A One Mann’s Movies review of “Blue Jean” (2023). Another film, new out this week, and nominated for “Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer”* at the upcoming BAFTAs. “Blue Jean” takes us back to 1988 and a VERY different world for homosexual people. (* Note: I originally reference this as up for … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Nightmare Alley” (2022). Another new movie that should be getting some Oscar attention: Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley”: the remake of a 1947 film noir starring Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell. Will it get the same buzz as his Oscar-winning “The Shape of Water“? Bob the Movie Man Rating: … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review (at last!) of “Hobbs & Shaw”. Good popcorn nonsense. 3/5.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Vice” (2019). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. By an strange coincidence, the morning after seeing this film, I heard on BBC Radio 4 a snippet of the farewell speech of President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1961. I thought there was no sound-bite summed up the film … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Deadpool 2” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. (From the BBFC website: strong bloody violence, sex references, very strong language.) It’s a pretty good bet that the cinema-going public will be pretty evenly divided between those that think films like “Deadpool“, “Kingsman: The Secret Service” … Read more