MOVIE BLETHER – MOVIE REVIEWS FOR YOUR MIDDLE AND… FINAL YEARS
Movies for your Care Home or middle-aged living room. Because by old we mean 85 and by middle-aged we mean 55. Sigh.
CRUMBLIES… Not unlike a crumbly Palpatine, old Jack returns! Yup – not dead, just tied into some horrifying technology to get this ancient body back to passable health. And a … Continue Reading Star Wars IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
CRUMBLIES… Now here’s a holiday movie. A big, beautiful, operatic in its telling, stuffed full of gorgeous vignettes, with music like a waterfall, and the worst self-righteousness humanity, its religions … Continue Reading Bajirao Mastani (2015)
CRUMBLIES… So, every Spider-Man boils down to Uncle Ben and Auntie May. How well do they represent their age group? Are they warm and convincing or a tad American-Evangelist-country-singer. Well, … Continue Reading The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
CRUMBLIES… Oh wow. I saw Ray McAnally’s name in the credits, this film made during his late, gruff years of power and threat. Grrr, old Jack thought. It’ll be full … Continue Reading Taffin (1988)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
CRUMBLIES… My Pa and I used to watch the occasional war movie. A few too many memories made them exhausting experiences – however stiff the upper lip or brutal the … Continue Reading Greyhound (2020)
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)
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)
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)
MOVIE BLETHER - MOVIE REVIEWS FOR YOUR MIDDLE AND... FINAL YEARS 