As I had to go into town anyway this afternoon to pay in a cheque, I decided to have a browse in HMV. I came out with a nifty DVD of The Crazies, which has the 1973 original on a second disc.
Watched the film tonight and really enjoyed it. I suspected that I would because [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Films'
The Crazies
September 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Life
Crow Killer
August 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Life
This evening I watched the 1972 film Jeremiah Johnson that I recorded off the TV a couple of days ago. I had been on at some stupid time like 3am and turned out to be the deaf version – with a bloke in the corner of the screen signing. I thought this might be a [...]
Tags: Films
Lock, Stock & Smoking Pipe
May 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Life
Jayne bought the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes film on DVD today in an attempt to wipe out the memory of the appalling mockbuster version we watched last week.
The attempt was only partially successful, not through any great failing of the Ritchie film but because the other one was so memorably bad.
Looking at the two covers [...]
Tags: DVD·Films·Sherlock Holmes
The International
March 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Life
We watched The International on DVD this evening and it didn’t really do much for us. I picked up the DVD on one of those 3-for-£12 sort of deals, so at least didn’t waste too much money on it. I didn’t know a lot about it but could remember Clive Owen being interviewed by Jonathan [...]
Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer
March 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Life
Remember the Charlie Brooker generic news item on Newswipe? Somebody has done the same thing for movie trailers…
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It’s in Belgium
March 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Life
Jayne and I sat down to watch In Bruges this evening. What a fantastic film that is. Neither of us knew much about it: she didn’t know anything and I just knew it was about a couple of hit men hiding out in Bruges. It was violent in parts, but absolutely hilarious.
Bit of a bargain [...]
In the Loop
March 8th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Life, Politics
I watched In the Loop on the TV this evening, so I have now seen one of the films nominated for an Oscar today. I saw it the way most of the Academy judges would have seen it – i.e. without having seen In the Thick of it. Really. Not only have I never seen [...]
Survive Style 5+
February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Life
Tonight I watched a Japanese film called Survive Style 5+. It is another one I got from Amazon’s Vine programme. I actually got it last month but kept putting off watching: I never really felt in the right mood. Tonight I decided to give it a try and found it to be a remarkable film, [...]
So that was 2009
January 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Life
Another year gone, another decade even. I can hardly get my head round how much has happened in the noughties, and since I didn’t start this blog until halfway through 2004 I would be hard-pressed to remember a lot of it anyway, though I do seem to recall getting married at some point. It is [...]
The most annoying thing about Halloween
November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Life
This is not where I bang on about telling children that for one night a year it is OK to accept sweets from strangers and the endless streams of children knocking on your door. That is easily addressed. You can already put up posters saying ‘no trick or treat please’, although I think it would [...]
Tags: Bah Humbug!·Films
