Rachel Robbins
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Writer-Performer based in the North of England. A joyous, flawed mess.
Please read my stories and enjoy. And if you can, please leave a tip. Money raised will be used towards funding a one-woman story-telling, comedy show.
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One Battle After Another
I’m not an action movie kind of a gal. I don’t like violence on screen. I’m also not a fan of a long movie. If you can’t tell the story in under 2 hours are you sure it’s not a TV series instead? (I’m looking at you Eddington). So, when I initially saw the trailer for One Battle After Another, I wasn’t convinced it would be for me.
By Rachel Robbins3 months ago in Geeks
Self Esteem
Last night I went to see Self-Esteem (aka) Rebecca Lucy Taylor in concert at the Manchester Academy. I thought about writing a normal review of the gig. You know the kind, where the author writes a little background to the act, talks through some highlights/low points of the performance and then gives a star rating and a pithy epithet to round it all off.
By Rachel Robbins3 months ago in Beat
Watching “To Kill a Mockingbird” in 2025. Top Story - September 2025.
This is not a review. I’ve just been to see the UK touring production of Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”. If you have never read the book, seen the 1962 film, or been lucky enough to catch the current tour, please do one of those before you read my paltry words.
By Rachel Robbins4 months ago in Geeks
The Roses (2025)
The Roses has been billed as a remake of The War of the Roses (1989) – the Douglas/Turner dark comedy, directed by Danhy Devito and rightly recognised as a great romp through the bleaker aspects of divorce. Remakes are often cited as an example of Hollywood running out of ideas and a low-risk approach to what should be high-risk creativity. Remakes are seen as an attempt to duplicate economic success over artistic endeavour.
By Rachel Robbins4 months ago in Geeks
Materialists (2025). Top Story - August 2025.
Director, Writer: Celine Song Starring: Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, Chris Evans “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” (Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice)
By Rachel Robbins5 months ago in Geeks
Amadeus
Screenplay: Peter Schaffer Director: Milos Forman Starring: F Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce Going to rewatch Amadeus on the big screen, I was worried. Do you recognise that fear that something you once loved might not meet expectations on revisiting? That the memory might be better than the reality?
By Rachel Robbins5 months ago in Geeks
Pauline Kael. Top Story - July 2025.
Sometimes I pretend to be a 1940s screenwriter. My imaginary ego goes on a trip to tell people about the magic of cinema and the hard work that produces a movie. How you need a writer’s room, money, star power and a way to hoodwink studio executives, because all they care about is money and I’m trying to make art. In 1940s Hollywood, I’m trying to establish cinema as an American artform, with carefully crafted plots, new characters, and risk-taking directors.
By Rachel Robbins6 months ago in Geeks
Not a Bunch of Film Reviews. Top Story - July 2025.
When I write a short story, I would like the story to have details that linger with the reader. That’s the goal – to write so that traces of the tale stay alive after the reading. Like a good meal leaves a taste in the mouth. Or how a song echoes through memories.
By Rachel Robbins6 months ago in Geeks
