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A One Mann’s Movies review of “The United States vs Billie Holiday” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: It’s the late 40’s in the US. We follow the distressing story of Billie Holiday (Andra Day) through her period of fame and drug addiction, while constantly pursued by Harry Anslinger (Garrett Hedlund) of the … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Palm Springs” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: Nyles (Andy Samberg) is reliving the same day over and over again at a wedding in Palm Springs. Suddenly joining him in the loop is fellow wedding guest Sarah (Cristin Milioti). The no-hoper man has given up trying to … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Sound of Metal” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: In “Sound of Metal”, drummer Ruben (Riz Ahmed) and singer Lou (Olivia Cooke) are members of a two-piece heavy metal band – “Blackgammon” – touring in the southern US in their RV. Both are recovering addicts. When Ruben … Read more
Part 2 of the BAFTA award ceremony took place this evening, hosted by “Mr Suave” Dermot O’Leary and Edith Bowman: someone who actually knows about film!! 🙂 And tonight had all the heavy-hitter awards. I still have a major problem with an awards show celebrating “2020” movies when I have not had a chance to … Read more
So, tonight we had the first part of the BAFTA award ceremony, covering more of the technical awards. A nice all female panel, led by Clara Ambo, made for an entertaining and informative broadcast. Here are the results. Production Design The nominations were: THE DIG Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald THE FATHER Peter Francis, Cathy Featherstone … Read more