Sitemap - 2025 - Rambling Musings
The Phoenician Scheme (2025) Magnificent Mayhem from Wes Anderson
Neighborhood Watch (2025) and the odd couple beautifully win the day
The Savages (2007) A final farewell to Philip Seymour Hoffman (part 10)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2025)
On a Thunder Road with The Boss in Ironbridge
The Final Cut (2004) Life is Beautiful with Robin Williams (vol.10)
Doubt (2008) A final farewell to Philip Seymour Hoffman (part 9)
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)
Sinners (2025) Music for the soul. From Dusk till Dawn
The Uninvited (2025) Brilliant debut film from Nadia Conners
Bono: Stories of Surrender (2025)
“Campione. Campione. Campione LIVERPOOL”
Freed From Desire in Ironbridge
Super-Subs Sink Reds at “Sussex by the Sea”
Ironbridge Tales from a Bag of Bones
Champions, Gunners and the curious case of Trent Alexander-Arnold
Champions beaten at the Bridge
Freed From Desire — Liverpool are Champions of England
Good Will Hunting (1997) Life is Beautiful with Robin Williams (vol.9)
Reds just one win from destiny
What Dreams May Come (1998) Life is Beautiful with Robin Williams (vol.8)
Us (2019) Jordan Peele and his doppelgängers from hell
Patch Adams (1998) Life is Beautiful with Robin Williams (vol.7)
Mickey 17 (2025) Brilliantly Bonkers Black Comedy from Bong Joon Ho
Eric LaRue (2025) Melancholic study on grief from Michael Shannon
Novocaine (2025) Everybody Hurts in this surprisingly good action thriller
Reds two wins from the Promised Land
Man of the Year (2006) Life is Beautiful with Robin Williams (vol.6)
Defensive horror show costs Reds on the banks of the River Thames
The Night Listener (2006) Life is Beautiful with Robin Williams (vol.5)
World’s Greatest Dad (2009) Life is Beautiful with Robin Williams (vol.4)
Man on the Moon (1999) “Mr Andy Kaufman’s gone wrestling. Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah”
Black Bag (2025) Tinker Tailor Soderbergh Spy Drama
The Equalizer 3 (2023) — A perfect ending to an imperfect trilogy
Jota goal enough to see Everton feeling the Blues
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014) Life is Beautiful with Robin Williams (vol.3)
Boulevard (2014) Life is Beautiful with Robin Williams (vol.2)
Bring Them Down (2025) Brilliant and Disturbing Irish thriller from Christopher Andrews
Jacob’s Ladder (1990) A Retrospective
The Monkey (2025) Horror comedy a world away from the Stephen King short story
Jakob the Liar (1999) Life is Beautiful with Robin Williams (vol.1)
Eileen (2023) Remarkable and Disturbing Psychological Thriller
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) Inferior follow-up to the original
Sin City (2005) Neo-Noir Brilliance from Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller
3:10 to Yuma (2007) Anatomy of a Scene
Unbreakable (2000) Still the very best in M Night Shyamalan’s superhero triple bill
The Good German (2006) Beautiful neo-noir from Steven Soderbergh
JFK (1991) and the scene that echoes through eternity
The American (2010) Still a slow burning joy from Anton Corbijn
Last Breath (2025) Admirable true life tale from the depths of the North Sea
Wembley is Black and White as Reds suffer Carabao Cup Final heartbreak
American Hustle (2013) Still a wonderful con all these years later
Presence (2025) A supernatural return to form from Steven Soderbergh
Foxcatcher (2014) Film to Documentary Comparison
Call Me By Your Name (2017) Coming of Age Heartbreaker from Luca Guadagnino
Shoot-Out heartbreak as Reds crash out of Europe
Retreat (2011) Cillian Murphy and a film that wasn’t the film I remembered!
Suspiria (2018) Fancy a blood soaked Satanic horror in a coven of witches?
Moneyball (2011) and a final farewell to Philip Seymour Hoffman (part 7)
Queer (2024) Daniel Craig shines in the surreal world of Luca Guadagnino and William S Burroughs
Salah double as Liverpool inch closer to the Premier League title
Looper (2012) Rian Johnson and a time travelling tale from the future
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
Charlie Wilson’s War (2007) and a final farewell to Philip Seymour Hoffman (part 6)
Smash and Grab win for Liverpool in Paris
Companion (2025) Brilliant Sci-Fi Dystopian Horror
A Late Quartet (2012) and a final farewell to Philip Seymour Hoffman (part 5)
25th Hour (2002) and a final farewell to Philip Seymour Hoffman (part 4)
Capote (2005) and a final farewell to Philip Seymour Hoffman (part 3)
A Most Wanted Man (2014) and a final farewell to Philip Seymour Hoffman (part 2)
God’s Pocket (2014) and a final farewell to Philip Seymour Hoffman (part 1)
Donnie Darko (2001) Still magnificent all these (time travelling) years later
Locke (2013) Fancy an 85 minute panic attack alone with Tom Hardy?
A Complete Unknown (2024) Oscar nominated gem from James Mangold
Reds canter 13 points clear in the Premier League
Hell or High Water (2016) a retrospective
Spotlight (2015) a retrospective
Reds dethrone the Champions in the Manchester rain
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A Real Pain (2024) Surprisingly good Oscar fare from Jesse Eisenberg
LaRoy, Texas (2024) Shane Atkinson’s debut feature is a slow burning gem
The Brutalist (2024) This 3 hour epic could sweep the board at The Oscars
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)
Heroes and Villains in Villa Park stalemate
The Bad Shepherd (2024) Empty echoes of classics of the past
Day of the Fight (2024) Black and White debut gem from Jack Huston
Inheritance (2025) Interesting guerrilla filmmaking via an iPhone
Tired Reds limp past toothless Wolves
The Gorge (2025) Intriguing love story/sci-fi/horror mash-up
The Northman (2022) Disappointing Viking mess from Robert Eggers
The Devil’s Backbone (2001) A Retrospective
Blitz (2024) Dark childhood WWII tale from Steve McQueen
Nosferatu (2024) Robert Eggers and a triumphant undead Gothic Horror
Chaos Reigns in Final Goodison “Derby”
Better Man (2024) Do you wanna contact the living?
I.S.S. (2024) Fancy watching the end of the world from outer space?
Pilgrim’s Progress no more for Slot’s Reds in the FA Cup
Emilia Pérez (2024) This year’s Oscar favourite is a wild and beautiful ride
Blink Twice (2024) You’ll never forget this debut film from Zoë Kravitz
Wolf Man (2025) Blumhouse Horror without the Bite
Anora (2024) Bittersweet Oscar nominated heartbreaker
“Wembley, Wembley. We’re the Greatest Team in Europe and We’re Going to Wembley”
A Life at the Movies — OUT NOW!
Salah double sees Liverpool 9 points clear in the Premier League
Dead Rubber defeat for Liverpool in Eindhoven
Dances with Wolves (1990) A Retrospective
Airplane II (1982) a retrospective
Layer Cake (2004) A Retrospective
Men against (Tractor) Boys as the Reds of Liverpool win again
Where the Buffalo Roam (1980) A Retrospective
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) a retrospective
Johnny Mnemonic (1995) a retrospective
Harvey Elliott the cameo star as Liverpool are in Seven Heaven
My Left Foot (1989) a retrospective
Killing Zoe (1993) a retrospective
Nil by Mouth (1997) a retrospective
Núñez the late, late London hero for Liverpool!
Hereditary (2018) a retrospective
Mission: Impossible III - a retrospective
Boland, Bumrah and Raspberry Jam on Toast
Konstas lights up the MCG on Boxing Day
The Witch (2015) a retrospective
Brisbane Rain and Magdalene Laundries
Inherent Vice (2014) a retrospective
Super-Subs scrap for vital point at Forest
Rasputin, Raspberry Jam on Toast and Antipodean Agony
Phantom Thread (2017) a retrospective
Freddie Freeman shoots for the moon as England are lost in Noman’s land (redux)
Skyfall, Alien and the spin, spin, spin of Rawalpindi (redux)
Joe Root — England’s Greatest (redux)
Accrington Stanley? Who are they? Exactly!
Books in the Key of Life (redux)
Reasons I hate the internet vol.666
2073 and Asif Kapadia is showing us all the dystopian end to a broken world
Bergvall the Sinner and the Saint for the Spurs
Letter to a friend from the heart of the sun (redux)
“Rasputin and Raspberry Jam” — OUT NOW!
It was a crazy, lovely, beautiful day
Salah and Gakpo rescue a point in a “miracle” game against the Red Devils
Boland, Bumrah and Raspberry Jam on Toast