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https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2014/06/film-avant-lhiver-before-winter-chill.html Raybeard: Film: 'AVANT L'HIVER' / 'BEFORE THE WINTER CHILL' I'll declare at the very outset that I did find this Philippe Claudel film most satisfying. Usually when I'm at odds with the majority of ... the winter raybeard film avant hiver https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2020/06/has-gone-with-wind-now-gone-with-wind.html Raybeard: Has 'Gone with the Wind' now gone for good? Has my possibly all-time second-favourite film now been declared off-limits to watch? It would seem so, at least on 'HBO Max' site from... gone with the wind raybeard good https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2018/07/ Raybeard: July 2018 raybeard july https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2013/11/film-one-chance.html Raybeard: Film: 'ONE CHANCE' ( Lest it be thought that I've been unduly negligent in my duty of reviewing recent releases , in my defence it ought to be pointed out ... raybeard film one chance https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2010/10/here-it-comes-again.html Raybeard: Coming around again! raybeard coming around https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2014/08/film-into-storm.html Raybeard: Film: 'INTO THE STORM' Okay. Should be able to get this out of the way in a few sentences. If you like visceral thrills this is for you. The effects are consist... raybeard film storm https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2010/06/why-do-i-pay-good-money-to-see-such.html Raybeard: Why do I pay good money to see such uncomfortably violent films? In 2002 it was 'Irreversible' with its graphic and prolonged vicious assault and rape in a subway as well as a seeing a man beaten to death ... https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2013/11/film-gravity-in-3d.html Raybeard: Film: 'GRAVITY' (in 3D) If this film were to be judged on visual effects alone it would score as near a 'Perfect 10' as dammit. To call that aspect merely "impres... raybeard film gravity https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2017/08/film-tom-of-finland.html Raybeard: Film: 'Tom of Finland' What a let-down I found this! I don't know what led me to think that this would be a semi-documentary of the justifiably revered artist (r... raybeard film tom finland https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2016/12/my-favourite-films-of-2016.html Raybeard: My favourite films of 2016 As I saw only just over 10% of the films released in this country over the last twelve months, this can hardly claim to be a definitive list... my favourite raybeard films https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2019/03/film-us.html Raybeard: Film: 'Us' Jordan Peele's first film, 'Get Out' was an easy inclusion in my Top Ten Films of 2017. Here we have his second which, if not with quite t... raybeard film us https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2024/01/bbcs-traitors-2024-finished-yesterday.html Raybeard: Oh my days! BBC's 'Traitors' now ended. Huge gap left. If you're not familiar with this programme's format - though you've almost certainly heard about it - I'll not here lay out details of wh... oh my https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2012/02/open-question-is-madge-infallible.html Raybeard: Question - "Is Madge infallible?" On the IMDb site (where anyone can rate and write a review of any film) as at today, 38% of 1106 people have given Madonna... raybeard question madge infallible https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-computer-problems-were-not-over-and.html Raybeard: The computer problems were NOT over - and still aren't. My last blog was wrong . - P.C. troubles were nowhere near at an end. Just had another three days of continuous living nightmare, with hop... the computer raybeard problems https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2024/01/first-happy-ny-kiss-on-tv-from-ny-draws.html Raybeard: First Happy NY kiss on TV from NY - draws anger and hate. As I usually do early on New Year's Day, at 5 a.m (our time) I tuned in to watch Sky News TV broadcast from New York's Times Square to cat... on tv https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2015/09/film-45-years.html Raybeard: Film: '45 Years' In view of all the superlatives that have already been aimed at this modest film in under just two weeks, I was a little nervous about it ... raybeard film years https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2024/04/ Raybeard: April 2024 raybeard april https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2017/09/film-mother.html Raybeard: Film: 'Mother!' Holy cow! A film for which the word 'excess' is not nearly big enough! Reviews I've heard and read are being very guarded about what happ... raybeard film mother https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2010/01/raybeardless-aged-24.html Raybeard: Raybeardless - aged 24 Might as well show this pic off, taken on the same sojourn in U.S.A. as previous blog. (Note the razor-sharp crease in my trousers. I was so... raybeard aged https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2012/08/ Raybeard: August 2012 raybeard august https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2016/12/live-theatre-relay-into-cinemas-of.html Raybeard: Harold Pinter's 'No Man's Land' - live relay from West End theatre into cinemas A most agreeable afternoon spent in my local cinema watching a live relay from Wyndham's theatre in London's West End of this utterly marv... https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2020/01/film-jojo-rabbit.html Raybeard: Film: 'Jojo Rabbit' Here's a film like no other, no other that I've seen, anyway. Taking comedic potshots at wartime German Nazis has been old hat in films s... raybeard film jojo rabbit https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2012/03/will-ithis-be-fourth-time-lucky.html Raybeard: Will this be FOURTH time lucky? For financial reasons I necessarily have to be selective regarding which films I go to see. I decided not to spend on this one first time ... raybeard fourth time lucky https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2010/08/one-of-things-i-dont-understand-about.html Raybeard: One of the things I don't understand about (most) women. Why do they wear make-up? What is 'disguising' their real self supposed to achieve - to make them appear more attractive than they actually ... one of the things https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2009/10/odd-and-very-scary-fantasy-situation.html Raybeard: An odd and very scary fantasy situation. I've always suffered from a certain degree of vertigo, though not so acute as to be disabling. A few nights ago I had this thought during th... raybeard odd scary fantasy situation https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2009/02/boy-that-was-sheer-agony.html Raybeard: Boy, that was sheer AGONY! Don't know what the couple (M/F) downstairs thought when at 12.30 a.m. they must have been woken up by my yelling out in pain. Night cramps ... raybeard boy sheer agony https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2012/07/recent-film-release-woody-allen.html Raybeard: Recent film release: 'Woody Allen: A Documentary' I imagine that very few of those who do not count themselves as Allen aficianados will fork out money to see this. It's practically a hagi... film release woody allen raybeard recent documentary https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2013/12/film-saving-mr-banks.html Raybeard: Film: 'SAVING MR BANKS' Very enjoyable film, with a broad spectrum of moods, high and low. To prepare myself for this I re-read 'Mary Poppins' so as to be better... raybeard film saving mr banks https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2016/12/ Raybeard: December 2016 raybeard december https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2013/10/many-happy-returns-ray-thank-you.html Raybeard: Many Happy Returns, Ray! Well, thank you, Raybeard. Very nice of you to have remembered. Tues 15th October Three score and seven, not a particularly meaningful number per se, but another step on the way to either oblivion o... https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2013/06/film-benjamin-britten-peace-and-conflict.html Raybeard: Film: 'BENJAMIN BRITTEN - PEACE AND CONFLICT' Documentary (narrated by John Hurt) on the internationally renowned English classical composer, 1913-1976, recounting episodes of his scho... benjamin britten raybeard film peace conflict https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2009/09/christians-get-their-turn-and-cant-even.html Raybeard: Christians get their turn - and don't quite get it right. After a splendid few days when our railway stations were displaying on large-lettered posters the slogan "SOME PEOPLE ARE GAY - GET OVER IT!... don t raybeard christians get turn https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2023/06/ Raybeard: June 2023 raybeard june https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2011/09/eek-invasion-has-begun.html Raybeard: EEK! - The invasion has begun! In this part of the globe September is Spider-month. I've lived in this present flat and (surprisingly, considering the state of the place)... the invasion raybeard eek begun https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2010/08/inception-my-own-pennorth.html Raybeard: 'Inception' - my own penn'orth. Yesterday I went to see this film for the second time - and it certainly was money well-spent. I know some say that it tries to be 'too clev... my own raybeard inception penn orth https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2012/11/2011-film-untouchable.html Raybeard: 2011 film: 'UNTOUCHABLE' This has been a massive domestic hit in its native France, and it was surely that which had given me high expectations. Not only is i... raybeard film untouchable https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2014/03/film-only-lovers-left-alive.html Raybeard: Film: 'ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE' Any film by Jim Jarmusch (director and screenplay writer in this) is a must-see in my books. They are so infrequent anyway and nearly alwa... raybeard film lovers left alive https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2012/06/ Raybeard: June 2012 raybeard june https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2016/11/film-i-daniel-blake.html Raybeard: Film: 'I, Daniel Blake' This is the most heart-rending film I've seen not just in this year but in several years. It's been much talked about in this country and... raybeard film daniel blake https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2022/05/ukraine-wins-eurovision-whod-have.html Raybeard: Ukraine wins Eurovision. Who'd have guessed it? Everybody! ..........and with a song I'd have ranked around 10th out of the 25 finalists. However, to be fair to the winners, even before the Russian... raybeard ukraine wins eurovision everybody https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2020/02/ Raybeard: February 2020 raybeard february https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2019/09/film-dolor-y-gloria-pain-and-glory.html Raybeard: Film: 'Dolor y Gloria / Pain and Glory' Pedro Almodovar just carries on getting better and better, and this latest, even by his own high standards, is quite exceptional. As a r... dolor y gloria raybeard film pain glory https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2009/02/damn-just-wrote-long-screed-on-one-of.html Raybeard Damn! Just wrote a long screed on one of my cats being missing all night (first time he's done this) then lost the blog after I tried to cor... raybeard https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2017/05/film-lady-macbeth.html Raybeard: Film: 'Lady Macbeth'. This sure is turning out to be a bumper year. Only just over one third exhausted and there's already a crowded field vying to make it into... raybeard film lady macbeth https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2009/05/tightening-belt-figuratively-this-time.html Raybeard: Tightening the belt - figuratively this time Had a fit of spending insanity over the last few days, buying things I really can't afford - 2 pairs 'quality' jeans; boxed CD sets of compl... the belt raybeard tightening time https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2016/01/film-sisters.html Raybeard: Film: 'Sisters' A jumble of a comedy, this - and that very much seems to be the consensus. Some of it works - including a couple of very funny moments, ... raybeard film sisters https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2018/05/film-tully.html Raybeard: Film: 'Tully' This held out some promise and, to an extent, it was fulfilled. However there were one or two mis-steps that jarred with me, plus a very s... raybeard film tully https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2015/07/film-13-minutes.html Raybeard: Film: '13 Minutes' Engrossing, disturbing and violent German film (English subtitles) telling of an assassination attempt on Hitler at the start of WWII, a t... raybeard film minutes https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2022/04/ Raybeard: April 2022 raybeard april https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2013/10/film-le-week-end.html Raybeard: Film: 'LE WEEK-END' After yesterday's raspberry of a film I was counting on a feature to redeem my belief in good cinema - and, happy to report, this largely... raybeard film le week end https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2013/11/how-i-heard-news.html Raybeard: How I heard the news........ Most of those who read this blog would not yet have been born on this day - and of those who were, very few will have been old enough to r... how i raybeard heard news https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2020/03/slightly-better-than-one-hand-clapping.html Raybeard: Slightly better than one hand clapping - my own two! Oh dear! Do people around here just not care ? Yesterday evening at 8, despite the chilly outside, I flung open my front window and cl... one hand clapping better than my own raybeard slightly https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2015/11/film-burnt.html Raybeard: Film: 'Burnt' Oh dear! I did find this a bit of an endurance test - and none too surprised at that as I'm so out of sympathy with the subject matter - a... raybeard film burnt https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2016/02/film-deadpool.html Raybeard: Film: 'Deadpool' Lively, violent in extremis - and quite amusing, this comic book caper of a completely costumed protagonist with super-human powers presen... raybeard film deadpool https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2017/05/film-promise.html Raybeard: Film: 'The Promise' Heavy stuff, this. I'd been misled by several reviews complain-ing that the romance between characters played by Oscar Isaac and Charlotte... raybeard film promise https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2015/10/film-spectre.html Raybeard: Film: 'Spectre' So, was it worth all the fuss and the wait? I regret to say "No", and that being by quite some way. First, some things I did like about... raybeard film spectre https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2017/03/film-christine.html Raybeard: Film: 'Christine' The big mystery is why Rebecca Hall wasn't nominated for an Oscar or a BAFTA for this tour de force of acting in an intense drama leadi... raybeard film christine https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2009/02/stifled-yawn.html Raybeard: Stifled yawn. Just seen 'Che - Part Two'. Thought it a bit of a bore really. If a film is 2+ hours long it'd better be good! Awarded it 4/10 in my list - ... raybeard yawn https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2019/03/film-fishermans-friends.html Raybeard: Film: 'Fisherman's Friends' In a quandary whether or not to see this, doubting if I'd give it a fair reception (just not the kind of film I go for!) my mind was made ... raybeard film fisherman friends https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2016/05/ Raybeard: May 2016 raybeard may https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2019/05/eurovision-song-contest-oh-what-circus.html Raybeard: Eurovision Song Contest 2019 - Oh, what a circus, oh what a no-show! And this year's major controversy is........ Maybe my screen had been too small to pick out that two of Madonna's backing dancers re... eurovision song contest raybeard https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2013/07/film-field-in-england.html Raybeard: Film: 'A FIELD IN ENGLAND' Despite my fondness for quirky, even bizarre, films, this oddity really perplexed me. Opening simultaneously in c... raybeard film field england https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2011/09/5-on-fifth-my-flat-o-judge-me-not-ye.html Raybeard: 5 on the Fifth : Subject: 'MESS' --- Presenting my flat - O judge me not, ye... Thinks: "I'm only glad I'm not showing a pic of my bathroom!" https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2011/12/xmas-eve-nosh.html Raybeard: Christmas Eve nosh. christmas eve raybeard nosh https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2014/07/film-begin-again.html Raybeard: Film: 'BEGIN AGAIN' This turned out to be a most satisfying watch. I probably wouldn't have bothered with it (the trailer wasn't particularly interesting) wer... raybeard film begin https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2018/06/film-hereditary.html Raybeard: Film: 'Hereditary' I'd had serious doubts of whether I ought to subject myself to this, regarded by some as the new 'Exorcist' - and that latter film had sca... raybeard film hereditary https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2016/10/film-valley-of-love.html Raybeard: Film: 'Valley of Love' Very unusual, this. Despite its dreadful English title, which is apparently also used in France (director, Guillaume Lecloux) it's set in ... raybeard film valley love https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2016/01/film-danish-girl.html Raybeard: Film: 'The Danish Girl' Although good, I found watching this a rather exhausting experience, so relentless is it in its intensity, with no real let-ups. In fact, ... raybeard film danish girl https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2018/10/film-black-47.html Raybeard: Film: 'Black '47' I so did not want to see this. From the trailer it looked ultra-bleak and violent, confirmed by the reviews - and so it turned out to be.... raybeard film black https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2015/06/film-spy.html Raybeard: Film: 'Spy' Quite a number of the audience were guffawing in states of high hilarity during this. Not so me - as you might have guessed. It wasn't tot... raybeard film spy https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2018/09/film-yardie.html Raybeard: Film: 'Yardie' Idris Elba's first foray into directing a cinema feature is hardly an auspicious start. However it's not bad , it just failed to impress m... raybeard film yardie https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2020/01/film-gentlemen.html Raybeard: Film: 'The Gentlemen" One of those films with very high violence level and more than a few deaths (but what else does one expect from Guy Ritchie?) where I fee... raybeard film gentlemen https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2016/10/film-swiss-army-man.html Raybeard: Film: 'Swiss Army Man' Completely preposterous story from beginning to end - as were also my last two films reviewed, 'Miss Peregrine' and 'Inferno' - though thi... swiss army raybeard film man https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2018/12/film-sorry-to-bother-you.html Raybeard: Film: 'Sorry to Bother You' I found most of the first half of this really good, with a fair share of smiles raised plus a couple of chuckles. Unfortunately, somewhere... raybeard film sorry bother https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2015/12/film-dressmaker.html Raybeard: Film: 'The Dressmaker' This is a queer one - as it's intended to be, and as I was expecting. It certainly has its moments but I do think it over-reaches itself... raybeard film dressmaker https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2020/12/ Raybeard: December 2020 raybeard december https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2011/09/biding-my-time.html Raybeard: Biding my time. Last week, sitting on a blowy Autumnal-feeling sea-front at Brighton (well, Hove actually) awaiting emergency dental appointment t... raybeard biding time https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2019/04/film-wild-rose.html Raybeard: Film: 'Wild Rose' I do have a marked antipathy to this genre of film, having seen so many over the years follow the same tired old 'Star-is-Born- with-tweak... raybeard film wild rose https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2012/09/new-film-killing-them-softly.html Raybeard: New Film: 'KILLING THEM SOFTLY' An oddity of a film, this. The story involves robbery, crime syndicates, hired killings, gang solidarity.......you get the picture. Every ... new film raybeard killing softly https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2009/08/brighton-gay-pride.html Raybeard: Brighton Gay Pride I wrote a little while ago about this, the country's largest such annual event outside London - and that for me it feels like the loneliest ... raybeard brighton gay pride https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2018/02/film-journeys-end.html Raybeard: Film: 'Journey's End' You're not likely to come out of seeing this with a song in your heart. But if you're hankering after a practically unremittingly bleak Wo... raybeard film journey end https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2015/11/film-do-i-sound-gay.html Raybeard: Film: 'Do I Sound Gay?' On the slow, laborious ascent of recovery from a miserable, largely bed-ridden week of having succumbed to the seasonal bug (the worst a... raybeard film sound gay https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2014/08/computer-problems-again.html Raybeard: Computer problems again! - so if I should fall silent...... Just thought I ought to post to say that if I disappear for a while it's because my computer is playing its merry tricks once more. Thought... computer problems if i raybeard fall silent https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2013/10/ Raybeard: October 2013 raybeard october https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2023/04/do-we-veggies-deserve-holier-than-thou.html Raybeard: Do we veggies deserve a 'holier-than-thou' reputation?. This post was inspired after reading my blog-pal JayGee's ('Going Gently') own recent posting of some calves mourning the (permanent) abse... holier than thou raybeard veggies deserve reputation https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2015/09/film-legend.html Raybeard: Film: 'Legend' (If you've missed all the hype, or it hasn't reached you yet, I must say at the outset that, despite appearances on this film still, the f... raybeard film legend https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2015/06/film-london-road.html Raybeard: Film: 'London Road' Not only have reviews of this unusual film been largely very positive, but some critics have been overloading superlatives into their colu... film london raybeard road https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2012/11/dickens-year-almost-over-thank-heavens.html Raybeard: Dickens' year almost over (thank heavens!) At the beginning of 2012 I gave myself the task of re-reading, in this 200th anniversary year of his birth, all fourteen of his major nove... raybeard dickens year almost thank https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2013/12/my-2013-top-ten-films.html Raybeard: My 2013 Top Ten films. This has been a really exceptional year. I don't recall another time when there have been so many strong and worthy contenders jostling to b... top ten raybeard films https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2013/04/film-late-quartet.html Raybeard: Film: 'A LATE QUARTET' A slight preamble. Just before going into the cinema for this film I heard on my Walkman (yes, I still use one!) the news of the death of Th... raybeard film late quartet https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2019/12/film-report.html Raybeard: Film: 'The Report' Concerned with the unmasking of the attempted cover up of 'enhanced interrogation techniques' on imprisoned suspects by the C.I.A. and oth... raybeard film report https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2013/11/film-butler.html Raybeard: Film: 'THE BUTLER' No one can deny the laudable intentions of Lee Daniels' true story version of this chronicle of the working life of a White House servant ... raybeard film butler https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2014/09/film-magic-in-moonlight.html Raybeard: Film: 'Magic in the Moonlight' Anyone who knows my blogs will have long ago picked up how much I generally like Woody Allen films, one of a very few directors for whom I... in the raybeard film magic moonlight https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2014/08/anthony-holdens-book-william.html Raybeard: Anthony Holden's book 'William Shakespeare - His Life and Work' I only finished reading this book less than an hour ago - and I feel like I'm in the afterglow of a most satisfying meal. It's a 1999 wor... william shakespeare his life raybeard anthony holden https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2014/09/billy-elliot-musical-live-transmitted.html Raybeard: 'Billy Elliot - the Musical' - live, transmitted into cinemas. Despite the ticket prices (even at the reduced 'Senior' price, still four times the cost of a 'normal' cinema ticket) this one-off event w... billy elliot the musical raybeard live transmitted cinemas https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2010/08/sleeping-alone-cant-beat-it.html Raybeard: Sleeping alone - can't beat it! I've often wondered why so many couples sleep together. Is it just me who finds that sleep is an activity best carried out in solitude? Do... raybeard sleeping alone beat https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2012/07/recent-film-release-dark-knight-rises.html Raybeard: Recent film release: 'The Dark Knight Rises'. (NOTE: The following contains 'spoilers'!) I'd been expecting to find this more... the dark knight film release raybeard recent rises https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2014/06/film-jimmys-hall.html Raybeard: Film: 'JIMMY'S HALL' Ken Loach's filmography is a distinguished one, going right back to the widely admired 'Kes' of 1969 and covering notable contributions su... jimmy s raybeard film hall https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2015/05/eurovision-song-contest-from-vienna.html Raybeard: Eurovision Song Contest from Vienna - Sweden triumphs (again) as U.K. gets trodden on... Well, at least Russia didn't win, though for a time it came awfully close to it. That was my main consolation of the night. The actual w... https://raybeard.blogspot.com/2013/10/film-enough-said.html Raybeard: Film: 'ENOUGH SAID' The predictable question to ask is: "Does knowing that this was James Gandolfini's last but one completed film make one more favourably di... raybeard film enough said