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… Film 5 in the M.C.U. Oh yes. Bloody loved this one. Well, sort of. Old Jack has been pushed to watch it three times and, I’ll be honest, it … Continue Reading Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
CRUMBLIES… Film 4 in the M.C.U.. I know. Old Jack here is on a roll. Lockdown tedium had reached new heights: Nurse Stabby Fingers offered me a shoulder massage ahead … Continue Reading Thor (2011)
CRUMBLIES… Sigh. Okay. Deep breath. Late Bloomers. Old Jack, your trusty guide to movies for the old and fading, watched this after young Steve had a go, passed out from … Continue Reading Late Bloomers (2011)
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… You see it all the time in this home. Middle-aged children coming to meet my lot, their elderly parents. Less often, you see the kids in their thirties meeting … Continue Reading Two Minutes (2011)
CRUMBLIES… Okay. This is about a wretchedly grumpy old man – so grumpy and wretched he lost old Jack’s sympathy inside ten minutes – tricking the son he hasn’t seen … Continue Reading The Pier (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)
