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 […]
Onwards and Onwards
it is already late enoughso no more waiting requiredand dreams are mostly expireddecisions can be roughand the body is tired the mind is tired tooconcentration is failingbut there is no use railingwhen there is so much to doand no room left for wailing onwards and onwardsupwards is by the waynow less work more playgradually moving […]
Look
look in the mirrorsee the square headsee the mannot quite deadbut getting there look in the binsee the rot and ruinsee the disappearing worldhear the trouble brewingyet still there look out the windowsee them all looking inbored with their existenceand making a dinbut not understanding look across the seasee another landrun as fast as you […]
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 […]
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
23 February 2026 – ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’ gave us the weird inner brainscape of Gore Verbinski, something not to be encountered lightly. The film was enjoyed by all of us, but although there were some lighthearted moments, it was, nonetheless, a complex and intense experience. Verbinski was behind some pretty famous works, […]
Epic: Elvis Presley in Concert
20 February 2026 – Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Epic: Elvis Presley in Concert’ was surprisingly very good. I liked the very personal, informal comments recorded by Elvis Presley, and it was the most ‘human’ I have ever seen him, freely discussing his own emotional responses, his desire to have a family, the things he found stressful, and […]
Wuthering Heights
16 February 2026 – Cinema Club went to see “Wuthering Heights” at the cinema. It was a bit of a ridiculous film, bearing very little resemblance to the book, and introducing somewhat racy elements to the interaction between much of the coupling going on. The casting of the two main characters was a bit strange, […]
Crime 101
12 February 2026 – A new Odeon cinema opened in Bristol, and I went alone to see ‘Crime 101’ in the new cinema. The best I can say is that it was alright, or entertaining enough, but it also felt like fairly standard fare for a heist movie with the requisite characters all in place, […]
Send Help
9 February 2026 – With this film, I was right to suspect that it would be very gory, but it also managed to be quite funny, too. It wasn’t my cup of tea, but it did seem to please the others in the group. I would prefer that we watched less of that type of […]