Tag Archives: film review

Truth, Lies And The Stiffest Of Top Lips #filmreview #operationmincemeat

Posted on Apr 22, 2022 by TanGental

I’m never entirely sure who our favourite heroes are, when it comes to being British. After all most people seem to think the suavest of English heroes in one J Bond should be played by an unashamedly nationalistic Scot in … Continue reading →

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The Past Is A Foreign Country #Belfast #filmreview

Posted on Apr 1, 2022 by TanGental

I was too young to understand the explosion of civil violence in Northern Ireland at the end of the 1960s but not so young that it didn’t soon register. But it didn’t seem relevant to my little life in rural … Continue reading →

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Courting Ridicule #theduke #film

Posted on Mar 24, 2022 by TanGental

I often admire those who dig out the implausible stories from the recent past – recent being a relative concept and in my head refers to the period when I was alive – and then create a film from them … Continue reading →

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No Time To Die? Well, How About Tomorrow? #cheese #cliche #jamesbond #filmreview

Posted on Oct 7, 2021 by TanGental

Warning: there are some plot spoilers, but nothing really big, and certainly nothing that gives the plot away (as you’ll understand if you read on) I was in Derbyshire with the parents of my daughter in law – we wondered … Continue reading →

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Looking Forwards, Looking… #cinema #TheFather

Posted on Jun 3, 2021 by TanGental

I can still remember my first trip to the cinema. The Astoria in Purley. A double bill of East of Eden and HG Wells’ First Men In The Moon. We only went because my brother wanted to, having read the … Continue reading →

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Wandering, Lost, Wondering #nomadsland #filmreview

Posted on May 23, 2021 by TanGental

Cinemas opened again this week. I have yet to brave my local, but I will. There’s something special about the lights dimming, the booming sound, the egregious crunch of the popcorn nazis two rows in front and the bemusing adverts … Continue reading →

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Groundhog Day… Again #filmreview

Posted on May 16, 2021 by TanGental

We’re not quite back to going to the cinema and I’m looking forward to it. I hope it’ll feel like I’ve not been away, just the usual rush because I always get there late, the interminable adverts that I hoped … Continue reading →

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Careless? #filmreview #Icarealot

Posted on Feb 22, 2021 by TanGental

At my 60th birthday my son said a few words. It was touching and a little chilling. ‘Dad,’ he said, ‘when you’re old and grey I will be there for you… but as soon as you start dribbling into the … Continue reading →

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What Is The Point? #films #politics #thetrielofthechicagoseven

Posted on Dec 30, 2020 by TanGental

Sadly one of many Christmas traditions that Auntie Rona Virus has consigned to the bin is the post Christmas day trip to the cinema. So it’s Netflix or nothing. No, that’s not true. While I indulged my latent passion for … Continue reading →

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Neighbourliness Dressed Up As Wisdom #filmreview #abeautifuldayintheneighbourhood

Posted on Jun 3, 2020 by TanGental

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 →

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