Charlie Watts - Modern Drummer Magazine

“I probably was a typical musician, but I wasn’t, and am still not, a Rolling Stone. I mean, I am because that’s what I do, but the other stuff is bullshit. I don’t know what the Rolling Stones are. For that you should talk to someone else other than me. I don’t know what they are. To me, they’re friends of mine. They are whatever you’ve read and they’re worse and they’re better. I never read the bullshit in the papers and I don’t have to hide in hotel rooms. I used to do that and I hated it. The worst time in my life was about the time the Rolling Stones became like the Beatles, I suppose. There were girls screaming and carrying on and I couldn’t stand it because I thought it was silly. I loved it for what it meant and what the band was doing, but I couldn’t stand not being able to do anything. I hated that. That doesn’t mean anything and I never wanted that. I’m just not interested in that. The only time I love attention is when I walk on stage, but when I walk off, I don’t want it. For the band, I want everyone to love us and go crazy, but when I walk off, I don’t want it. I guess I want both worlds. I never could deal with it and I still can’t. I don’t know how Mick does it. He’s an incredible man. So is Keith—an amazing guy. I don’t know how they do it, I’m serious. Like doing so many interviews. This is the only time I’ve so much as spoken to a journalist this whole tour and the reason I’m doing this is because drumming is something that I love.”

Mr. Topaze (1961) **

Sellers the actor is very good, but Sellers the director lets the others run amok. It also feels like a good 30 minutes could be cut and it's only an hour and 37 minutes to begin with. Well shot though.

Annette (2021) *

Technical triumph and the allegorical nature might have been acceptable had the songs not been so resolutely awful and the main character not so completely unlikable. A tremendous waste of Devyn McDowell (who steals the picture in one scene) and the best marionette work in film since Being John Malkovich.

The Night of the Iguana (1964) **

Star power aplenty and a gorgeous location make this mostly tedious Williams play watchable.

Psycho (1960) ****

Iconic, massively influential, bold, daring and extremely well made. So many scenes, even though they've been imitated so often over the years, still hold their own and surprise. Even the clunky finale can't diminish it.

Algiers (1938) **

Shot for shot remake, done better the first time.

The Legend of Frenchie King (1971) *

A hint of self-awareness might have made this enjoyable. As is it is a waste of two lovely leads.

Paprika (2006) *

Superbly animated, but the repetitive dreamlands gets tiresome.

The Medusa Touch (1978) *

A fine cast in a deadly dull and misbegotten "horror" flick.

The Return of Martin Guerre (1982) ***

Thought provoking tale of 16th century Basque area of France with exceptional cinematography, art direction and acting.

Contagion (2011) ***

Expertly made neo-disaster flick can no longer be called science fiction unfortunately (it is more faithful to facts than many so-called documentaries). Hard hitting, no nonsense procedural with a stellar A list cast.