Category Archives: Film

The perils of being a child film star

Posted on December 17, 2025 by odeboyz

“I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph”.1 Short biography: Temple began her film career in 1931 when she was three years old and … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Naked Gun (2025) (Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson)

Posted on August 6, 2025 by odeboyz

The original Naked Gun film, 1988, starred Leslie Nielsen and O J Simpson. It was a wonderful spoof, with a blistering pace, wisecracks, slapstick humour and cartoonish violence. This remake is a *Spoof of a Spoof*. How can that possibly … Continue reading →

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Old Fashioned Parenting

Posted on July 13, 2025 by odeboyz

The Competitive Dad

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Film Review: The Accountant: 2 (2025) (Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal)

Posted on May 10, 2025 by odeboyz

This film is a Trumpian MAGA homage. There’s an audience for this but not me. It’s so bad it will be immortal. It’s a paradigm of ‘How not to make an intelligent film’. Hollywood have their MAGA film but is … Continue reading →

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Four Yorkshiremen

Posted on March 12, 2025 by odeboyz

This YouTube video is extremely witty. Needless to relate I could join in with my memories of a 1940s childhood. But I won’t. I won’t because it would spoil your image of the ‘Good Old Days’. Enjoy

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Film Reviews: Bank of Dave (part one)(2023) and Bank of Dave: The loan ranger (part two)(2025) Netflix

Posted on February 19, 2025 by odeboyz

Rory Kinnear as Dave Fishwick is outstanding. Dave is a self-made millionaire selling second-hand vehicles. Second hand vehicle salesmen are notorious for skullduggery, which makes the story even more astonishing. Tales of hardship and negative banking experiences from people he … Continue reading →

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Film Review: A complete Unknown (2025) ~ (Timothee Chamalet)

Posted on January 22, 2025 by odeboyz

A Complete Unknown is the worst Dylan biopic I’ve seen.1 It’s a Memory Lane sing-a -long. And the plot/narrative? Negligible. Quite how Dylan’s story can be emptied into a series of brooding scenes is beyond me. Elle Fanning (Sylvie Russo)2 … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Challengers (2024) ~ (Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O’Conner)

Posted on May 8, 2024 by odeboyz

I regretted paying £7:99 to watch this drivel until I had a blinding insight. This was my first complete Artificial Intelligence (AI) film. The only human involvement was the ensemble. The script was ChatGPT pure and simple.  Even films with … Continue reading →

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TV Review: Beckham (Netflix) (2023)

Posted on December 13, 2023 by odeboyz

Beckham is successful in every activity he’s pursued . A sublime footballer, a photo-shoot superstar, trophy wife and businessman. As a result, he’s had intense media scrutiny for most of his life. So, hasn’t planet *Beckham* been gutted of all … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Napoleon (2023) (Joaquin Phoenix)

Posted on December 6, 2023 by odeboyz

I shouldn’t go to historical biopic films. I tut-tut and nit-pick and definitely don’t enter into the spirit of the thing. Oppenheimer lulled me into a false sense of security. Disaster! I hated it and nearly walked out. Why? The … Continue reading →

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