Father and son Hal and Oliver are beginners at relationships even at this late stage in their lives. Hal is 75, newly widowed, and declares himself gay and determined to make the most of the time he has left. Oliver on the other hand is 38, single, with a string of affairs in his past … Continue reading
Nearly every time I leave my comfort zone cinematically speaking and go see a movie that I instinctively know that I am not going to like/possibly loath even, I end up wishing I had stayed at home. I saw nothing in the trailer that I thought I would like about this one at all, but much to my … Continue reading
Eighty-year-old Alistar plans to take a road trip to a village in Germany to apologize for the fact that he accidentally dropped bombs on them as RAF flyer on his first mission during WW2 when he was just 18 years old. He is now a crotchety old fart constantly bickering with his long-suffering spouse and … Continue reading
When Claire Bennett is asked to follow the other members of her touchy-feely support group as they express shock and sadness over the loss of Nina one of their members who jumped to her death, she ruthlessly responds with sarcasm, finishing with ‘Way to go, Nina!’ The annoyingly patronizing Social Worker leading the session is … Continue reading
Michael Edwards better known as Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards was a charismatic British folk-hero that most Americans will never have heard of. This plasterer from a blue-collar family ignited the U.K. public’s imagination when, in this real shaggy-dog story and without any real experience, in 1988 he finagled his way into the British Olympic Team … Continue reading