October Movie Roundup: No Time to Sit At Home.

They used to say about the early cars of Henry Ford that “you can have any colour you like, as long as it’s black”. As a cinephile, this phrase comes to mind as I scan the listings for my local cinemas for October movies: “You can have any film you like, as long as it’s … Read more

No Time to Die (12A): Premium Bond with Craig bowing out in emotional style.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “No Time to Die” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: What a wait it’s been for Bond 25! But Daniel Craig’s last outing as Bond is finally here and I thought it was great! It has all the elements of Bond… but perhaps not as we traditionally know it. … Read more

Knives Out (12): Saving Rian’s Privates.

One Mann’s Movies review of “Knives Out”. A hugely entertaining Whodunnit in the Agatha Christie style by Rian Johnson. 4.5/5.

The Girl in the Spider’s Web (15): Would the last straight woman in Stockholm turn off the lights?

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. You’ve gotta love a Scandi-thriller. Well, that was until last year’s hopeless Michael Fassbender vehicle “The Snowman” which devalued the currency better than Brexit has done to the pound! The mother of them all … Read more

On this day in movie history: March 9th 2006

On March 9th 2006, the epic free-running crane scene from “Casino Royale” was filmed.  By this point in the film we had already had Daniel Craig’s brutal black and white introduction to the role of 007 and a classic and memorable Bond song by Chris Cornell. But in this sequence (featuring world-class free-runner Sebastien Fourcan as … Read more