A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Mercy” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: It’s 1968. Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth, “Kingsman: The Golden Circle“; “Magic in the Moonlight“), is an amateur sailor and entrepreneur based in Teignmouth, Devon. He is inspired by listening to single-handed round-the-world yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester and does a a crazy … Read more
Vaughn and Golding cross the pond to deliver more of the same. You would probably need to be living under a rock not to know that “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” is the follow-up film to Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman’s highly successful 2015 offering “Kingsman: The Secret Service”: a raucous, violent and rude entry into … Read more
Come the F*** on Bridget… who’s the Daddy? The world’s favourite lonely-hearts diarist is back. Bridget (RenĂ©e Zellweger) once again starts the film ‘all by herself’, haunted by occasional meetings with ex-flame Mark D’Arcy (Colin Firth) – now married to Camilla (Agni Scott) – and facing the natural discomfort of the early funeral of another … Read more
Matthew Vaughn, who’s previous films in the director’s chair number just four – “Layer Cake”, “Stardust”, “Kick Ass” and “X-Men: First Class” – does not do subtle. But he certainly does do stylish and entertaining. Of this set of past works, Kingsman is probably most closely aligned to Kick Ass with its anarchic tone and … Read more
“Demanding is over-rated” said a wise woman, who I also happen to be married to. Woody Allen’s latest film Magic in the Moonlight, is a light and fluffy piece of movie confection set on the photogenic Cote d’Azur that delights the eye but hardly taxes the brain. Set in the 1920’s, Colin Firth plays Charlie … Read more