The Shootist (1976)
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)
Amour (2012)
CRUMBLIES… Well, this one managed to be sublime and entrancing whilst clearing the TV room of anyone but me. The story is of two old music teachers. They live in … Continue Reading Amour (2012)
The Time of their Lives (2017)
CRUMBLIES… There’s a tragi-comic air that lingers over the old women in the home. Some have given in to age and are sweet old grandmas: all grey hair, piss and … Continue Reading The Time of their Lives (2017)
The Last Word (2017)
CRUMBLIES… Ahhhhh…the weekly worry in the old folks’ home. Legacy. How will we be remembered? Will my lifetime of tip-top quality spreadsheets sit alongside John Wayne’s contribution to film? Will … Continue Reading The Last Word (2017)
Golden Years (2015)
CRUMBLIES… Oh dear God. This took me from a cheery afternoon of flirty good humour to scrabbling through Mad Maud’s knickers drawer looking for that stuff she pretends is morphine. … Continue Reading Golden Years (2015)
About Schmidt (2002)
CRUMBLIES… Bloody hell – Jack Nicholson can act. I had no idea! If you want to see him taking a stab at contained, meaningful characterisation in a tragic tale of … Continue Reading About Schmidt (2002)
Song for Marion (2013)
CRUMBLIES… This is a film for the bereaved to tease out the tears. It is for those who bask in The Full Monty formula. It is for lovers of … Continue Reading Song for Marion (2013)
L’étudiante et Monsieur Henri (2015)
CRUMBLIES… You know that bitter dream you have sometimes: a crazily pretty girl wants to stay in your spare room and agrees to wreck your tiresome son’s marriage to a … Continue Reading L’étudiante et Monsieur Henri (2015)
Le Week-end (2013)
CRUMBLIES… Mad Maud decided we should all watch this. They were cleaning the carpets so we were all stuck in the TV room, the only escape being into the moonlit … Continue Reading Le Week-end (2013)
Hector (2015)
CRUMBLIES… Here’s one to put the fear of God in the crumblies at the home. What happens when the money runs out? Yeah, yeah, you might have a ghastly life … Continue Reading Hector (2015)
Sunshine on Leith (2013)
CRUMBLIES… Yup – The Proclaimers film. Based on a stage play-musical of the same name, this tells the story of a family and its hangers on. And it is wonderful. … Continue Reading Sunshine on Leith (2013)
A Wonderful Christmas Time (2014)
CRUMBLIES… Two weeks into a ghastly cold and Old Jack is little more than a puffy bag of phlegm and stroke-risk coughing. I have enjoyed the disease travelling from my … Continue Reading A Wonderful Christmas Time (2014)
And So It Goes (2014)
CRUMBLIES… Wow. Old Jack was hip deep in snot and self-pity when he was trapped in a pile of hot water bottles and blankets and made to watch this dull … Continue Reading And So It Goes (2014)
Crash Pad (2017)
CRUMBLIES… Suppose your experience of life’s middle years is that of most men: working all day to keep the family housed and fed. And the people who don’t work. … Continue Reading Crash Pad (2017)
How About You… (2007)
CRUMBLIES…. Well, here’s one for the ancients trapped in old people’s homes with everyone they hated at primary school. Old Jack – despite the thing being a tad too close … Continue Reading How About You… (2007)
Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)
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)
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