This seems to have been my week for watching childhood nostalgia starting with the exuberant Nonnas and ending with this snoozefest.
I think I may have watched a different film than many of my esteemed colleagues on LB as I share very little of their enthusiasm for it.
If I were a moderately successful director with a childhood as dull that depicted here, I think I would have kept it to myself.
Apart from a token element of racial tension…
The positive reviews here on LB encouraged me to try out this delightful feel good food fest and I’m convinced I put on weight just by watching it (but maybe it was the snacks we couldn’t resist!)
Based on the true of Joe Scaravella (who enthusiastically appears as a diner towards the end and in a series of photos along with the real Nonnas over the closing credits), this is an ideal vehicle for Vince Vaughn as he navigates…
Seen on the day of Sean Connery’s ing, the represents a fitting tribute to the lighter side of his work.
Set very slightly into the future - Millennium Day - the film was released in July ‘99, much of the gadgetry looks quaint but the film has aged little in two decades and is well ed by the chemistry between its two stars.
Listed on :-
I’ll it that I’m not a fan of the horror genre and hadn’t fully realised the extent of the gore in this rather well made, very dark comedy..
My wife who normally laps up any Ryan Reynolds movie only remained for the first half but I’m glad I persevered to the end.
The film works for me entirely because of its game trio of leads but it’s certainly a very different role for Reynolds as the shy reluctant serial killer.…
With the latest and possibly final instalment of the long running franchise about to open worldwide, now seemed as good a time as any to wind the clock back almost 30 years to where it started - by Tom Cruise jumping on to a popular TV series bandwagon and getting a top notch director involved.
It proved to be a very shrewd move with a franchise that has equalled that of James Bond but with more consistency of characters.
It…
I very rarely watch airline versions of films as they’re usually butchered to edit out anything controversial and the noise of the engines drowns the speech. Consequently I generally opt for an old favourite with which I’m familiar.
However with the actual pope having died two days before our flight, I decided to risk it despite subtitles being unavailable. Mistake!
This had all the hallmarks of a top notch movie but I could barely hear what was going on and…
