A One Mann’s Movies review of “Life Itself” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. Not the documentary of the same name from 2014 about the critic Rogert Ebert. This is an Amazon Studios/Sky Cinema Original Film (trying to follow where Netflix is boldly going), and as such it only had a very limited … Read more
 A One Mann’s Movies review of “Mary Queen of Scots” (2019). It’s an unbelievably turbulent story, but as it’s a true story the late 1500’s were clearly turbulent times. I mean, there weren’t even any Starbucks. Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. The plot. After a brief Fotheringay flash-forward (#spoilers!) it’s 1561 and … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Instant Family” (2019). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: (The good news is that I’ve decided to bring back my half stars – hoorah! Man, I’ve missed you.) Certification: UK: 12; US: PG-13. The Plot Pete (Mark Wahlberg) and Ellie (Rose Byrne) are focused and business-oriented home designers. They’ve talked about having … Read more
Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK:Â 12;Â US: PG-13. So, the movie-going audience for this film will divide into two categories: Category A: those that have seen the original 2011 French classic “The Intouchables” that this is based on, and; Category B: those that haven’t. 2011 is just before I started “One Mann’s Movies”, but … Read more
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