CategoryMIDDLE YEARS MOVIES

Posted June 10, 2020 COMEDY

I Flunked, But… (1930)

CRUMBLIES… Well, now, here’s a thing. Old Jack was hunting down a few more Yasujirō Ozu films, hoping for old age insights akin to Early Summer / Bakushû (1951), when a … Continue Reading I Flunked, But… (1930)

Posted June 3, 2020 AGEING

The Blue Angel / Der blaue Engel (1930)

CRUMBLIES… Old Jack here was half way through a Robert Donat film (review to follow once I’ve started to understand it – Marlene Dietrich is poncing about doing snotty middle … Continue Reading The Blue Angel / Der blaue Engel (1930)

Posted May 30, 2020 AMERICAN

Bee Season (2005)

CRUMBLIES… Old Jack is in a grump. I know you lot tolerate a general air of grumpiness – this is me doing funnies – but I’m actually annoyed. Linguistic Lynn, … Continue Reading Bee Season (2005)

Posted May 28, 2020 ACTION

The 39 Steps (1935)

CRUMBLIES… … Ooooohhhhh – perfect! Do you need more of a review than that? This – second only to Goodbye, Mr Chips (1939) – is Robert Donat’s best film. And it’s … Continue Reading The 39 Steps (1935)

Posted May 27, 2020 BRITISH

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)

Posted May 25, 2020 COMEDY

Jawaani Jaaneman (2020)

CRUMBLIES… Well, this is lovely! And in a shiny upshot of Lockdown, really really new. A film released back in January has hit Amazon Prime with solid subtitles and delicious … Continue Reading Jawaani Jaaneman (2020)

Posted May 25, 2020 BRITISH

The Professor and the Madman (2019)

CRUMBLIES… Oh, this was so promising. The story of two men in their middle years in the time of mighty beards and human branding. One, an American ex soldier with … Continue Reading The Professor and the Madman (2019)

Posted May 25, 2020 ACTION

Aadai (2019)

CRUMBLIES… So, here’s the pitch: beautiful woman wakes up in abandoned office and finds she is naked. And has to piece together her memories of the night before, indeed life … Continue Reading Aadai (2019)

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 May 22, 2020 AGEING

St. Vincent (2014)

CRUMBLIES… Some films have all the right ingredients: an angry old bugger, a new neighbour with instant tension, a kid who needs the grumpy support of the old bugger and … Continue Reading St. Vincent (2014)

Posted April 9, 2020 AMERICAN

I, Tonya (2017)

CRUMBLIES… I guess we’re supposed to pre-judge this one. A story – winningly and nearly true-ishly told – about an American Ice Skater, Tonya Harding, who lived a difficult life … Continue Reading I, Tonya (2017)

Posted January 2, 2020 AMERICAN

Broken Blossoms (1919)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQXb89LXuJo CRUMBLIES… Silent Steve expired. Sorry. There was a lull in a storm. We’d given up on noisy films and slapped on another horrifying D.W. Griffith classic. Steve mimed through … Continue Reading Broken Blossoms (1919)