A Castle for Christmas (2021)
CRUMBLIES… Back in the day – and I’m sure he’ll appreciate me saying – a parent had to be careful of popping upstairs to chat to his teenage son. Fling … Continue Reading A Castle for Christmas (2021)
AB Aani BC (2020)
CRUMBLIES… Oh, but this should have been brilliant. What is the horror of the old? It is our degradation, physical and social. And how can that play out in a … Continue Reading AB Aani BC (2020)
Détresse et Charité (France) / The Beggar Maiden (UK) / The Christmas Angel (USA) (1904)
CRUMBLIES… Christmas movies can range from the annoying to appalling. And it has ever been thus. In an attempt to add a sprig of holly to this site, old Jack … Continue Reading Détresse et Charité (France) / The Beggar Maiden (UK) / The Christmas Angel (USA) (1904)
Free Guy (2021)
CRUMBLIES… Ever watched a movie where you’re too old to understand anything that’s happening? And your son – who’s found the only joy in his fifties is checking his pension … Continue Reading Free Guy (2021)
Dune (2021)
CRUMBLIES… This is a remake of a film Old Mrs Jack dragged me to for various pretty-boys-are-in-it reasons in the 1980s. Old Jack hated the original with a hate unknown … Continue Reading Dune (2021)
The Last Duel (2021)
CRUMBLIES… A serious film, this. So pardon the old man’s frown. It’s about an ancient rape and the voice of women – and the power of men that doesn’t so … Continue Reading The Last Duel (2021)
The Ice Road (2021)
CRUMBLIES… Some actors represent the ruffty-tuffty men of the world. Some even avoid the hideous men-being-men schtick the Americans love (Chicago Fire, The Shield… I’m looking at you). They walk … Continue Reading The Ice Road (2021)
Jolt (2021)
CRUMBLIES… Oh, this is shiny, new, and massive fun! You know how it is when the anti-vax wing has died off, your only contact with the outside world is family … Continue Reading Jolt (2021)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
CRUMBLIES… Film 5 in the M.C.U. Oh yes. Bloody loved this one. Well, sort of. Old Jack has been pushed to watch it three times and, I’ll be honest, it … Continue Reading Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Made in Italy (2020)
CRUMBLIES… There’s a thing old Jack wonders occasionally. When an experienced actor picks up a pen, finds the funding, agrees to direct, and jumps into the sunshine to make a … Continue Reading Made in Italy (2020)
Thor (2011)
CRUMBLIES… Film 4 in the M.C.U.. I know. Old Jack here is on a roll. Lockdown tedium had reached new heights: Nurse Stabby Fingers offered me a shoulder massage ahead … Continue Reading Thor (2011)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
CRUMBLIES… Old Jack here actively need to watch this film. I’d just got through The Incredible Hulk (2008) and Made in Italy (more on that later…may be a while to summon … Continue Reading Iron Man 2 (2010)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
CRUMBLIES… Oh, I don’t know. I was up for a marathon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (gonna get bored of saying that: M.C.U. hereafter), enjoyed Iron Man (2008), then bumped … Continue Reading The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Iron Man (2008)
CRUMBLIES… So, the start of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (the MCU, kids) popped up on Steve’s list of things to watch before the surgeons have plugged my remaining orifices. Not … Continue Reading Iron Man (2008)
Summerland (2020)
CRUMBLIES… Being a kid in the Second World War was a real thing, you know. My mate Stan lived under occupation. He was ten when the Nazis pitched up and … Continue Reading Summerland (2020)
The Hippopotamus (2017)
CRUMBLIES… Back in the heady days of the 1990s, Stephen Fry tossed quality words into the world and made the Wodehouse-literate chuckle by filling the much-lacking country house-sex-and-gags gap with … Continue Reading The Hippopotamus (2017)
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