One Mann's Movies Film Review: Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Tail as old as Kline. With the Disney marketing machine in full swing, its hard to separate the hype from the movie reality in this latest live-action remake of one…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Viceroy's House (2017)
The 80:20 Rule. India, 1947. Churchill’s government has sent Lord Grantham – – sorry — Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville, “The Monuments Men“) as the new Viceroy. His…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Logan (2017)
“When the man comes around” At last – a superhero movie with real heart… (and not just the chunks over the knuckle blades!). Logan is a bit of a revelation.…
On this day in movie history: 14th March 1975
In 1975 Monty Python tried to make a proper movie (unlike their first film in 1971 which was just a loosely coupled revamp of some of their TV sketches). Everyone…
On this day in movie history…March 6th, 1927
On this day in 1927, Fritz Lang’s extraordinary film “Metropolis” was first shown in the US. “Metropolis” can claim to be the first feature length science fiction film. Set in…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Patriot's Day (2017)
A Marathon Investigation. While there are predictable social media conspiracy theories that the “whole thing was a hoax”, the two bombs that went off near the finish line of the…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: A Cure for Wellness (2017)
Eels well that ends well. “A Cure for Wellness” is the latest film from Gore Verbinski, who has delivered an entertainingly mixed bag of movie goodies over the years from…
On this day in movie history…March 3rd, 1930
Jean Harlow (b. 1911) was born. An early sex-symbol, “The Blonde Bombshell” was ‘found’ by Howard Hughes and launched into stardom through her appearance in 1930’s “Hell’s Angels”. She later…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
“They say we’re young and we don’t know. Won’t find out unit-ii-l we grow.” This line of Sonny and Cher immediately takes me back to Bill Murray waking up over…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Flight (2013)
Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: OK, so after some very scenic views of Nadine Velazquez to start with (“Hello boys”!) and a very well staged and much trailed ‘incident’…