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)
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)
Gulabo Sitabo (2020)
CRUMBLIES… Object lesson for the selfish and the old, alert. A gift from Amazon Prime given The Great Lockdown of 2020, this film should really be caught in the cinema … Continue Reading Gulabo Sitabo (2020)
Discontent (1916)
CRUMBLIES… Long shot, this one. Old Jack here saw some white hair float by on the YouTube and thought, in memory of Silent Steve, let’s give it a go. And … Continue Reading Discontent (1916)
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 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)
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)
Stan & Ollie (2019)
Okay, it’s been a while. Apologies. Prostate and arse problems. You don’t want to know; I don’t really want to share. But, for the record, I love the NHS and … Continue Reading Stan & Ollie (2019)
