A One Mann’s Movies review of “Enola Holmes 2” (2022). I quite enjoyed the first “Enola Holmes” film, giving it 3.5 stars. And I predicted it’s success would spawn a sequel. And sure enough, here comes “Enola Holmes 2”, currently showing on Netflix. Bob the Movie Man Rating(s): Plot Summary: Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) … Read more
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
“What first attracted you Dr Mann to the movie with the scantily-clad Amazonians?” Amazonians deliver! And how. The much anticipated new Wonder Woman movie is with us, and for once the film lives up to the wall-to-wall marketing hype. With a heavy dose of mythology, Diana is growing up as the cossetted daughter of … Read more
Tom Hardy is a strange fish as an actor. Famous for being almost incomprehensible in “The Dark Night Rises” and almost equally incomprehensible in his co-starring role in “The Revenant”, it’s sometimes really difficult to get a sense of his true abilities. Here in “Legend” he gets to show what he’s made of…. Twice! Hardy … Read more
The Theory of Everything is an extremely moving love story concerning the brilliant British scientist Stephen Hawking and his first marriage. Whilst you may need a PhD in Physics to understand the intricacies of Hawking’s theories (which by coincidence I have and – no – it’s not enough) the lack of a GCSE in Physics … Read more