A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Greatest Showman” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: I sometimes wonder how “proper” UK film critics view films early for review. Is there a ‘special screening’ which all the film critics attend in London? The point I’m getting at is whether the collective critical opinion of a movie … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: What is “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”? A black-comedy drama. But my fear would be that with such an ‘art-house’ title, it’s going to put a lot of people off… (“I saw ‘Paint Drying in Jackson, Mississippi‘, and that … Read more
OK, so “Turkey” is putting it a bit strongly. These are my top movie disappointments in the cinema year. Some of these ARE truly awful, but the last one is just plain disappointing given my expectations of the director. In no particular order then…. Turkey One: Table 19. A film that is supposed to be … Read more
Moore should be less. “The Trip to Spain” is the third in the series of ‘culinery travelogue’ TV programmes by Steve Coogan (“Philomena“) and Rob Brydon (“Gavin and Stacey”). The pair travel by car through Spain sampling the local delicacies while constantly trying to self-salve their fragile egos and trying to out-do each other with … Read more
Some good comedy moments drowned in schmaltz. Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: Comedy and tragedy have always gone together hand-in-hand. Every great comedy tends to have its bitter-sweet moments: Roberts Blossom as the “shovel-killer” grandad in “Home Alone” (who always reminds me of my late Dad… in appearance I might add, not that he was … Read more