Film reviews, curated lists and film club favourites
Exploring cinema beyond the obvious
Rhiann’s Reels brings together my written film reviews and the films discussed through Sandhurst Film Club and a virtual film club, both founded by me, reflecting an ongoing conversation about cinema.
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“Cinema is a reflection of society and, in most cases, has the ability to be a mirror and not just show the problems but also give solutions and help them reach a large number of people through faces and voices that matter.”
– Kirti Kulhari
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Verity (2026) Review – Whose Truth Is It Anyway?
In one sentence: A struggling writer enters the home of a bestselling author to finish her work, only to uncover a shocking manuscript that changes everything. Colleen Hoover adaptations are arriving thick and fast thanks to the author’s enormous popularity, but Verity marks something a little different. As the first adaptation of one of her…
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Sense and Sensibility (2026) Review – Of Head and Heart
In one sentence: Two very different sisters navigate love, loss and social expectation while learning that happiness may require finding a balance between sense and sensibility. Jane Austen has been adapted for the screen so many times that each new version inevitably faces the question of what it can possibly add. Yet the continued appetite…
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Bad Apples (2026) Review – A Bad Decision Bears Fruit
In one sentence: An overwhelmed primary school teacher makes one disastrous decision while dealing with a disruptive pupil, setting off a chain of events that becomes increasingly impossible to undo. Sometimes one bad decision is all it takes. A choice made in panic creates another problem, the solution to that problem demands another questionable decision…
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Heart of the Beast (2026) Review – Survival, Side by Side
In one sentence: Stranded deep in the Alaskan wilderness after a plane crash, a former Special Forces Officer and his military dog must rely on each other to make the long journey home. There is something extraordinary about the bond between humans and dogs. Perhaps that is why films centred on this relationship can feel…
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Pressure (2026) Review – Forecasting History
In one sentence: In the days before D-Day, Meteorologist, James Stagg, faces the challenging task of predicting the weather that could determine the success or failure of the Allied invasion. There have been countless films about the Second World War, telling stories of extraordinary bravery, sacrifice, intellect and collaboration. With so many already, it would…
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The Dog Stars (2026) Review – When Survival Isn’t Enough
In one sentence: In a world devastated by a deadly flu, a grieving man risks the safety of the life he has built in search of something more than survival. Sometimes a film turns out to be very different from the one its trailer promised and sometimes it can be a pleasant surprise. Ridley Scott’s…
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The Odyssey (2026) Review – An Epic Reimagined
In one sentence: Following the Trojan War, Odysseus embarks on a perilous journey home, battling monsters, Gods and his own humanity along the way. Few stories have shaped literature quite like Homer’s The Odyssey. More than 2,500 years after it was first told, Christopher Nolan brings one of history’s greatest adventures to the big screen,…
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Effi O Blaenau (2026) Review – The Geography of Inequality
In one sentence: A troubled young woman begins to imagine a different future as she struggles against the poverty and isolation of life in Blaenau Ffestiniog. Where we are born can shape our lives in ways we rarely choose. Opportunity, education and even hope are often determined as much by postcode as personal ambition. Towards…
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Power Ballad (2026) Review – Two Sides of the Same Song
In one sentence: An ageing wedding singer and a fading pop star discover that one song has the power to change both of their lives. Success in music is rarely straightforward. Talent alone is not always enough and timing, opportunity and a little luck can often prove just as important. John Carney’s Power Ballad explores…
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500 Miles (2026) Review – The Journey Home
In one sentence: Two young brothers flee their fractured home and travel to their estranged grandfather’s house in Ireland, where some of their happiest family memories were made. Sometimes a film quietly arrives in cinemas with very little fanfare. No huge marketing campaign, no endless trailers, just a simple promise of a good story. These…
FILM CLUB PLAYLISTS
One song from each of the movies we have watched in my two film clubs
