Roxanne (1987)
CRUMBLIES… Ah, the 1980s. I’m not going to pretend it was the golden age of Hollywood, but it was a time when whole years might go by without a superhero … Continue Reading Roxanne (1987)
Bajirao Mastani (2015)
CRUMBLIES… Now here’s a holiday movie. A big, beautiful, operatic in its telling, stuffed full of gorgeous vignettes, with music like a waterfall, and the worst self-righteousness humanity, its religions … Continue Reading Bajirao Mastani (2015)
A Castle for Christmas (2021)
CRUMBLIES… Back in the day – and I’m sure he’ll appreciate me saying – a parent had to be careful of popping upstairs to chat to his teenage son. Fling … Continue Reading A Castle for Christmas (2021)
Free Guy (2021)
CRUMBLIES… Ever watched a movie where you’re too old to understand anything that’s happening? And your son – who’s found the only joy in his fifties is checking his pension … Continue Reading Free Guy (2021)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
CRUMBLIES… Oh, I don’t know. I was up for a marathon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (gonna get bored of saying that: M.C.U. hereafter), enjoyed Iron Man (2008), then bumped … Continue Reading The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Summerland (2020)
CRUMBLIES… Being a kid in the Second World War was a real thing, you know. My mate Stan lived under occupation. He was ten when the Nazis pitched up and … Continue Reading Summerland (2020)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
CRUMBLIES… Wow. Suddenly the romantic comedy of the 1980s got to be thirty years old. Which means the wife and I were…let’s go with mid to late fifties when it … Continue Reading When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Captain Boycott (1947)
CRUMBLIES… Old Jack has a weakness for those British movies of the the mid twentieth Century. Still in black and white, telling stories with warm caricature and earnestness, and before … Continue Reading Captain Boycott (1947)
Scottish Mussel (2015)
Ok. Look. There are some things an old old man like Jack here shouldn’t see. They disrupt the blood pressure by coming at you with challengingly feel-good stories, properly weird … Continue Reading Scottish Mussel (2015)
Tamasha (2015)
CRUMBLIES… Vibrant Vinay knew old Jack here was feeling a bit down. Medical arsery and winter skies are a lousy combination. Young Steve, and even Jacketta and the micro Jacks … Continue Reading Tamasha (2015)
Love Is All You Need (2012)
I’m a sucker for a tale of widowers, betrayed and overly-tested Danish beauties and the oddities of Nordic Romance. It’s got a steady, cool eye on life this film. Pierce … Continue Reading Love Is All You Need (2012)
The African Queen (1951)
CRUMBLIES… You know how you think you’ve seen a film, then Wild Willy slaps it on the box one Sunday and you spend the next two hours trying to remember … Continue Reading The African Queen (1951)
Finding Fanny (2014)
CRUMBLIES… Okay. Young Steve suggested this film. He’d taken his other half to see it in the cinema, pleased to have found an English-language film about as far from Bollywood in … Continue Reading Finding Fanny (2014)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
CRUMBLIES… (…so nearly a on grounds of taste in the plotting…) Okay. After the tension of Another Mother’s Son (2017), we all sat down to try out the next film in the Channel-Islands-at-War … Continue Reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
Three Summers (2017)
CRUMBLIES… Old men need to take on the new world, let go of their prejudices, and live in the energies of the present. So there. Now, who fancies a light … Continue Reading Three Summers (2017)
Book Club (2018)
CRUMBLIES… Oh, now this is fun. Old Jack here and every woman in the building gathered in the TV room, macaroons, posh tea and an air of affection for a … Continue Reading Book Club (2018)
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