The Mercy (12): “With shroud, and mast, and pennon fair”.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Mercy” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: It’s 1968. Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth, “Kingsman: The Golden Circle“; “Magic in the Moonlight“), is…
Journey’s End (12): A century on, a timely reminder of the futility of trench warfare.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Journey’s End” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: “Journey’s End” makes for a claustrophobic and tense movie experience. It’s quite clearly a film…
Downsizing (15): Tiny People, Big Mess.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Downsizing” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: From the trailer this film looked quirky, funny and interesting and has been on my “looking…
Coco (PG): An animated masterpiece? I should Coco!
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Coco” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: I had no great expectations of this film. In fact, I honestly went to see it…
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…