https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKU_9PlNomk CRUMBLIES… Trembling Ted wanted to watch this. He’s a big fan of Brendan Gleeson and swearing. “Feckin’ feck,” he said, head pivoting as his hands jived towards his cup … Continue Reading The Guard (2011)
CRUMBLIES… I’m not messing with you – go watch Gran Torino now. Actually, no, watch The Shootist (1976) then watch Gran Torino. For it is very much the same film. Gran Torino … Continue Reading Gran Torino (2008)
CRUMBLIES… I know what you’re thinking: they’re all about old age. From The Motion Picture to whatever the last one was called (Nemesis – I checked), every Star Trek film … Continue Reading Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
CRUMBLIES… Oh, the relief. After weeks of watching miserable old treatises on decrepitude, old Jack hit upon this gem. Objectively, a load of old tosh, emotionally, just what the older … Continue Reading Stand Up Guys (2012)
CRUMBLIES… So – it was old Jack and the women again. Off to the TV room we trundled, Melancholy Meg and Leery Liz up by the television, me further … Continue Reading The Company You Keep (2012)
CRUMBLIES… Now this is more like it! A story of three glorious generations of a criminal – or about to be criminal – family with Sean Connery as the devilishly … Continue Reading Family Business (1989)
CRUMBLIES… Time is cruel. Implacable. A great, slow, heartless beast that destroys us all. Picture it as an eclipse, shutting out our own, small suns, with the implacabilitiy of a … Continue Reading No Country for Old Men (2007)
CRUMBLIES… … AND THAT’S FOR A HALF-SMILE AN HOUR IN… Oh no. This was a mistake. In my defence, it promised to be a comic action adventure with James Caan as … Continue Reading Undercover Grandpa (2017)
CRUMBLIES… I know! A film for kids! And, no, I’m not drooling more than last week and I can still count my feet. The grandkids are educating me. Jacketta was … Continue Reading Up (2009)
CRUMBLIES… Bloody hell. You know the type of gentle Sunday afternoon when you think, ‘I know, I’ll bung on a cheery Irish film about a middle-aged bloke stuck on a … Continue Reading Bad Day for the Cut (2017)
CRUMBLIES… Macular Mike wanted to watch something on the new widescreen. I had the remote and was still riffing on The School of Life (2017) when a brainwave hit. What … Continue Reading Secondhand Lions (2003)
CRUMBLIES… “I won’t be wronged. I won’t be insulted. I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from … Continue Reading The Shootist (1976)
CRUMBLIES…. We had an outing! Just this week. Old Jack and the other residents all went to the cinema to bask in Mark Hamill’s return as the hero of our … Continue Reading Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)