MOVIE BLETHER – MOVIE REVIEWS FOR YOUR MIDDLE AND… FINAL YEARS – Page 18 – Movies for your Care Home or middle-aged living room. Because by old we mean 85 and by middle-aged we mean 55. Sigh.

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Posted November 19, 20171 Comment AMERICAN

Last Vegas (2014)

CRUMBLIES…. Now this is a comforting film for men in their middle years! You will get old, yes. There will be facial, prostatic and erectile dysfunction, yes. Your health and … Continue Reading Last Vegas (2014)

Posted November 12, 2017 AMERICAN

The Rewrite (2014)

CRUMBLIES…. JACK… STEVE… JACK SAYS: There’s a certain satisfaction in watching the pretty-boys of our youth get saggy-faced and decrepit. The once-smug Jenkins Junior from school now shits … Continue Reading The Rewrite (2014)

Posted November 5, 20171 Comment DRAMA

Elle (2016)

CRUMBLIES…. Ok. So, old Jack was in the mood for a tale of a vengeful woman driving her agency through the crap of the world and the lazy righteousness of … Continue Reading Elle (2016)

Posted October 15, 20171 Comment COMEDY

A Man Called Ove (2015)

CRUMBLIES…. I loved this! Absolutely loved it. You want a dark, funny, tragic and uplifting two hours with limited schmaltz and the company of a growly old sod with a … Continue Reading A Man Called Ove (2015)

Posted October 8, 2017 BRITISH

Daphne (2017)

CRUMBLIES…. Okay. So – Daphne – this one’s on iTunes and a cracking film for the urban miserablists amongst you… It’s not really one to illuminate middle age, rather one … Continue Reading Daphne (2017)

Posted September 25, 20171 Comment AMERICAN

Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)

CRUMBLIES…. STEVE… JACK… STEVE SAYS: Despite making up a large part of the world’s film-watching population, we middle-aged men don’t see ourselves at the centre of very many … Continue Reading Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)

Posted September 18, 2017 BRITISH

Safe House (ITV 2015)

CRUMBLIES…. Whilst wandering Netflix (UK!), as I’m sure you do, I was starting to panic. What to choose? But I couldn’t choose. But I had to choose. Ooh – naked … Continue Reading Safe House (ITV 2015)

Posted September 8, 2017 BRITISH

Broadchurch (ITV 2013-17)

CRUMBLIES…. Series 1… Series 2… Series 3… My search for a programme in which Jodie Whittaker smiles continued this week. Thought I’d try Broadchurch. My search goes on. I watched … Continue Reading Broadchurch (ITV 2013-17)

Posted September 1, 2017 BRITISH

Trust Me (BBC1 Aug 2017)

Well, Trust Me is over now – and what a rarefied kind of fun! A modern piece of TV where the writer (Dan Sefton) gave himself the task of shaping a realistic drama from the headlines…