Web-shooters at the ready: Revisiting the Spider-Man Movies

I first published this in May 2022. But all of the live-action Spider-Man films are being re-released over the next several weeks so this seems an opportune time to re-publish this post. I went to see Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” (2002) yesterday, and it is REALLY TERRIFIC to see this on a big-screen again with great … Read more

Mean Girls (12A): Noisy Remake Strikes of Trying Too Hard to be Fetch.

Angourie Rice as Cady engaging across a school desk with her crush Aaron (Christopher Briney) in Tina Fey's "Mean Girls" (2024)

A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Mean Girls” (2024). Mark Water’s “Mean Girls” is 20 years old and was a classic of its time. That starred Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams in the roles of Cady Heron and Regina George. It became a firm teen favourite that a generation (my daughters included) fondly look … Read more

Spider-Man: No Way Home (12A): The franchise continues to deliver.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Sorry for the long silence folks: a self-imposed Covid lockdown to protect Christmas has meant it’s been almost a month without cinema trips. There’s a lot to catch up on! Plot Summary: At the end of “Spider-Man: Far From … Read more

Spider-Man – Far From Home (12): Where Marvel goes after the Game Ends.

One Mann’s Movies review of “Spider-Man: Far From Home”. An entertaining summer popcorn muncher, FFFF.

One Mann's Movies Film Review: Spider-Man – Homecoming (2017)

When I heard the news last year that Spider-Man was going to be rebooted yet again, I was like “are you freaking serious”?  After the successful Toby Maguire trilogy (though the less said about “Spider-Man 3” the better) and the mildly successful “Amazing Spider-Man” duo with Andrew Garfield only finishing in 2014, did we REALLY … Read more