5 Movies: Film Noir

Continuing my occasional series in which I recommend five movies which have a link between them. Last time I did 5 Alfred Hitchcock movies, this time I am going with film noir. 1. The Third Man (1949) Starring Joseph Cotton, Orson Welles, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard. Screenplay by Graham Greene, Directed by Carol Reed. UK …

5 Films: Alfred Hitchcock

This is the first in an occasional series in which I will select 5 films with some form of connection that I think you, dear readers, ought to watch. For my first entry I am keeping it simple, 5 films by my favourite director, who as you might have guessed is Sir Alfred Hitchcock. These …

Godot Returns

Another week is gone and not a lot is happening really, Ben Dog hasn't been settling the last few nights due to an increase in wind, which when rattling on the window frame is doing a reasonable impression of a werewolf sharpening its claws. I hope it calms down soon as your sentimental Sandman is …

Bookending the Week with Heather

It's been a fairly ordinary week in most ways but at least I managed to see Heather again, this time we took Ben-dog out for a walk with us. Ben being Ben decided to have a sit down protest when we decided to go a route he didn't want to go, so Heather decided to …

Muddy Knees

How did my lovely doggies greet me this morning after they were having a nice dig in the garden? Why to jump up me and put their muddy paws all over my clean trousers of course. Ben dog rather surprisingly decided he wanted in on the late night walk last night, normally after 8pm he …

Sales Man

Just a quick update detailing some of my purchases which will probably be my last for quite a while. First up I did a bit of ordering from the company Network who specialise in vintage and quirky TV and film, first up are a brace of British films: Odd Man Out directed by Carol Reed, and The Arsenal …

Static

Hello faithful reader, I do hope you are well and have been busy- or at least as busy as the current circumstances allow anyway. It has all been a bit static and samey for me what with lockdown in full swing, but I guess it is the same for many more. I did toy with …

A Sandman Up A Fir Tree

Well today was a lazy day in which I wrapped all the presents (during which I discovered that wrapping up a Cushion is a pain in the arse), wrote out my Christmas Cards and caught up with the various Christmas and Winter themed Jazz shows on BBC Radios 2 and 3. Jazz Record Requests was …

Sandman de Lune

It is the wee small hours of the morning for me and I am typing this in bed and possibly might nod off in the process of writing this. I currently have my "Sleepy Time Guy" playlist on Spotify on the head phones and have a sleepy dog who appears to have become telescopic as …

25 Day Christmas Challenge #Day 2

Welcome to my 25 Day Christmas Challenge, a bit of seasonal fun to brighten up the doom and gloom that is the tale end of 2020. If you wish to talk part simply download the image above, create your own post for the appropriate prompt and link back to this one with a pingback. The …