by Graeme Cumming | Sep 11, 2020 | Movies, Nostalgia, Television |
It’s happened again. A sign of my own advancing years, I suppose. And a reminder to get my arse into gear and get on with living my life. When Bowie died (was that really almost five years ago?), I realised that much of his music had formed a soundtrack to my life....
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 11, 2018 | Gogglebox, Movies, Nostalgia |
Having lived in the historic county of Nottinghamshire for most of my life, and now living close to the edge of what remains of Sherwood Forest, it’s perhaps inevitable that I’m drawn to tales of Robin Hood. A few years ago, Russell Crowe took on the role in a film...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 1, 2018 | Literary Festivals, Movies |
If you missed the post that got us to this point, click here. Having decided to take the opportunity to obtain a signed copy of Forever And A Day, we waited for the long queue to gradually work its way down before joining it. I’d guess around 20 minutes passed as we...
by Graeme Cumming | Jul 11, 2018 | Movies |
Having raved recently about the merits of watching movies in IMAX, I thought I’d pick up on a comment I made in the post where I first mentioned it. When I heard about 4DX, I did wonder if it was the name of another Star Wars ’droid, but it turns out it’s a relatively...
by Graeme Cumming | Jul 5, 2018 | Movies, Nostalgia |
Once you start to focus on something, more of the same starts to come into your life. Some of it is to do with a part of the brain that’s activated by that focus. So, if you buy a particular model of car, suddenly there are loads of them around you. The same if you...
by Graeme Cumming | Jul 1, 2018 | Movies, Nostalgia |
My last two posts reflected on changes to how we see movies in cinemas. Here I’d like to focus on the inability to watch older films on the big screen. I won’t for a minute pretend I like the classics – Casablanca, Citizen Kane and others of that ilk. I...
