Movie Review: BLUE JEAN
Rating: Not Rated Stars: Rosy McEwen, Kerrie Hayes, Lucy Halliday Writer: Georgia Oakley Director: Georgia Oakley Distributor: Magnolia Pictures Release Date: June 9, 2023 BLUE JEAN is set in 1988 Newcastle, England. Margaret Thatcher is the British Prime Minister, and building walls in this largely working-class city are painted with slogans about making sure that children are being taught “traditional values.” So, it’s thirty-five years ago, but some issues remain sadly resonant. Jean Newman (Rosy McEwen) is a teacher and sports coach at a secondary school (that’s high school for us U.S. folks). She is in her late twenties or […]Read On »