The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Tag Archives: film
Papal Bull? #twopopes #filmreview
Back on the sofa, and another film that slipped through the Le Pard net during the old days of cinema visits. Dog chose a different lap to dribble into while one of our aged cats gave my lap the once … Continue reading
Posted in Film, miscellany, review
Tagged Anthony Hopkins, film, Jonathan Pryce, review, Two Popes
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Neighbourliness Dressed Up As Wisdom #filmreview #abeautifuldayintheneighbourhood
Watching a recent film on my sofa with Dog’s muzzle leaving an embarrassing stain on my lap, I wondered if the mellowness of being in my safe space might change the way I see film. Make me softer, more forgiving? … Continue reading
Posted in Film, miscellany, review
Tagged a beautiful day in the neighbourhood, film, film review, Matthew Rhys, Mr Rogers, Tom Hanks
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What The Dickens #film #review #davidcopperfield
Confession no. 1 I like Armando Iannucci’s work, especially the Death of Stalin which shouldn’t be funny but was. The Thick of It grew on me too, once Malcolm Tucker’s gratuitous yet oddly twee swearing became just part of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Armando iannucchi, David copperfield, film, review
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The Language Of Cliches #filmreview #greenbook
I struggle with language. The correct forms of address. The other day, for instance, I was chided over using ‘blackboard’ and not ‘chalkboard’. I suppose there’s now a derivative for ‘white board’ though it wasn’t mentioned. But I try to … Continue reading
My Life In Film
The course of my life can be plotted in any number of ways: educational stages, jobs, friendships, family celebrations and so on. Today someone made me think about films and how the can pinpoint certain moments in one’s life. The … Continue reading
A Rhapsody In Gay #filmreview #bohemianrhapsody
Ok a spoiler. Bohemian Rhapsody contains a lot of Queen songs. If you like Queen’s music then that sound track is ace. Because of that, it’s hard to be critical of a film that does exactly what it says on … Continue reading
First Man #filmreview
I had an English teacher who mastered the ability to terrify through passivity. He would stand at the front of the class and stare into space. Gradually he would turn and look at you, his face betraying no emotion, … Continue reading
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Tagged claire foy, film, first man, review, ryan gosling
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Of pies and prisoners #filmreview
When I first started work in a legal role, I was less than poorly paid. So much so I sold my bike to fund a holiday. Even then the best we could manage was a trip to the Channel Islands, … Continue reading
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Tagged Courtney, film, lily James, Matthew Goode, Penelope Wilton, review, the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society, Tom
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The F***You Up #filmreview #goodbyechristopherrobin
You wonder at some people. I enjoyed Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy so, as a sort of instinct I thought only good of the man. Then, a few days ago he was interviewed in a National Sunday, dissing Winnie … Continue reading
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Tagged Aa milne, film, goodbye Christopher Robin, PG Woodhouse, Philip Pullman, review, shell shock, WW1, WW2
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National Treasures #dunkirk #graysonperry
(images from my trip to the Serpentine gallery) Is it just the Brits or do all nations collect National Treasures with such zealousness, bordering on the obsessive. For those not in the know these are not objects, artefacts or grand … Continue reading
Posted in art, Film, miscellany, thought piece
Tagged Art, Dunkirk, film, Grayson Perry, Mark Rylance, national treasures
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