Secondhand Lions (2003)
CRUMBLIES… Macular Mike wanted to watch something on the new widescreen. I had the remote and was still riffing on The School of Life (2017) when a brainwave hit. What … Continue Reading Secondhand Lions (2003)
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)
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)
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)
Every Jack Has a Jill // Jusqu’à toi (2016)
CRUMBLIES…. You know how sometimes you’re in the mood for something sweet but Gallic? Lots of subtitles with the occasional – oddly disappointing – bit of English? A love story … Continue Reading Every Jack Has a Jill // Jusqu’à toi (2016)
The Rewrite (2014)
CRUMBLIES…. JACK… STEVE… JACK SAYS: There’s a certain satisfaction in watching the pretty-boys of our youth get saggy-faced and decrepit. The once-smug Jenkins Junior from school now shits … Continue Reading The Rewrite (2014)
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