CategoryMIDDLE YEARS MOVIES

Posted July 26, 2018 ACTION

The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)

CRUMBLIES… Now this is the one! I know there have been a load of remakes, and before this version a slew of silents, but of the lot, this version is … Continue Reading The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)

Posted July 24, 2018 COMEDY

Diving Lucy (1903)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gj571Y_hes CRUMBLIES… Silent Steve asked me if I had a minute to spare. I did, and we crammed an early – nay, primeval – British comedy short into it. A … Continue Reading Diving Lucy (1903)

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, 2018 AMERICAN

Duck (2005)

CRUMBLIES… Bum. What a let down. The box cover looked great. The concept looked fascinating, funny and fantastic. The execution…twenty minutes of oddly shot loveliness becomes…no. Just no. Duck. It’s … Continue Reading Duck (2005)

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 July 18, 2018 AMERICAN

Falling Leaves (1912)

CRUMBLIES… Having introduced narrative story-telling to film back in 1896, French producer-director-writer and cracking storyteller, Alice Guy-Blaché developed the form through hundreds more shorts. She married, had kids, moved with … Continue Reading Falling Leaves (1912)

Posted July 16, 2018 DRAMA

La Fée aux Choux / The Fairy of the Cabbages (1900)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYbQO6pwuNs CRUMBLIES… Silent Steve stared at me. I stared at Silent Steve. “Cabbages?” I said. “Yup,” he replied. And so I’m going to share this with you. First, a history … Continue Reading La Fée aux Choux / The Fairy of the Cabbages (1900)

Posted July 16, 2018 ACTION

Rio Lobo (1970)

CRUMBLIES… Old Mrs Jack and old Jack, back in late 1970, wandering the paranoid highs and lows of America, had caught its self-flagellation in Little Big Man (1970). Okay, so that … Continue Reading Rio Lobo (1970)

Posted July 12, 2018 ACTION

Little Big Man (1970)

CRUMBLIES… Back in the days when Dustin Hoffman was a young man, before the tubs got him and the accusations of the last couple of years were on their alleged … Continue Reading Little Big Man (1970)

Posted July 12, 2018 ACTION

RED (2010)

CRUMBLIES… Ha! Fun! Sod your earnest demand for telling stories of old age, jump into two hours of comedy, violence and testy young murderers calling Bruce Willis ‘Grandpa’. Oh yes, … Continue Reading RED (2010)

Posted July 12, 2018 COMEDY

Let the Sunshine In (2017)

CRUMBLIES… It’s a simple fact that old Jack here is really not qualified to review this film. It looked like the powerful story of a woman recovering from her divorce … Continue Reading Let the Sunshine In (2017)

Posted July 7, 2018 AMERICAN

Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g98eVbp0zic CRUMBLIES… Okay, Silent Steve was in history mode. Apparently, over in the Americas, there was a newspaper strip that ran for three hundred or so editions (from 1904 to … Continue Reading Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)