CategoryMUSICAL

Posted July 6, 2020 AMERICAN

Hamilton (2020)

CRUMBLIES…… Ok, so here’s a star in COVID’s heaven: modern, fresh and gorgeous. And also not a film. But, what the hey, it’s a filmed musical theatre show, close up … Continue Reading Hamilton (2020)

Posted May 24, 2020 AGEING

Cats (2019)

CRUMBLIES… Ok. Sod the lot of you. Old Jack knows what you’re thinking: not in a million years will you ever sit through this renowned disaster of a movie. Well, … Continue Reading Cats (2019)

Posted October 5, 2018 COMEDY

CRUMBLIES… I have become that irritating thing: the pupil that suggests a few things to the master. Vibrant Vinay stared at me with an air of disbelief as old Jack … Continue Reading Happy New Year (2014)

Posted July 26, 20181 Comment ACTION

Fanaa (2006)

CRUMBLIES… And another winner from Vibrant Vinay! We didn’t even discuss its length, or what it was about. He just looked at me coolly one morning, muttered, “to destroy oneself … Continue Reading Fanaa (2006)

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 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 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 May 31, 2018 ACTION

Ghajini (2008)

CRUMBLIES… Wow. I mean…genuinely…wow. That just happened. Watch Ghajini. The 2008 version. You’ll need three hours, but they’ll fly by and I’ll have gotten over my bed-bath. Health took a … Continue Reading Ghajini (2008)

Posted January 5, 20181 Comment BRITISH

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)

Posted December 30, 20171 Comment BRITISH

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)