Jurassic World: Rebirth (1.5*): Atrocious Special Effects And Dozy Dinos Ruin Any Possible Tension…

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One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Jurassic World: Rebirth”. A Marmite film… but which I found truly dreadful. 1.5/5.

Alita: Battle Angel (12): A Berserk Excursion Down Uncanny Valley.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Alita: Battle Angel” (2019). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: Certification: UK: 12; US: PG-13. “I see you”. James Cameron‘s fingerprints are all over this one, as producer ahead of his threatened (and with this movie-goer, entirely unwanted) Avatar sequels. Alita is a huge great smelly CGI mess of a film, but … Read more

If Beale Street Could Talk (15): Love and Rage against the machine.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “If Beale Street Could Talk” (2019). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. The baby asked,‘Is there not one righteous among them?”― James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk Beale Street refers to the jumpin’ heart of Memphis where Louis Armstrong was born. As explained in text from … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Deadpool (2016)

How the hell do you review a film like Deadpool? It’s almost in a category of its own. Ryan Reynolds is no stranger to superhero pics: he played the disappointingly limp “Green Lantern” in 2011 and before that he played this character – Wade Wilson – in “Wolverine: Origins” with Hugh Jackman (who is the … Read more