MOVIE BLETHER – MOVIE REVIEWS FOR YOUR MIDDLE AND… FINAL YEARS
Movies for your Care Home or middle-aged living room. Because by old we mean 85 and by middle-aged we mean 55. Sigh.
CRUMBLIES… Way back in the dawn of cinema (second decade), Georges Méliès had competition from the Pathé Frères across town in Paris. Segundo de Chomón was one of their team; … Continue Reading La Fée Printemps / The Spring Fairy (1902)
CRUMBLIES… John Wayne potboiler ahead. Old Jack here was in the mood for a bit of old Duke as Big Jake, hero grandfather and git. I’ve seen the movie a … Continue Reading Big Jake (1971)
CRUMBLIES… There’s a thing about getting older: we grind to a halt, encrusted with old beliefs and resistance to change. We become cruel – I see that all the time … Continue Reading 3 Idiots (2009)
CRUMBLIES… From The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912) to Sunrise: A Story of Two Humans. Oh yes. Silent Steve and I battled wills over silent movie excellence. I wanted laughs … Continue Reading Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
CRUMBLIES… I know, Silent Steve and I had a bit of a Sunday. He thought we should look at a couple of American films, what with the good stuff to … Continue Reading The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912)
CRUMBLIES… Okay, I thought Silent Steve had gone mad. One cold, dull Sunday, when sugar was low and my nerves were on edge, he suggested the tragic tale of a … Continue Reading Ménilmontant (1926)
CRUMBLIES… Now here is a lovely, lovely film. Dump this review and get your arse over to Amazon Prime and watch it. Are you an ageing father? Are you a … Continue Reading Piku (2015)
CRUMBLIES… Here’s an admission. Of all the twisting and twitching folk who boogie to Mama Mia! in our TV room every bastard Christmas Eve, old Jack is the one who … Continue Reading Ricki and the Flash (2015)
CRUMBLIES… Oh, the joy! Another sports film from Aamir Khan, but this time he’s the Dad and has had the decency to pile on a ton of weight for the … Continue Reading Dangal (2016)
CRUMBLIES… Holy crap. Old Jack here is a man of his word. I said that if Carl Theodor Dreyer pumped out another movie that touched on middle-aged woes and old aged viciousness … Continue Reading Day of Wrath / Vredens Dag (1943)
CRUMBLIES… And on went Vibrant Vinay and I, long afternoons of boredom quenched by cupcakes, coffee and three hours of Hindi film goodness. Cue our latest find – nestled in … Continue Reading Mary Kom (2014)
CRUMBIES… Vibrant Vinay picked a mid-winter night, cold and windy, to get us all huddled around the widescreen in the TV room. The ladies were there, promised a youthful Aamir … Continue Reading Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
CRUMBLIES… Fuck me, there’s another film with ‘quantum’ in the title! Here old Jack was wandering through life thinking Quantum of Solace was it, a title that probably tripled the … Continue Reading Quantum Love / Une Rencontre (2014)
CRUMBLIES… Wow. I mean…genuinely…wow. That just happened. Watch Ghajini. The 2008 version. You’ll need three hours, but they’ll fly by and I’ll have gotten over my bed-bath. Health took a … Continue Reading Ghajini (2008)
CRUMBLIES… Oh, the agony. I happened upon this film a few days ago, taking up Vibrant Vinay’s challenge to wander Indian cinema and take another look at the world. And … Continue Reading English Vinglish (2012)
CRUMBLIES… (including one crumbly for the scenery) I’d forgotten about Spencer Tracy. He was a stellar actor, beau of Katharine Hepburn (with added Catholic oddness), and a man blighted by … Continue Reading The Mountain (1956)
