Journey by Moonlight
Antal Szerb, Len Rix and Eoin Ryan
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A major classic of 1930s literature, Antal Szerb's Journey by Moonlight (Utas es Holdvilag) is the...
Recharge: A Year of Self-Care to Focus on You
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A month-by-month self-care bible by world-renowned wellness guru Julie Montagu. 'The ultimate...
Edgelands
Michael Symmons Roberts and Paul Farley
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The wilderness is much closer than you think. Passed through, negotiated, unnamed, unacknowledged:...
If You Could Go Anywhere
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How do you find where you're going, if you don't know where you're from? Angie has always wanted...
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Promises and Pixie Dust
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Welcome to the Enchanted Forest, where the damsels are only in moderate distress and happily ever...
Turquoise: A Chef's Travels in Turkey
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Following on from their success with Saha, Greg Malouf and Lucy Rushbrooke delight us yet again,...
Beneath the Pale Blue Burqa: One Woman's Journey Through Taliban Strongholds
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On September 11, 2001, the world changed forever when ruthless Al-Qaeda terrorists launched an...
Darren (1599 KP) rated The Furnace (2019) in Movies
Oct 14, 2019
Performances – Jamie Bernadette steps away from the action horror roles we have seen her in recently for a much more serious role, one that does play into her strengths, she deals with the athletic demand of the performance with ease, while bringing the emotional impact of her character’s journey through the film. Luthuli Dlamini does a wonderful job in his role too bringing the calmness to help make Mary strong through the film.
Story – The story here follows one woman that loses everything she had a dreamt off until she finds her faith and pushes herself to get back on the track and complete the race she was meant to do with her husband. This is a story that shows the inspiration of wanting to overcome tragedy and finding a way to achieve this in a world you wouldn’t normal consider. We do get a normal montage of training, while a large part of the story follows the race being competed in. we do get to see just how much needed to be overcome, though it could have given us more of a time frame and just what the injury Mary had, like how likely it is to overcome, or would it be something she was meant to be living with for the rest of her life.
Settings – The film uses the settings to show us just how her life changes in America, while it does get the beauty shots of the African wild reserve seeing the different animals around area.
Scene of the Movie – The race final leg.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – Not getting a full look at the time frame.
Final Thoughts – This is an inspiring story of overcoming tragedy to get back to the former strength, with powerful performances throughout.
Overall: Inspiring Throughout.
Miss Palmer's Diary: The Secret Journals of a Victorian Lady
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In 1847, seventeen-year-old Miss Ellen Palmer had the world at her feet. A debutante at the start of...

