Inspirational sporting movies have a natural place on The Sunday Afternoon Movie, even somebody like me who watches no sports of any kind can appreciate a well made movie charting the highs and lows of an underdog story. Based on the true events of welterweight boxer Mickey Ward and his last attempt to break free [...]

So far, there is one phenomenon that has gone unmentioned in all this talk of what makes the perfect Sunday Afternoon Movie: sometimes the Sunday Afternoon Movie is not your choice. The simple fact is, if you share accommodation in anything like democratic circumstances, at some point the ownership of the remote controls must change [...]

God, things feel off today. I had a late night last night. Lots of alcohol was consumed and then, after that, lots more. Too late to do anything other than grab a filthy doner on the way home, I awoke this morning to find that it was actually early afternoon. I had kebabby fingers and [...]

In the limited number of weeks that I have been writing this column the movies I have chosen to while away my Sunday afternoons with have been selected with great care. Some days I required something inspiring to soothe my aching soul; on other days I needed something friendly and familiar to soothe my aching [...]

Without boring you with all the wretched details, it has been a long, stressful week and a brand new long, stressful week is only hours away from beginning. It’s cold and miserable out, I am weary and – dammit – I need comforting; this afternoon’s movie needs to be special. I need a movie that [...]