The King’s Man (15): What Forrest Gump did in WW1.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The King’s Man” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: “The King’s Man” is yet another pre-pandemic-advertised film. By my reckoning, we only have “Death on the Nile” and “Top Gun: Maverick” still to come out. But I may have missed some more! Plot Summary: Orlando, Earl of Oxford (Ralph … Read more

The Matrix Resurrections (15): Best. Left. Dead.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Matrix Resurrections” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: After the technical glory days of “The Matrix” in 1999 there were two increasingly dire sequels in 2003. So my hopes were not high for this dredging exercise. But even given those low expectations…. Plot Summary: Neo (Keanu Reeves) is … Read more

Don’t Look Up (15): Why parody someone when you can parody a whole country?

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Don’t Look Up” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: I’m a fan of Adam McKay’s caustically satirical movies, with “The Big Short” (2015) and “Vice” (2018) being movies I can watch multiple times. But with “Don’t Look Up” I was really starting to wonder where he was going…. Plot … Read more

West Side Story (12A): A star is born with Rachel Zegler.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “West Side Story” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Spielberg directing a musical remake of the 1961 classic “West Side Story”? Of course, there was that Buzby Berkeley opening number to “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. But that’s really about it. It’s certainly a significant deviation from … Read more

tick, tick… BOOM! (12A): An engrossing musical biopic of Jonathan Larson.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “tick, tick… BOOM!” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: “Tick, tick, BOOM!” has been out of Netflix for weeks now, and I’ve kept thinking….. “nah”. But, boy oh boy, is this an excellent and engrossing movie. A dark horse for an Oscar best picture perhaps? Plot Summary: Telling the … Read more