Ten Nights in a Barroom (1926)
CRUMBLIES… There’s something about Victorian moralising that grates the soul; not least because that vilifying crap has come back. Old Jack here was pretty much on Lockdown before the rest … Continue Reading Ten Nights in a Barroom (1926)
Legally Blonde (2001)
CRUMBLIES… One of the grandkids brought this in for me. Energy-Em, as old Jack likes to think of her, is into her twenties and still a fizzing, popping bowl of … Continue Reading Legally Blonde (2001)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
CRUMBLIES… Wow. Suddenly the romantic comedy of the 1980s got to be thirty years old. Which means the wife and I were…let’s go with mid to late fifties when it … Continue Reading When Harry Met Sally (1989)
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
CRUMBLIES… Ah, the joys of a manly-man film on Father’s Day, actually about a mother and a dead deadbeat Dad, and the guilt that runs through their sons. Not a … Continue Reading The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
The Upside (2017)
CRUMBLIES… Now, here’s a lovely film. Well, sweet. Well, kind. Not particularly realistic, but it doffs its hat to emotions old Jack here has never felt. Well, a bit, I … Continue Reading The Upside (2017)
I Flunked, But… (1930)
CRUMBLIES… Well, now, here’s a thing. Old Jack was hunting down a few more Yasujirō Ozu films, hoping for old age insights akin to Early Summer / Bakushû (1951), when a … Continue Reading I Flunked, But… (1930)
The Blue Angel / Der blaue Engel (1930)
CRUMBLIES… Old Jack here was half way through a Robert Donat film (review to follow once I’ve started to understand it – Marlene Dietrich is poncing about doing snotty middle … Continue Reading The Blue Angel / Der blaue Engel (1930)
Bee Season (2005)
CRUMBLIES… Old Jack is in a grump. I know you lot tolerate a general air of grumpiness – this is me doing funnies – but I’m actually annoyed. Linguistic Lynn, … Continue Reading Bee Season (2005)
No Good for Anything / The Man Who Never Made Good (1908)
CRUMBLIES… A brief one this: eight and a bit minutes of pre-war comedy from a world twisting itself out of shape through treaties, empires and dreadful ambitions. Yet, back on … Continue Reading No Good for Anything / The Man Who Never Made Good (1908)
The 39 Steps (1935)
CRUMBLIES… … Ooooohhhhh – perfect! Do you need more of a review than that? This – second only to Goodbye, Mr Chips (1939) – is Robert Donat’s best film. And it’s … Continue Reading The 39 Steps (1935)
Captain Boycott (1947)
CRUMBLIES… Old Jack has a weakness for those British movies of the the mid twentieth Century. Still in black and white, telling stories with warm caricature and earnestness, and before … Continue Reading Captain Boycott (1947)
The Professor and the Madman (2019)
CRUMBLIES… Oh, this was so promising. The story of two men in their middle years in the time of mighty beards and human branding. One, an American ex soldier with … Continue Reading The Professor and the Madman (2019)
Aadai (2019)
CRUMBLIES… So, here’s the pitch: beautiful woman wakes up in abandoned office and finds she is naked. And has to piece together her memories of the night before, indeed life … Continue Reading Aadai (2019)
Cats (2019)
CRUMBLIES… Ok. Sod the lot of you. Old Jack knows what you’re thinking: not in a million years will you ever sit through this renowned disaster of a movie. Well, … Continue Reading Cats (2019)
St. Vincent (2014)
CRUMBLIES… Some films have all the right ingredients: an angry old bugger, a new neighbour with instant tension, a kid who needs the grumpy support of the old bugger and … Continue Reading St. Vincent (2014)
Scottish Mussel (2015)
Ok. Look. There are some things an old old man like Jack here shouldn’t see. They disrupt the blood pressure by coming at you with challengingly feel-good stories, properly weird … Continue Reading Scottish Mussel (2015)
