Dominic Cooke

The Courier (12A): A peerless Cumberbatch and a miscast Buckley.

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A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Courier” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: It’s not to be confused with the Olga Kurylenko / Gary Oldman 2019 movie of the same title. But with a fresh Berlin current-day Russian spy scandal in the news this week, seeing the cold war spy drama “The Courier” is … Read more

On Chesil Beach (15): Flawed but moving tale of a bygone sexual era.

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A One Mann’s Movies review of “On Chesil Beach” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. As you might notice from my lack of recent posts, the day job is getting in a way a bit at the moment.  But one film I wanted to catch was this adaptation of Ian McEwan’s … Read more