Occasional Jottings

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) I'd not watched this before for some reason, but it looks t...

Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks  by Christopher Brookmyre (2007) I hadn't read this for a while, so it was very enjoyable to...

What was it like in the politically incorrect 90s, daddy? I remember the 90s! Whew, what a time! When everyone was drunk all day and out all...

Say You'll Remember Me  by Abby Jimenez (2025) I've been meaning to read an Abby Jimenez novel for a while - she seems to live...

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2  (2017) Not as funny and irreverent as I remember, but still great fun - the opening title sequence wit...

Director: Christopher Nolan Starring: Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr,  et al Impressive but a bit too full of its own importan...

The Hard Way  (1991) Not a film often mentioned in discussions of Michael J. Fox's career, I think, which is a shame because it...