Woman in Gold (2015)
CRUMBLIES… This should have been brilliant! Gah! A true story. A painting of a beautiful aunt, stolen by the Nazis, wending its way to the Belvedere Gallery in Austria, claimed … Continue Reading Woman in Gold (2015)
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)
The Butler (2013)
CRUMBLIES… So, it turns out you can be stuffed full of good, fun performances, describe a man’s life, and still be so worthy it chokes the meaning out of your … Continue Reading The Butler (2013)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014)
CRUMBLIES… Robin Williams. Always funny, sometimes brilliant, sometimes inaccessible, every so often utterly telling, every so more often utterly mawkish. Here, middle-aged, stressed, scowly and stuffed full of grumpy old … Continue Reading The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014)
The Karate Kid (1984)
CRUMBLIES… My grandson made me watch this. Young Steve, my son, had made him watch it. And… No. Just…no. This is a relive-the-1980s-like-you’re-still-there movie. About teens. Ugh. Steve had assured … Continue Reading The Karate Kid (1984)
All is Lost (2013)
CRUMBLIES… I can be a bit snarky about Robert Redford. It’s a long-term reaction to old Mrs Jack’s adoration of his beauty back in the day. That said, I’m an … Continue Reading All is Lost (2013)
Chennai Express (2013)
CRUMBLIES… Ouch. Vibrant Vinay, Mad Maud and I watched this on a long afternoon. And we seemed to be watching three wildly different films. Vinay was basking in a touching, … Continue Reading Chennai Express (2013)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari / Das Kabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)
CRUMBLIES… Silent Steve was on fire! He suggested a film about an old grump, a faux doctor showing off a somnambulist at a town fayre, evil, cold-hearted and full of … Continue Reading The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari / Das Kabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)
Like Father (2018)
CRUMBLIES… Sometimes the TV room offers up something so gentle, good-natured, surprise-free and a bit meh that you can’t help but get swept along by it. Nothing unexpected, every comedy … Continue Reading Like Father (2018)
Padmaavat (2018)
CRUMBLIES… Vibrant Vinay hadn’t even seen this one, it’s so new. We sat down to watch it – feet twirling as ever to head off the DVTs – as three … Continue Reading Padmaavat (2018)
Death Wish (2018)
CRUMBLIES… What you gonna do after a four-movie menopause binge-watch? Mad Maud was swanning about looking vindicated about things she hadn’t been challenged on in the first place. Old Jack … Continue Reading Death Wish (2018)
Exit / Hui guang zoumingqu (2014)
CRUMBLIES… An inadvertent addition to the menopause binge-watch, this film looked like a touching tale of burgeoning middle-aged affection in a hospital. Old Jack here and Mad Maud – she’d … Continue Reading Exit / Hui guang zoumingqu (2014)
The Whisperers (1967)
CRUMBLIES… Well, bloody hell, here’s a film an old bugger shouldn’t watch alone. Old Jack here did and…wow, is it on the nose with the old-age-is-dreadful schtick. It stars Dame … Continue Reading The Whisperers (1967)
The M Word (2014)
CRUMBLIES… Old Jack here watched this with Mad Maud. I’m not sure, but she may have found a way to project her mind onto a TV screen. Loosely coordinated, full … Continue Reading The M Word (2014)
The Hot Flashes (2013)
CRUMBLIES… Okay, look, as a follow-up to the joys of I Got Life! / Aurore (2017) and its take on the menopause, we gave a second film a go. It promised much: … Continue Reading The Hot Flashes (2013)
I Got Life! / Aurore (2017)
CRUMBLIES… Mad Maud had been waxing critical on the weakness of men. An extra shot in her morning caffeine intake and she’d got on to worrisome prostates and erectile dysfunction … Continue Reading I Got Life! / Aurore (2017)
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