🎥 Films
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, when Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, who led the 7th Cavalry, lost his entire command to Lakota warriors after falling on them unexpectedly in their own territory. The only army survivor of the battle was a horse, Comanche, who became the 7th Cavalry’s mascot, trotted out draped in ceremonial black for years after the event itself.
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I watched 🎥 Little Big Man at the time. (In case you are wondering - ★★★★) - but it just occurred to me that at that point the film was about history from 94 years prior.
Today that would be equivalent to watching a movie about an historical event in 1932. Choices would include;
- the lowest point in the Great Depression when unemployment was 25% and millions lost their life savings.
- the election of Roosevelt.
- the beginning of the end of prohibition.
- hoover forcibly 🔗📼 emptying vet camps
They all seem a lot closer to present time than Little Big Man did in 1970.
Getting older or history rhyming at a faster pace?
🎥 I touched on this in an 🖇️ earlier post. 🔗 Outcome … Yeah … Nah Nah Nah.
I have tried it. Final effort was earlier tonight. Sorry Keanu … ★
I had seen the clips - and ‘yeah - nah. But last night I watched: 🔗🎥 The Ballad of Wallis Island and for me it falls into one of my personal categories: ‘a little english film’ ★★★★
‘CAVEAT - any film can fall into this category - it’s nothing to do with being ‘English’.
🎥 I just watched 🔗 The Sting for the first time in many many years and every bit as good as I remembered it. ★★★★
🎥 On The Waterfront ★★★★
In a nutshell - if you havent seen it - watch it. If you have seen it - watch it again.
🎬 Not sure if this one has been hiding or if it just arrived on Netflix. But - added to queue and on the cards for tonight.
🎥 ABBA: The Movie, 1977 ★★
Abba was never my bag, so why I went to see this in the Odeon (I think) cinema in Streatham, South London - I have no idea. It was fine - until it exploded into the closing credits. All this time later - I still remember the image and the music - a movie all by itself. Only two stars - but try to find the closing credits - sound up - on a big screen - dark room. Still 🤯
🎥 F1, 2025 ★★★★
I have no idea why it took us until last night to finally get round to watching. But get round to watching we did. I now have even less understanding as to why the delay.
If you still haven’t seen it … rectify the situation ASAP.
🎥 Big Fish, 2003 ★★★★★
When I first saw this film … film, not movie - film … I logged it as one of my top, personal favourites of all time.
My opinion hasn’t changed.
🎥 The Beekeeper, 2024 ★★
I watched it because it’s Jason .. sad that he keeps making the same movie .. even sadder is that I keep watching them.
🎥 Nobody 2, 2025 ★★
Not as good as Nobody - but then Nobody caught me out - where as Nobody 2 was - well ... Nobody 2. Colin Hanks looks so much like his Dad. Sharon Stone looked nothing like Sharon Stone - and yet was. The whole film was way better than any of Chevy's vacation movies - and the set up for the final action scene was lifted straight out of The A Team - and just as much fun.
🎥 Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, 2026 ★★
This is a film - not a show and so lacked .. a lot. It also requires the watching of the magnificent series that preceded it to really get it. So yes … enjoyed, but if you haven’t seen the shows … don’t bother and if you have, you will be disappointed.
.. and very glad I missed it in the Theaters.
The star rating might seem harsh - it seemed that way - even to me - but this is a good example of how a normalised rating system can help you - dear reader - get better clarity on the 'why'. To cut to the chase - I did enjoy it - any film that sits with 2 or more stars in here are worth watches - but at this level - a lot of caveats.
🎥 The Courier, 2020 ★★★
Yeah .. No.
BC did a really good job - including the transformation - but so slow …
And if you know me and historical dramas .. doubling down on the ‘yeah .. no’
🎥 Chief of Station, 2024 - ★★★
Just a rewatch and LettrBoxd dropped a new post to the feed. Opinion not changed. 🖇️Original Post
🎥 Jay Kelly, 2025 - ★★★
There's that expectations thing again. I started-with high hopes - but no - mainly driven-by the fact that I didn't care about any of them - oh and I still have a hard time taking Adam Sander seriously - and I guess I'm not a giant fan of George to begin with - so no idea where those high hopes came from.
That said - Jax gave it 41/2 stars 'm 'would have been more if it wasn’t such a poor ending'.
🎥 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, 2016 - ★★★
Having just rewatched the first - would be churlish not to revisit the second. Same conclusion.
🎥 Kate & Leopold, 2001 - ★★★
I watched this 20 or more years ago - and was reminded of it whilst watching The Knight Before Christmas.
Yes - it is the same story - proving that the premise is not the problem.