club Experience for 2024!

We are pleased to be working with a hand-picked selection of people to review the latest film releases at Cinewrodl, and then we will share it with you. They also give us a rating out of 10! Keep an eye out for out first film review of the year… Mean Girls!

Fantasy Island (15)

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Release Date: 6th March 2020

4/5 Stars

I was looking forward to the revamp of this 1970s classic which I watched obsessively as a kid, but this version was more of a horror chiller which put an interesting turn on things.  It begins with five people who arrive at a resort (Fantasy Island) after winning a contest for a weekend getaway and there, they meet the mysterious Mr.Roarke (Michael Peña), who coordinates the fantasies for all of the guests.

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The Invisible Man (15)

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Release Date: 28th February

5/5 Stars

Imprisoned in a violent, abusive marriage with a wealthy, brilliant but psychopathic scientist, Cecilia Kass (Elizabeth Moss) escapes in the dead of night and goes into hiding, helped by her sister (Harriet Dyer), their childhood friend (Aldis Hodge) and his teenage daughter (Storm Reid). But when Cecilia’s abusive ex (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) commits suicide and leaves her a $5 million of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax.

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Emma (U)

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Release Date 14th February

5/5 Stars

If you are a Jane Austen fan then this film is a MUST SEE!!! A faithful adaptation with a contemporary twist. A fantastic cast who depicted every character true to the book with great acting across the board. Anya Taylor-Joy (Emma) is cast perfectly as a shallow, vain young woman who mistakenly believes she has a gift for matchmaking but causes nothing but misery. Read More

Sonic The Hedgehog (PG)

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Release date: 14th February

5 /5 stars

After twenty-nine years of waiting, Sonic the hedgehog has finally made his way onto the silver screen in his debut movie, aptly titled ‘Sonic The Hedgehog’.

I am pleased to announce this was far from a wasted trip to the cinema, with a little something for all ages to enjoy.

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Birds of Prey (15)

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Release Date : 7th February

4/5 Stars

This dystopian film follows on from the Joker in Gotham City. Harley (Margot Robbie) is the jilted girlfriend of the Joker. She is a bubbly comedic homicidal psychopath wending her way through a whole series of flat out paced violent scenes as she dispatches male villain’s intent on settling old scores with her. Read More

Bombshell (15)

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Release Date: 17th January

5/5 stars

Bombshell is an emotional and empowering movie, in the wake of the #metoo movement. It showed the struggles women face in politics / working industry and how some women are forced into selling their looks/self worth to get their dream job or keep the peace. The film shows how women work together to stand up for themselves, their rights, their bodies and what they believe in. Read More

1917 (15)

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Release Date : 10th January 2020

4/5 Stars

1917 written by Sam Medes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns, directed by Sam Mendes. At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

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