This epic instalment of How It Should Have Ended is a most enjoyable romp through the mind-boggling plot contrivances and inconsistencies of recent block-buster Avengers Endgame. It’s one thing to adopt your own idiosyncratic version of time travel. It’s another thing altogether not to particularly bother to apply that version with any pretence of internal …
So, I accompanied my three daughters who put their childhoods in Disney’s hands today as we saw the live action adaption of the animated Aladdin. The verdict was positive. Merging the existing storyline with some modern cultural sensitivity and some bollywood stylisation enabled the whole thing to appear more worthy without taking itself far too …
Turns out I had a dvd of The Man Who Knew Too Much sitting on the shelf as well. Doris Day performing under the direction of Alfred Hitchcock alongside Jimmy Stewart is one of her more distinctive roles. In the credits one of the songs is listed as “Whatever Will Be,” but is much more …
Spending a pleasant time on my quiet day watching a favourite movie, Calamity Jane. The late Doris Day had all but completed her Hollywood career by my childhood, so it seemed like she was always there, and thanks to the magic of movies she always will be. The fact Calamity Jane features my all-time best …
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