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Jennie Kermode

A full time writer, part time academic and human rights advocate, Jennie is content director at Eye For Film, which often means that she has to pick up the awful stuff nobody else wants to review. The good side of this is that it gives her the chance to identify undiscovered gems.

Jennie enjoys a wide range of different genres and would probably say that her favourite film is Picnic At Hanging Rock or Vertigo. Before coming to Eye For Film, she spent two years with Movie Gurus. She has worked as Arts & Culture Editor at KaleidoScot and written on film for the likes of The Independent, Studio Magazine and the Directory of World Cinema. She also writes books, the most recent of which is Supporting Transgender and Non-binary People with Disabilities or Illnesses: a Good Practice Guide for Health and Care Provision.

Jennie is a member of the Online Film Critics Society and Cherry Picks and Criticwire. She is also a Rotten Tomatoes registered Tomatometer critic.

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Latest Film Reviews

Ten Minutes To Midnight
A late night radio host is trapped inside the station by a violent storm after being bitten by a rabid bat.

Personhood
Exploring the criminalisation of pregnant women as seen through the eyes of a young mother swept up in new laws.

Hillbilly Elegy
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.

Made In Italy
A father and son renovate an Italian property together.

Turned
A talented young race car driver struggles to cope with his father's behaviour.

The Bloodhound
A visit to a wealthy and reclusive friend lands a young man in a world of fear and despair.

The Wolf House
The animated tale of a young woman who takes refuge in a house in southern Chile after escaping from a German colony.

Dear Comrades!
A devout communist witnesses a government shooting during a strike - which changes her life forever.

Ham On Rye
A bizarre rite of passage at the local deli determines the fate of a generation of teenagers, leading some to escape their suburban town and dooming others to remain.

Battle In Space: The Armada Attacks
In 2420, after aliens and powerful space wizards enslave human villages, a group of rebels organise a counter attack against their alien overlords by piloting fully loaded spaceships.