The Mauritanian (15): America, are you squirming with embarrassment?

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Mauritanian” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: BAFTA nominated but Oscar ignored It’s perhaps not terribly surprising that “The Mauritanian” has been nominated for a bunch of BAFTAs at this weekend’s event (Best Film, Best British Film, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography), but not a … Read more

Boldy Going Back to the Trekverse: The Star Trek Movies Revisited

So, lockdown viewing has led me to boldly return to the Star Trek movies to re-evaluate and rank them all. Set phasars to stun! Just to nail my Trek credentials to the mast. I was a child of the 60’s, so the original series was formative in my love of science fiction. The starship/planet effects … Read more

Zack Snyder’s Justice League (15): Does Lipstick on the Pig Work?

One Mann’s Movies review of Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: Plot Summary: In Zack Snyder’s much-discussed director’s cut of “Justice League”, Superman (Henry Cavill) is dead (post the events of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice“) and a grieving Lois Lane (Amy Adams) can’t move on. Even Martha Kent (Diane … Read more

Six Minutes to Midnight (12): A 39-Steps-esque thriller, but not quite pulling it off.

One Mann’s Movies review of Six Minutes to Midnight (2021). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: Plot Summary: In “Six Minutes to Midnight”, it’s the summer of 1939 (so we are in a parallel time-flow here with the events of “The Dig“). A private girl’s school – the Augusta Victoria College in Bexhill-on-Sea – is run … Read more

Roe v. Wade (NR): “There’s a fortune in abortion”.

One Mann’s Movies review of Roe v. Wade (2021). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: Plot Summary: Roe v Wade was a controversial vote by the US Supreme Court in 1973 over whether abortion should be legalized across the US, following its earlier legalization in New York state. Following an early personal tragedy, Dr. Bernard Nathanson … Read more