welcome to Cinema club 2024… & lets start with some awards season Oscar bate. Time to watch One Life, we all know the story weve all seen the video, lets see how it translates to the big screen.

I didnt go to the cinema on new years day like i had planned. The hangover was a bit much & then there was football on tv on the 1st & 2nd so the 3rd was my first opportunity to do this.

I did lower the average age of my screening i really did. Id say the rest of the average age was 60ish. No problem with that. But i was expecting a few more millennials in there.

Trailers, The Iron Claw, The Color purple, The boys in the Boat & Argylle (lots of people in America are already pissed off with how many times they are being asked to find out who the real agent Argylle is its hilarious) but i will probably see all of those. I actually have the boys in the boat booked in for an early preview next week.

& then the film started…There was one person in my cinema at one point loudly crying, its was emotional but wasnt that emotional.

Hopkins is why this film will get praise & acclaim, & dont get me wrong hes good, when isnt he good. But its all about Johnny Flynn & his colleagues getting people to safety. Well actually its about the real man & his team for doing it but its all about him. Yes Hopkins get those moment, but it doesnt happen without the events in the flashbacks of the film. So if anyone deserves the plaudits its him.

We have all seen the video & watched the story online & read about it, which means the big reveal at the end isnt actually a twist. You either watched it & heard about it originally back in the day or when the resurface of the video appeared in the start of lockdown in 2020 as a positive thing to get us through the day (which is clearly why this film was made because they saw that & went ahhh) you know the end of the film & the dangers these people went through to keep everyone safe & alive. It really is inspiring, but because its all in the back of our minds it doesnt quite have the emotional gut punch you all expect, because we have all seen it.

Does Vincent Pryce always have to randomly appear in a Hopkins film? I mean its always a nice surprise but is now becoming a little bit like two people just catching up & then a director walking in on them & going ahhh gents would you mind quickly acting this for me please.

I see why we had to have a strong female lead supporting as his mum but Helena was only in like 3 scenes. It did feel like a waste. I mean she was good & bossed people about & i know it wasnt about her, but it did feel a little like oooh okay is she going to do more & then they just didnt.

It was horrible what all those people went though. & the idea of having to give up you kids to go to a country where they know little of the language & knowing you may never see them again as you are being persecuted. Their bravery was insane.

& then the british officials being all like oooh im not sure we can do this & all the red tape & thing they had to leap through to get it done. IT makes you sick that it took a load of begging & proving & actual normal people sorting stuff out for anything to get done.

The world at the moment is pretty fucked up & this at points because of what normal people do does give you a small amount of hope for the world. You just need to remember that everyone deserves a fair chance & the same life. Doesnt matter who they are. We need to be better to our fellow human beings. Thats the life lesson this issues the most & some people need to have a good hard look at themselves so we can learn from those mistakes.

ITs a solid start to 2024 at the cinema. A film with a real raw story about the past which echoes can be seen in the now. I think the person who was loudly crying also clapped at the end of the film. Dont worry it wasnt me it was solid but it wasnt that good.