Gran Torino (2008)
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)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
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)
The Ghost Goes West (1935)
CRUMBLIES… A bit more Robert Donat, I fancy – as my Grandpa Gus would say. Here is his 7th film. He’s three years into his film career, a proper movie … Continue Reading The Ghost Goes West (1935)
This Can’t Be Love (1994)
CRUMBLIES… Old Jack first saw This Can’t Be Love with Mrs Jack just a few years into retirement. I watched it again this morning and missed the vitality of my … Continue Reading This Can’t Be Love (1994)
Esio Trot / Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot (2015)
CRUMBLIES… Oh! What fun! Old Jack comes to you a stunned man who has had his soul refreshed… For two hours in the unexpectedly sparkly company of Judi Dench (sparkly … Continue Reading Esio Trot / Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot (2015)
Remember (2015)
CRUMBLIES… Take 2 with Grubby Gert and her Christopher Plummer obsession. This time a thriller-drama-thing and – oh yes – another Plummer-in-the-bath scene. There’s no sappy love story, however, so … Continue Reading Remember (2015)
Elsa & Fred (2012)
CRUMBLIES… Grubby Gert is a bit of a Christopher Plummer fan. In the small hours of the morning, you can sometimes hear Edelweiss echoing down the corridor from her room. … Continue Reading Elsa & Fred (2012)
Stand Up Guys (2012)
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)
Wild Oats (2016)
CRUMBLIES… Meh, as the young folk say. This could have been great. I’d argue the world needed it to be great, but…meh. Old age insights? We get cheques. Wild Oats … Continue Reading Wild Oats (2016)
The Last Laugh / Der Letzte Mann (1924)
CRUMBLIES… Bloody hell, this is depressing. It also plays tricks with your head, should you make the mistake of getting a bit antsy and Google the story of the film … Continue Reading The Last Laugh / Der Letzte Mann (1924)
On Golden Pond (1981)
CRUMBLIES… Okay, I’ve dodged this film since 1981. It looked cloying and ghastly then; it proved worse when Jacketta pitched up and decided we should have some Dad-Daughter time. My, … Continue Reading On Golden Pond (1981)
Is Anybody There? (2008)
CRUMBLIES… Old Jack here has to be careful with the films sometimes. Anything too close to home can trigger panic attacks and shrieking in my ageing colleagues in Doom’s Antechamber. … Continue Reading Is Anybody There? (2008)
Robot & Frank (2012)
CRUMBLIES… This is an unexpected, rather splendid film. And it sticks with being unexpected, the plot twisting in directions that old Jack didn’t see coming. Nothing crass or illogical, mind, … Continue Reading Robot & Frank (2012)
The Lady in the Van (2015)
CRUMBLIES… I really wanted to like The Lady in the Van. It starts with the sounds of a car crash underneath a black screen…sound effects to give impetus to the … Continue Reading The Lady in the Van (2015)
On Borrowed Time (1939)
CRUMBLIES… Any film that has Cedric Hardwicke as a glowering, stern and nattily-dressed agent of death is a thing to behold. When he’s cheerily wrecking a family, taking adult children, … Continue Reading On Borrowed Time (1939)
Barbe-bleue / Bluebeard (1901)
CRUMBLIES… I know, I know, 1901, but it only lasts 9 minutes, so try watching Barbe-bleue – a cinematic silent of a four hundred year-old fairy-tale-nasty. The hero? Bluebeard, a man … Continue Reading Barbe-bleue / Bluebeard (1901)
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