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The ‘art’ of political correctness

For good or ill, we live in a politically-correct world. I say that because it seems to me there are both plusses and minuses to asserting the right of groups of human beings not to be discriminated against – not least that, when you get down to the bottom line and specific matters of principle [...]

August 16, 2016 // 0 Comments

Time – and coming to terms with it

Yesterday the media was running a story about the results of a survey commissioned by housing finance specialist Homewise. Apart from a worrying general conclusion that over 10% of participant Over-60 retirees were dissatisfied with their lives, financial worries and/or ‘a sense of not having [...]

July 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

Hollywood tales

Spotted today on the website of The Guardian, this article by Nell Frizzell on the podcaster Karina Longworth who specialises in amassing tales of the Hollywood golden era – see here – THE [...]

July 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

All the Way

There has been quite a shift in film making from the big studios to film companies producing blockbusters to HBO. Talking to someone in the industry, it is a question of finance.  It can cost a fortune to land a box office star, add in a massive marketing budget and the film company is hoping [...]

July 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

What comes around

We are shortly approaching the fortieth anniversary (on 4th July) of one of the moments in history that seems to have gained iconic status amongst Rusters. Operation Entebbe, or Operation Thunderbolt to mention its military version – or indeed Raid On Entebbe, to name the 1977 television film [...]

June 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/Harry’s Bar

When a rich and successful businessman I know suggested for his turn for lunch we go to Harry’s bar in South Audley Street my mind went back to another businessman from Birmingham who once there resolutely refused to pay for truffles on the basis there that the waiter did not explain the [...]

June 22, 2016 // 0 Comments

Burt Kwouk

I was saddened to learn of the death of Burt Kwouk aged 86. His career began in the fifties with Hancock’s Half Hour and he was always in work typecast as the Oriental. He could do humour as in the Pink Panther movies or sinister as in Tenko and Goldfinger with equal capability. As with many [...]

May 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

Eye in the Sky

If Bastille Day left me without any after taste of thought, you could not say the same with Eye in the Sky a film that was troubling in the issues it raised. In brief a combined US, British and Kenyan military operation has to evaluate whether a drone missile should destroy a house inNarobi [...]

April 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

Bastille Day

If you like high octane action films where you suspend belief on the plot this is for you. Idris  Elba plays a one man army (Briar) in Paris believing a pickpocket is not a terrorist. Young French Canadian actress Charlotte le Bon will not commit the bombing of right wing political headquarters [...]

April 23, 2016 // 0 Comments

Films on the Riviera

Bob Tickler asked me to recommend films set on the Riviera to remind him of his recent successful trip there. I came up with To Catch a Thief the 1955 Alfred Hitchcock directed movie starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly and the more recent Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Michael Caine and Steve Martin. [...]

April 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

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