Darkest Hour (12): Not buggering it up.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Darkest Hour” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: As Doctor Who repeatedly points out, time is most definitely a tricksy thing. As I…
Wind River (15): Survive or Surrender.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Wind River” (2017). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Of all of the movie released I missed during 2016 (typically due to work commitments)…
Molly’s Game (15): Wordy but entertaining.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Molly’s Game” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: You can never accuse Aaron Sorkin of skimping on his words. Sorkin is of course…
The Greatest Showman (PG): This IS the Greatest Show!
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Greatest Showman” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: I sometimes wonder how “proper” UK film critics view films early for review. Is there…
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (15): “Anger Begets Greater Anger”.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: What is “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”? A black-comedy drama. But my fear…
One Mann’s Movies DVD Review: The Trip To Spain (2017).
Moore should be less. “The Trip to Spain” is the third in the series of ‘culinery travelogue’ TV programmes by Steve Coogan (“Philomena“) and Rob Brydon (“Gavin and Stacey”). The…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Pitch Perfect 3 (2017).
Aca-bysmal. Mr Plot and Miss Tale were teenage sweethearts. They met at Storyville High School and inseparable, but were viciously cursed by a jealous school nurse, bitter from a recent…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Daddy’s Home 2 (2017).
Some good comedy moments drowned in schmaltz. Comedy and tragedy have always gone together hand-in-hand. Every great comedy tends to have its bitter-sweet moments: Roberts Blossom as the “shovel-killer” grandad…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
The most fun you can have with Jack Black’s penis. In 1995, Joe Johnston (“The Rocketeer”, “Captain America: The First Avenger”) directed “Jumanji” – a quirky, fantastical and dark film…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Battle of the Sexes (2017).
Tennis and sex, but without the grunting. Here’s a good test of someone’s age…. ask the question “Billie-Jean?”. Millennials will probably come back with “Huh?”; those in their 30’s or…