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Field of Dreams an unsentimental modern classic
Sunday, May 19, 2013
In the best week for a wide-ranging film choice since BC on TV began last September, Wednesday could, by itself, have filled all three of the week’s choice slots (Hard Candy, 5.45 pm MaxW, Insomnia, 7
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SEA Sick
Friday, May 17, 2013
In sympathy with the children of T&T, whose futures as merchant-bankers or weed-whackers may have been decided last week by the Secondary (School) Entrance Assessment exam, formerly the 11-Plus, I
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Drive is exceptional
Sunday, May 12, 2013
An impressive also-ran list today includes the better version of The Prestige (The Illusionist, 11 am MaxW), the still-very-watchable Christopher Reeve Superman (1 pm MaxW, with Part II following imme
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Rum & Coax
Friday, May 10, 2013
My wife bought me these excellent memory-improvement tablets; of course I keep forgetting to take them, indeed, have actually taken to throwing them away (making up in deviousness whatever I’m losing
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The darling films of May
Sunday, May 5, 2013
A great film choice start to May leaves two of the best Westerns ever made in the also-rans today (The Magnificent Seven, 8 pm Enc3, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, 10 pm TCM)
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The Sacred and the Propane
Friday, May 3, 2013
The rain came down on Port-of-Spain like the media on Jack Warner last Friday afternoon.
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Not monkeying around
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Given the chimpanzee documentary declared the best movie of the week, the most difficult thing BC on TV has done all year is to refrain today from picking *Rise of the Planet of the Apes (8.55 pm MCP)
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Marabou Stork Cabinet
Friday, April 26, 2013
The Scottish author of the groundbreaking novel Trainspotting is in town for the NGC Bocas Literary Festival (and, at 4 pm today, will be in the National Library AV Room, chatting about his life and w
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Good free thing
Sunday, April 21, 2013
All three of the week’s picks were contenders for Best Film of the Week, as are several of today’s also-rans, including *High Noon, (8 pm ENC 3), three great old films *Jaws, (12.30 pm today and agai
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Sic Transit Wagon - A hugely impressive debut for Jenkins
Saturday, April 20, 2013
The dedication to Barbara Jenkins’ exceptional short story collection, Sic Transit Wagon, to be formally launched at this week’s NGC Bocas Literary Festival, ends with, “Better late than never”; and w
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