CategorySEPTEMBER TO SEPTEMBER LOVE

Posted December 6, 2021 AMERICAN

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)

Posted December 3, 2021 ACTION

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)

Posted April 3, 2021 AGEING

Made in Italy (2020)

CRUMBLIES… There’s a thing old Jack wonders occasionally. When an experienced actor picks up a pen, finds the funding, agrees to direct, and jumps into the sunshine to make a … Continue Reading Made in Italy (2020)

Posted December 13, 2020 AGEING

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)

Posted December 5, 2020 AMERICAN

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)

Posted April 14, 2019 COMEDY

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)

Posted February 4, 20191 Comment COMEDY

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)

Posted October 22, 2018 COMEDY

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)

Posted October 5, 2018 BRITISH

You, Me and Him (2017)

CRUMBLIES… We’d all heard Chesty Charlie cough up his last one Sunday morning. It wasn’t pretty. He’d been going all night, each hack, rasp and wheeze sending signals down E … Continue Reading You, Me and Him (2017)

Posted September 23, 2018 COMEDY

The Sweet Escape /Comme un avion (2015)

CRUMBLIES… Oh, now this is gorgeous. Young Steve brought it in. He can talk again these days and rasped out the excellence of this comic-Gallic insight into one man’s journey … Continue Reading The Sweet Escape /Comme un avion (2015)

Posted August 28, 2018 FANTASY

Pierrette’s Escapades / Le départ d’Arlequin et de Pierrette (1900)

CRUMBLIES… Okay, I sat through these two minutes of obscure pantomimic pantomiming, so you do too. Silent Steve dared me to eat a cupcake quicker than Pierrette’s Escapades, plainly expecting … Continue Reading Pierrette’s Escapades / Le départ d’Arlequin et de Pierrette (1900)