Fly Me To The Moon (12): “Making History”.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Fly Me To The Moon”. Leads lack chemistry in glossy but undemanding rom-com. 3/5.
Damien Chazelle
Babylon (18): Singin’ in the Rain, but with Sex, Drugs & Rattlesnakes!
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Babylon” (2023). I’ve been a big fan of Damien Chazelle’s output. Whiplash (5*), 10 Cloverfield Lane (at least until the last 10 minutes! 3.5*), First Man (5*) and of course La La Land (5*)… the Oscar film that never was! Now, here’s comes his 5th film, “Babylon”. And what … Read more
Apollo 11 (U): 60 years of manned spaceflight… a “giant leap”?
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Apollo 11” (2019). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: Certification: UK: U; US: G. My movie choices in the last couple of weeks have gravitated inexorably around the decade of my birth. Last time – like Sam Beckett – it was a leap back to the early 60’s music with “Yesterday“; here … Read more
First Man (12): He captured a feeling. Sky with no ceiling.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “First Man” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating Certification: UK: 12; US: PG-13. A memorable event I am a child of the 60’s, born in 1961. The “Space Race” for me was not some historical concept but a pervasive backdrop to my childhood. I still recall, at the age of 8, … Read more
One Mann’s Movies – The Best Films of 2017.
Bob Mann (the movie man) runs through his top 10 films of 2017.