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Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
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Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
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Tag Archives: film
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
Posted in Film, miscellany, review
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
Posted in Film, miscellany, review
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
Posted in Film, miscellany, review
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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Complacent or confident #embracingthefuture
I found this picture the other day, amongst a number I inherited from Mum. On the back, in my gran’s handwriting it says: ‘R101 from bedroom window’. The R101 was the British government’s attempt to find a way for long … Continue reading
Posted in family, humour, miscellany, thought piece
Tagged change, disruptors, film, future, Gran, Photograph, technology
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Lost in London #filmreview
I don’t think I’ve had a more expensive ice cream than the Ohji vanilla tub. Over 3 squids even with the member’s discount too and we’re not talking family sized. I’m wrinkled enough to remember when Nouvelle Cuisine was a … Continue reading
Posted in Film, London, miscellany, review
Tagged film, Lost in London, review, woody harleson
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Toni, Toni, Are You Mad? #filmreview #tonierdmann
I need to be in the right place, mentally, for a foreign language film. Partly that’s because of the subtitles. I wear verifocals and there are times when flicking from image to words to image to words can cause a … Continue reading
Going Gaga for La La? #film review #lalaland
Back in 1975 I left my country bumpkin life for the bright lights of Bristol. So many experiences but exposure to new foods was high on the list. I’d never had a curry, eaten pineapple soaked in MSG or realised … Continue reading
Manchester By The Sea: a film review
I had a choice; this movie or La La Land. Now, because of some over active cultural snobbery I took a quick glance at the blurb for Manchester, realised it wasn’t set in the North of England but Massachusetts (so … Continue reading
Posted in criticism, Film, review
Tagged film, Film reviews, la la land, manchester by the sea
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