Man Called Stan
there was a young man called Stanwho bought everything fit for a manhe squeezed it all into placewhilst stuffing his faceand said I think I need a new plan he went to the estate agent on the hight streetand explained he needed more inches and feethis place was too smallit wouldn’t do at allhe hardly […]
Fuze
6 April 2026 – Cinema Club went to see ‘Fuze’ at the Showcase Cinema today. The synopsis on the cinema website was as follows: “When a World War II bomb is discovered in central London a team of military experts led by Will (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), are sent in to investigate and defuse it. A huge […]
The Good Boy (Heel)
5 April 2026 – Cinema Club saw ‘The Good Boy’ (strangely renamed ‘Heel’ by the Americans) at a member’s house. The synopsis, according to cinema websites was as follows… “The film follows Tommy, a volatile 19-year-old who revels in drugs, parties and violence. After getting separated from his friends on a drunken bender, he is […]
The Drama
4 April 2026 – I went on my own to The Odeon to see ‘The Drama’ today. The synopsis on the cinema website was as follows: “A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.” Thus, nothing much is revealed, here, and the trailer […]
Reminders of Him
30 March 2026 – Cinema Club went to see ‘Reminders of Him’ today. The synopsis on the cinema website was as follows: “After a perfect outing with her boyfriend, Kenna makes an unbearable mistake that sends her to prison. Seven years later, Kenna returns home, hoping to rebuild her life and reunite with her daughter, […]
The Bride
16 March 2026 – Three out of four of us in Cinema Club went to see ‘The Bride’. It was a bit of a wild ride through the imagined, revived thoughts of Mary Shelley, and it was very interesting to see Jessie Buckley portray a hugely different role from her role in the recently-viewed ‘Hamnet’. […]
Project Hail Mary
15 March 2026 – I went to see ‘Project Hail Mary’ on my own at The Odeon’ on an isense screen, which was my first experience of that technology. At first, I found it irritating, but by the time I left, it had felt like a good experience, but not necessarily one that I will […]
H is for Hawk
10 March 2026 – Our Cinema Club members watched ‘H is for Hawk’ in one member’s house, after having been to an exhibition in the art gallery (see below). We had seen the trailers in the cinema, but had somehow missed the film, and we all felt we wanted to see it. The idea for […]
Mother’s Pride
9 March 2026 – Today, the cinema club went to see ‘Mother’s Pride’ at the Showcase cinema. The other three members enjoyed it thoroughly, particularly as it was a British film, and was largely filmed locally. Whilst I got into the drama of it eventually, I thought it quite laborious, and it took time to […]
The Testament of Ann Lee
2 March 2026 – Three of us went to see ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ at the ‘Showcase’ cinema. We were fairly universal in agreement that whilst we enjoyed the film, we all found it to be an intense telling of the story. And whilst none of us had really appreciated how much singing, chanting […]