42. 'Frequency'

Frequency is a miserably un-famous film starring Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel as a father and son who contrive to speak to each other over a 30 year gap via a Ham radio. It must have been made before his exposure to Hollywood turned Jim Caviezel's religious faith into a crusade. Poor dear.

Anyway, it's not as hokey as it sounds - in fact, it's powerful and rather moving. You don't have to take my word for it. Herself, who does not take kindly to any kind of sentimentality and laughs in the face of bogus emotion - thinks that this is a good film. So there.

There is an element of wish-fulfilment about my enjoyment of this movie, but at its heart it's a decent thriller with the most colossal jeopardy for the lead characters it's possible to imagine. Parts of it still make me jump and Herself watches the last half-hour from behind a cushion. And the end is properly sob-worthy.

Next time you're at the video shop, give it a try.