Category Archives: Films

When I'm in the mood I write brief thoughts on films in notebooks which then get transferred to my bag where they get forgotten. Well, I dug them out and I'm going to transcribe and tidy up those thoughts because … Continue reading →

When I'm in the mood I write brief thoughts on films in notebooks which then get transferred to my bag where they get forgotten. Well, I dug them out and I'm going to transcribe and tidy up those thoughts because … Continue reading →

When I'm in the mood I write brief thoughts on films in notebooks which then get transferred to my bag where they get forgotten. Well, I dug them out and I'm going to transcribe and tidy up those thoughts because … Continue reading →

When I'm in the mood I write brief thoughts on films in notebooks which then get transferred to my bag where they get forgotten. Well, I dug them out and I'm going to transcribe and tidy up those thoughts because … Continue reading →

I think New Year's resolutions are a bit pointless because they tend to be quickly forgotten but I will make just one and that might be to blog more often. I may even start watching Buffy again. 2011's Hootenanny might … Continue reading →

There is a scene in The Hours where Meryl Streep's Clarissa anxiously discusses the perceived triviality of her life with her daughter and she waves her hands about in a way that is just like Brad Pitt's Jeffrey Goines in … Continue reading →

When will I learn that a film about poverty described with such adjectives as chilling, searing, rawest, gritty, genuine, shabby, grimly and unflinching, is not a film for me? And I'm not sure the poor people of the Ozarks deserve … Continue reading →

My expectations for this were set too high by the general tone that headed my way via the Internet. It is certainly a lovely simple film for children but really it is no more than that. It looked gorgeous and … Continue reading →

This may be the first 18 certificate film I saw at the cinema. I wonder at what cinema I saw it but I can't remember that because it was nearly thirty years ago. It's remarkable just how much I recalled … Continue reading →

I really, really like this film. It's not that it's perfect, far from it: Jerry's sobering up is too neat and his return to Joan comes at a considerable price for her, but the first two thirds of it are … Continue reading →