TagFILMREVIEW

Posted June 10, 2020 COMEDY

I Flunked, But… (1930)

CRUMBLIES… Well, now, here’s a thing. Old Jack was hunting down a few more Yasujirō Ozu films, hoping for old age insights akin to Early Summer / Bakushû (1951), when a … Continue Reading I Flunked, But… (1930)

Posted June 3, 2020 AGEING

The Blue Angel / Der blaue Engel (1930)

CRUMBLIES… Old Jack here was half way through a Robert Donat film (review to follow once I’ve started to understand it – Marlene Dietrich is poncing about doing snotty middle … Continue Reading The Blue Angel / Der blaue Engel (1930)

Posted May 30, 2020 AMERICAN

Bee Season (2005)

CRUMBLIES… Old Jack is in a grump. I know you lot tolerate a general air of grumpiness – this is me doing funnies – but I’m actually annoyed. Linguistic Lynn, … Continue Reading Bee Season (2005)

Posted May 25, 2020 COMEDY

Jawaani Jaaneman (2020)

CRUMBLIES… Well, this is lovely! And in a shiny upshot of Lockdown, really really new. A film released back in January has hit Amazon Prime with solid subtitles and delicious … Continue Reading Jawaani Jaaneman (2020)

Posted May 25, 2020 BRITISH

The Professor and the Madman (2019)

CRUMBLIES… Oh, this was so promising. The story of two men in their middle years in the time of mighty beards and human branding. One, an American ex soldier with … Continue Reading The Professor and the Madman (2019)

Posted May 25, 2020 ACTION

Aadai (2019)

CRUMBLIES… So, here’s the pitch: beautiful woman wakes up in abandoned office and finds she is naked. And has to piece together her memories of the night before, indeed life … Continue Reading Aadai (2019)

Posted May 24, 2020 AGEING

Cats (2019)

CRUMBLIES… Ok. Sod the lot of you. Old Jack knows what you’re thinking: not in a million years will you ever sit through this renowned disaster of a movie. Well, … Continue Reading Cats (2019)

Posted May 22, 2020 AGEING

St. Vincent (2014)

CRUMBLIES… Some films have all the right ingredients: an angry old bugger, a new neighbour with instant tension, a kid who needs the grumpy support of the old bugger and … Continue Reading St. Vincent (2014)

Posted May 22, 2020 BRITISH

Scottish Mussel (2015)

Ok. Look. There are some things an old old man like Jack here shouldn’t see. They disrupt the blood pressure by coming at you with challengingly feel-good stories, properly weird … Continue Reading Scottish Mussel (2015)

Posted December 29, 2019 ACTION

Charlie’s Angels (2019)

CRUMBLIES… You know, there’s not a lot left of Old Jack. I’ve spent much of the last year being fingered by professionals, getting passed from probe to probe, excision to … Continue Reading Charlie’s Angels (2019)

Posted February 4, 20191 Comment COMEDY

Love Is All You Need (2012)

I’m a sucker for a tale of widowers, betrayed and overly-tested Danish beauties and the oddities of Nordic Romance. It’s got a steady, cool eye on life this film. Pierce … Continue Reading Love Is All You Need (2012)

Posted February 3, 2019 AUSTRALIAN

Age of Consent (1969)

Hmmm. Okay. Ladies – if I were to tell you this is a film set in…possibly Australia, given the accents – starring James Mason in his grizzled old age as … Continue Reading Age of Consent (1969)

Posted February 3, 2019 AGEING

Stan & Ollie (2019)

Okay, it’s been a while. Apologies. Prostate and arse problems. You don’t want to know; I don’t really want to share. But, for the record, I love the NHS and … Continue Reading Stan & Ollie (2019)

Posted November 24, 2018 BRITISH

Swimming with Men (2018)

CRUMBLIES… I’ve tried to be a fan of synchronised swimming over the decades, but it’s kinda sexless, you know? The women who tend to do it are either distressingly kaleidoscopic, … Continue Reading Swimming with Men (2018)

Posted November 23, 2018 AMERICAN

Bereave (2015)

CRUMBLIES… Oh dear. This one’s a big bag of self-absorbed disappointment. Crowd-funded disappointment, at that. A story that stumbles about like a drunk adolescent, bloated with what she picked … Continue Reading Bereave (2015)

Posted November 23, 2018 ACTION

The African Queen (1951)

CRUMBLIES… You know how you think you’ve seen a film, then Wild Willy slaps it on the box one Sunday and you spend the next two hours trying to remember … Continue Reading The African Queen (1951)