Jolt (2021)
CRUMBLIES… Oh, this is shiny, new, and massive fun! You know how it is when the anti-vax wing has died off, your only contact with the outside world is family … Continue Reading Jolt (2021)
Thor (2011)
CRUMBLIES… Film 4 in the M.C.U.. I know. Old Jack here is on a roll. Lockdown tedium had reached new heights: Nurse Stabby Fingers offered me a shoulder massage ahead … Continue Reading Thor (2011)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
CRUMBLIES… Old Jack here actively need to watch this film. I’d just got through The Incredible Hulk (2008) and Made in Italy (more on that later…may be a while to summon … Continue Reading Iron Man 2 (2010)
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)
Iron Man (2008)
CRUMBLIES… So, the start of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (the MCU, kids) popped up on Steve’s list of things to watch before the surgeons have plugged my remaining orifices. Not … Continue Reading Iron Man (2008)
Last Christmas (2019)
Ok. So. Been a while. Sorry about that. Was forced into seven types of lockdown tier, a big one, back to a small one, got secreted in the back of … Continue Reading Last Christmas (2019)
Discontent (1916)
CRUMBLIES… Long shot, this one. Old Jack here saw some white hair float by on the YouTube and thought, in memory of Silent Steve, let’s give it a go. And … Continue Reading Discontent (1916)
Greyhound (2020)
CRUMBLIES… My Pa and I used to watch the occasional war movie. A few too many memories made them exhausting experiences – however stiff the upper lip or brutal the … Continue Reading Greyhound (2020)
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)
Ten Nights in a Barroom (1926)
CRUMBLIES… There’s something about Victorian moralising that grates the soul; not least because that vilifying crap has come back. Old Jack here was pretty much on Lockdown before the rest … Continue Reading Ten Nights in a Barroom (1926)
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
CRUMBLIES… And…Dads’ Lives Matter. We have a new theme for the oldsters to contemplate from the other end of the age band tick boxes . And for those of us … Continue Reading A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
Legally Blonde (2001)
CRUMBLIES… One of the grandkids brought this in for me. Energy-Em, as old Jack likes to think of her, is into her twenties and still a fizzing, popping bowl of … Continue Reading Legally Blonde (2001)
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)
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
CRUMBLIES… Ah, the joys of a manly-man film on Father’s Day, actually about a mother and a dead deadbeat Dad, and the guilt that runs through their sons. Not a … Continue Reading The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
The Upside (2017)
CRUMBLIES… Now, here’s a lovely film. Well, sweet. Well, kind. Not particularly realistic, but it doffs its hat to emotions old Jack here has never felt. Well, a bit, I … Continue Reading The Upside (2017)
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)
