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Review: The Hollywood movie inspired by the South West Coast Path

1 week ago | greatbritishlife.co.uk | Damon Smith

THE SALT PATH (UK 12A/ROI 12A, 115 mins) Drama/Adventure/Romance. Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs, Hermione Norris, Rebecca Ineson, Tucker St Ivany, James Lance, Gwen Currant. Director: Marianne Elliott. Released: May 30 (UK & Ireland) Life is a haphazard journey, interspersed with unexpected diversions. For Raynor Winn and husband Moth, one of these detours was an impromptu trek along the 630-mile South West Coast Path after the couple became homeless.
Film Review of the Week

1 week ago | londonnet.co.uk | Damon Smith

The Ballad Of Wallis Island (12A) Review: Long-time comedy writing partners Tom Basden and Tim Key channel the warmth and wit of their real-life friendship in the quietly affecting comedy drama The Ballad Of Wallis Island. Expanded from the duo’s award-winning 2007 short film, this crowd-pleasing tale of creative strife and deep-rooted regret directed by James Griffiths was filmed on location along the Welsh coastline.
Top 3 Films of the Week

1 week ago | londonnet.co.uk | Damon Smith

Karate Kid: Legends (12A) Kung fu prodigy Li Fong relocates to New York City with his mother and immediately makes a new friend, classmate Mia. Local karate champion Conor Day picks a fight with Li and humiliates him in front of the school. Li turns to his mentor, kung fu teacher Mr Han, for advice. The mentor seeks out Daniel LaRusso and persuades the original Karate Kid to travel to the Big Apple to teach Li the ways of Miyagi Karate.
Film Review of the Week

2 weeks ago | londonnet.co.uk | Damon Smith

Lilo & Stitch (U) Review: If cherubic cuteness could be bottled and sold, Maia Kealoha would be a multi-millionaire. The eight-year-old Hawaiian actress oozes adorability from every sun-kissed pore in a title role of director Dean Fleischer Camp’s feel-great live-action reworking of the acclaimed 2002 Disney animation, which remains faithful to beloved source material but isn’t afraid to upcycle and refurbish for modern tastes.
Top 3 Films of the Week

2 weeks ago | londonnet.co.uk | Damon Smith

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (12A) IMF agent Ethan Hunt is in exile with both halves of the 3D cruciform key that can unlock the source code of the rogue artificial intelligence known as the Entity. He returns to London to reunite with Luther Stickell, Benji Dunn and former thief Grace. The Entity’s human henchman, Gabriel, is still on the loose so Hunt bolsters his ranks with vengeful French assassin Paris and US intelligence agent Theo Degas.
Film Review of the Week

3 weeks ago | londonnet.co.uk | Damon Smith

Final Destination Bloodlines (15) Review: Dedicated to the memory of actor Tony Todd, who has portrayed soothsaying mortician William Bludworth in the Final Destination films since the ghoulish franchise took flight 25 years ago, a belated sixth chapter directed by Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky goes back to the beginning to expose the chain of events that set the deadly curse in motion.
Top 3 Films of the Week

3 weeks ago | londonnet.co.uk | Damon Smith

Final Destination Bloodlines (15) The horror franchise goes back to the beginning to expose the chain of events that set the deadly curse in motion, directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam B Stein. College student Stefanie Reyes is plagued by a violent recurring nightmare that suggests her entire family could be cursed. Stefanie is determined to break the tragic cycle and she heads back to her hometown to track down the one person who knows the shocking truth.
My First BJJ Competition: Broken, Bruised, and Still Grateful

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Damon Smith |Mehmet Yildiz

After just three months of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training, I decided to throw myself into my first competition. I expected it to be tough. I didn’t expect it to be a full-on survival test. Saturday – day one – was a disaster in slow motion. I lost all my fights, broke my middle finger, and sprained the ligaments in both elbows. At one point, in the middle of a scramble, my coach looked at me with genuine concern and said, “You are terrible at shrimping.” That one stung more than the injuries.
Film Review of the Week

4 weeks ago | londonnet.co.uk | Damon Smith

The Surfer (15) Review: Men will be mental and boys will be bonkers. The heat-induced delirium is real in Irish director Lorcan Finnegan’s sun-scorched psychological thriller, drenched in toxic, chest-beating machismo. The Surfer slowly winds up Nicolas Cage like a clockwork toy then unleashes the Oscar-winning actor on an Australian beach and neighbouring car park to deliver a trademark performance of steadily mounting madness.
Top 3 Films of the Week

4 weeks ago | londonnet.co.uk | Damon Smith

The Surfer (15) A nameless father returns to Australia to buy his childhood home, which has just come on the market. To celebrate, he takes his teenage son down to Luna Bay so they can surf together and get a clear view of the property from the water. “Don’t live here. Don’t surf here!” barks a thug named Pitbull, who threatens physical violence if they dare to head to the beach where Scally and his bullying acolytes have staked their claim to sand and sea.

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