Oscar Nominations
Well, what an interesting and varied set of nominations. Excluding the shorts, foreign and documentary films, here are the ‘scores on the doors’ for how the nominations are distributed: The…
The Post (12): Landing the Hindenburg in a Thunderstorm.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Post” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: What a combination: Streep, Hanks, Spielberg, Kaminski behind the camera, Williams behind the notes. What…
The Commuter (15): “This train is freaking me out”.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Commuter” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: “The Commuter” is not a good film. You know that I’m not a snob about…
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 – The Top Three Turkeys of 2017.
OK, so “Turkey” is putting it a bit strongly. These are my top movie disappointments in the cinema year. Some of these ARE truly awful, but the last one is…
One Mann’s Movies – The Best Films of 2017.
Bob Mann (the movie man) runs through his top 10 films of 2017.