A One Mann’s Movies review of “On Chesil Beach” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. As you might notice from my lack of recent posts, the day job is getting in a way a bit at the moment. But one film I wanted to catch was this adaptation of Ian McEwan’s … Read more
Whilst most men would agree that giving women the vote was a dreadful mistake (put that stone down ladies…. it’s just a joke), the astonishing story behind the UK social upheaval that was the Suffragette movement is well overdue a serious cinematic treatment. And a serious treatment Sarah Gavron’s new film most certainly is: you … Read more
“Before I Go To Sleep” is an effective psychological thriller. Nicole Kidman plays Christine Lucas, someone who if she saw “50 First Dates” wouldn’t remember it the morning afterwards! She wakes as a forty-something ‘housewife’ in her suburban home every morning with Ben (Colin Firth) in bed next to her. However, she can remember little … Read more