CategoryCOMEDY

Posted July 22, 2018 BRITISH

Mama Mia! – Here We Go Again (2018)

CRUMBLIES… I know! We had an outing. Nurse Stabby-Fingers had a rage at us for being miserable a week ago, so we blackmailed her into taking us all to the … Continue Reading Mama Mia! – Here We Go Again (2018)

Posted July 20, 20181 Comment COMEDY

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)

CRUMBLIES… Sumptuous fun. Vibrant Vinay bounded in one morning, zimmer skidding to a halt on the shagpile, filled with glee at his new DVD. Anjali, his chirpy daughter, had bought … Continue Reading Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)

Posted July 12, 2018 ACTION

RED (2010)

CRUMBLIES… Ha! Fun! Sod your earnest demand for telling stories of old age, jump into two hours of comedy, violence and testy young murderers calling Bruce Willis ‘Grandpa’. Oh yes, … Continue Reading RED (2010)

Posted July 12, 2018 COMEDY

Let the Sunshine In (2017)

CRUMBLIES… It’s a simple fact that old Jack here is really not qualified to review this film. It looked like the powerful story of a woman recovering from her divorce … Continue Reading Let the Sunshine In (2017)

Posted July 9, 2018 BRITISH

Finding your Feet (2017)

CRUMBLIES… Hmmm. Okay, this one is aimed at us with a true and steady hand. Calculating, one might say. For Imelda Staunton and the staff of Hogwarts are old folk, … Continue Reading Finding your Feet (2017)

Posted July 7, 2018 AMERICAN

Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)

CRUMBLIES… Okay, Silent Steve was in history mode. Apparently, over in the Americas, there was a newspaper strip that ran for three hundred or so editions (from 1904 to 1925) … Continue Reading Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)

Posted June 24, 20181 Comment ACTION

Big Jake (1971)

CRUMBLIES… John Wayne potboiler ahead. Old Jack here was in the mood for a bit of old Duke as Big Jake, hero grandfather and git. I’ve seen the movie a … Continue Reading Big Jake (1971)

Posted June 23, 20181 Comment COMEDY

3 Idiots (2009)

CRUMBLIES… There’s a thing about getting older: we grind to a halt, encrusted with old beliefs and resistance to change. We become cruel – I see that all the time … Continue Reading 3 Idiots (2009)

Posted June 20, 20182 Comments COMEDY

Piku (2015)

CRUMBLIES… Now here is a lovely, lovely film. Dump this review and get your arse over to Amazon Prime and watch it. Are you an ageing father? Are you a … Continue Reading Piku (2015)

Posted June 16, 2018 AMERICAN

Ricki and the Flash (2015)

CRUMBLIES… Here’s an admission. Of all the twisting and twitching folk who boogie to Mama Mia! in our TV room every bastard Christmas Eve, old Jack is the one who … Continue Reading Ricki and the Flash (2015)

Posted June 13, 2018 BRITISH

The New Lot (1943)

CRUMBLIES… A snifter of a Robert Donat performance, this. It’s 1943 again – and for real – and his run of war propaganda films tips into recruitment in a 40 … Continue Reading The New Lot (1943)

Posted June 6, 2018 ACTION

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)

CRUMBIES… Vibrant Vinay picked a mid-winter night, cold and windy, to get us all huddled around the widescreen in the TV room. The ladies were there, promised a youthful Aamir … Continue Reading Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)

Posted June 5, 20181 Comment COMEDY

The Master of the House / Du skal ære din hustru (1925)

CRUMBLIES… I nearly stabbed Silent Steve for putting this one on. A bit like Troubles of a Grass Widower / Vive la Vie de Garçon (1908), but with none of the … Continue Reading The Master of the House / Du skal ære din hustru (1925)

Posted June 3, 2018 COMEDY

Quantum Love / Une Rencontre (2014)

CRUMBLIES… Fuck me, there’s another film with ‘quantum’ in the title! Here old Jack was wandering through life thinking Quantum of Solace was it, a title that probably tripled the … Continue Reading Quantum Love / Une Rencontre (2014)

Posted June 1, 2018 BRITISH

Keeping Mum (2005)

CRUMBLIES… One of the joys of old age is fixing the lives of the middle-aged. My boy’s wife, let’s go with ‘Mrs Steve’ (I’m of the past, plus you haven’t … Continue Reading Keeping Mum (2005)

Posted May 28, 2018 COMEDY

English Vinglish (2012)

CRUMBLIES… Oh, the agony. I happened upon this film a few days ago, taking up Vibrant Vinay’s challenge to wander Indian cinema and take another look at the world. And … Continue Reading English Vinglish (2012)