Films 2024
| Title | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Room with a View |  |
Quite a cast, all doing their bit. Very wordy, much as I imagine the novel is. An example of english prudery and inflexibility at every turn. While on the other hand... |
| The Children Act | |
Troubling. Religion offers us salvation for obediance as laid down by texts written by men centuries ago without the benefit of observation - science. Emma Thompson is superb. Second watching, well worth it. |
| A Man Called Otto | |
Somewhat disturbing. People who need people. Tom Hanks and Mariana Treviño are excellent. |
| Vengeance Most Fowl | |
What's to say? Quite unique and very english - a bit like a Brian Rix farce from BBC TV of the 60's. Quite a few nice touches - as always. |
| Barbie | |
What a great intro with small girls smashing up a doll tea party! Otherwise not my cuppa. |
| Call of the Wild | |
Sweet flick with interesting animation and Harrison Ford. Not forgetting Omar Sy. |
| Two for the Money | |
Bit of a weird, US "Football" (actually "Throwball"), gambling movie. With incredible performances by Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey and Rene Russo. |
| Joy - The Birth of IVF | |
Moving film about how the medical scientists made the IVF breakthrough - in spite of such massive resistence from the establishment and religion. Excellent performances, including Bill Nighy, Thomasin McKenzie and James Norton. |
| Air | |
The saga of how Nike Air came to be with the dynamic duo Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Time well spent, fast moving. Shows I know very little about basketball. |
| Two for the Money | |
A really heart-warming flick. And with Bill! |
| South Pacific | |
Haven't watched this in ages. Mitzi Gaynor dies in her 90's October 2024, she was a bombshell. |
| The Beautiful Game | |
A really heart-warming flick. And with Bill! |
| The Lincoln Lawyer | |
Season 3 - a good yarn. |
| Nye | |
Not a film, a streamed online from The National Theatre. Amazing performance by Michael Sheen and several others. |
| Blue Eye Samurai | |
Emotional animation with a classic story line and some twists and turns. |
| The Diplomat | |
Exceptionally fast-moving political thriller. Exceptional acting, too many to name. |
| The Great Debaters | |
BlackAmericans growing up to become debaters. Based on a true story, they won the national debating championships in the US against Harvard. |
| The Promised Land | |
A film set in Denmark about an army captain who attempts against all odds to cultivate a heath. Can't go much wrong with Mads Mikkelsen. A very powerful story which gets me all wound up. |
| The Man Who Never Was | |
A WWII movie with all the standard English atros from the time. About the use of a man's body for a counter intelligence operation. |
| Hillbilly Elegy | |
Apparently from a book by Trump's selection for VP. A difficult beginning in like. That part of the US has generally been a problem, the dominance of coal and very poor and poorly educated folk, I believe. Serious acting. |
| Fool me Once | |
Murder, intrigue, military and humour... Excellent acting and script. 8 episodes in Series 1. |
| One Day | |
A series about a romance, him money, her less so. From 1988, the same day every year. Some of the acting is seriously good. |
| The Old Oak | |
Touching film about a struggling mining town and Syrian refugees. |
| My Sailor, My Love | |
A woman with a very sad family history. The father finds love with an older woman before his body gives out. Melancholic. |
| Enola Holmes | |
An interesting series (Netflix) to do with detective work, cryptology and Victorian characters. Fun! |
| Leave the World Behind | |
A rather good tale of a distopian world, not far removed from where we are right now. The way we humans percieve ourselves and how badly we are managing what we do and our planet - it rings quite true. Well acted by all concerned. |
| In the Land of Saints and Sinners | |
Excellent acting Liam Neeson and several others. No end to violence. |
| Freud's Last Session | |
Excellent acting portraying Freud's final days in excile in London. Antony Hopkins, Matthew Goode and Liv Lisa Fries. |
| Poor Thing | |
A rather good flick with some twists and turns. Amazing photography and acting. |
| A Man in Full | |
Six-part series set in Atlanta, twists and turns. Some good acting. |
| Made in Italy | |
Story about a house (lovely) in Italy. Someone (Liam Neeson) seems to have needed to pay his taxes. His son is also in the flick. Not special. Best part was the landscape. |
| The Admirable Crichton | |
A rather dated film of the play B J M Barrie. |
| Father Goose | |
A rather silly flick with Cary Grant. |
| Dreaming of England | |
A cute Swedish TV series about a small town. |
| Robin Williams: A Life in 10 Photos | |
A well done presentation of some of the highlights of his life presented by a few key individuals. He continues to come across as a troubled man, but the talent shines through in such a wonderful way. I wasn't aware he had the dementia with his Parkinson's. |
| Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | |
Have watched this before, but it was enjoyable. A light-hearted Scifi movie. |
| Arnold | |
Netflix 3 episodes about Noldi. Quite a lot better than I thought it would be. Apart from the bodybuilding and films he explains quite well what he did as governour of California. |
| Monsieur Chocolat | |
A comic couple in a travelling circus. Staring Omar Sy. Seemingly based on a true story. |
| Annika | |
Excellent TV series set in Scotland about the Marine Homicide Unit. |
| The Starling | |
Sad flick about a couple who loose a baby. Well acted by Melissa McCarthy |
| Love at first Sight | |
Romcom, good dialogue. I sat next to a girl on a flight from the US to London in the 70s. Didn't happen to me. |
| Stillwater | |
Ah, Matt Daemon. Set in Marseille - quite a thriller about his daughter who is in prison for killing a fellow student. |