Ben Bradlee

The Front Runner (15): Candidate for a downfall.

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Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. We can all probably rattle off some of the classics movies with US politics as their backdrop. For me, “All the President’s Men”; “Primary Colors”; and “Frost/Nixon” might make that list. In the next tier down there are many great drama/thrillers – “Miss Sloane“; “The Post“; “The … Read more

The Post (12): Landing the Hindenburg in a Thunderstorm.

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A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Post” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: What a combination:  Streep, Hanks, Spielberg, Kaminski behind the camera, Williams behind the notes. What could possibly go wrong? Nothing as it turns out. After, for me, the disappointment of “The BFG” here is Spielberg on firm ground and at … Read more