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… Damn me, if Silent Steve didn’t find a gem from yesteryear for this Sunday’s God-do-I-have-to-watch-this-athon. It’s the story of a young spinster in an American home, treated like dirt … Continue Reading Miss Lulu Bett (1921)
CRUMBLIES… And it’s back to “too close for comfort territory”, only this one comes with the worst of catches. It is an Alzheimer’s story, but not the usual that you … Continue Reading Still Alice (2014)
CRUMBLIES… Trembling Ted wanted to watch this. He’s a big fan of Brendan Gleeson and swearing. “Feckin’ feck,” he said, head pivoting as his hands jived towards his cup of … Continue Reading The Guard (2011)
CRUMBLIES, thousands of them. And all boys… Let the years pass but our hearts will remember, Schooldays at Brookfield ended too soon. Fight to the death in the mire of … Continue Reading Goodbye, Mr Chips (1939)
CRUMBLIES… Now, here’s an odd film. It has a brutal message for those marching through their middle years, not least the inevitability of replacement and the unremitting nature of time. … Continue Reading Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
CRUMBLIES… I’m not messing with you – go watch Gran Torino now. Actually, no, watch The Shootist (1976) then watch Gran Torino. For it is very much the same film. Gran Torino … Continue Reading Gran Torino (2008)
CRUMBLIES… I know what you’re thinking: they’re all about old age. From The Motion Picture to whatever the last one was called (Nemesis – I checked), every Star Trek film … Continue Reading Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
CRUMBLIES… A bit more Robert Donat, I fancy – as my Grandpa Gus would say. Here is his 7th film. He’s three years into his film career, a proper movie … Continue Reading The Ghost Goes West (1935)
CRUMBLIES… Old Jack first saw This Can’t Be Love with Mrs Jack just a few years into retirement. I watched it again this morning and missed the vitality of my … Continue Reading This Can’t Be Love (1994)
CRUMBLIES… Oh! What fun! Old Jack comes to you a stunned man who has had his soul refreshed… For two hours in the unexpectedly sparkly company of Judi Dench (sparkly … Continue Reading Esio Trot / Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot (2015)
CRUMBLIES… Okay, this one is set in an old people’s home. Oh yes. It’s the ‘too close for comfort territory’ of staring into the miseries of this place, only in … Continue Reading Mrs Caldicot’s Cabbage War (2002)
CRUMBLIES… Take 2 with Grubby Gert and her Christopher Plummer obsession. This time a thriller-drama-thing and – oh yes – another Plummer-in-the-bath scene. There’s no sappy love story, however, so … Continue Reading Remember (2015)
CRUMBLIES… Grubby Gert is a bit of a Christopher Plummer fan. In the small hours of the morning, you can sometimes hear Edelweiss echoing down the corridor from her room. … Continue Reading Elsa & Fred (2012)
CRUMBLIES… Oh, the relief. After weeks of watching miserable old treatises on decrepitude, old Jack hit upon this gem. Objectively, a load of old tosh, emotionally, just what the older … Continue Reading Stand Up Guys (2012)
CRUMBLIES… Meh, as the young folk say. This could have been great. I’d argue the world needed it to be great, but…meh. Old age insights? We get cheques. Wild Oats … Continue Reading Wild Oats (2016)
CRUMBLIES… Bloody hell, this is depressing. It also plays tricks with your head, should you make the mistake of getting a bit antsy and Google the story of the film … Continue Reading The Last Laugh / Der Letzte Mann (1924)
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