The King of Kings (3.5*): What the Dickens Have Angel Studios Done With The Christ Story?
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The King of Kings”. A fine animated retelling of the Christ story for children from Angel Studios. 3.5/5.
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Big George Foreman (12): A “Lean, Mean, Grilling Machine”… but mostly boxing.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Big George Foreman” (2023). (The full title is “Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story Of The Once And Future Heavyweight Champion Of The World”, but who on earth can be bothered with that!) “Big George Foreman” is a biopic on the remarkable true story of the boxing champ George … Read more
Respect (12A): Re, re, re, re, ‘spect… Just a little bit.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Respect” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: What with holidays and Bond, it’s taken me a few weeks to get to see this Aretha Franklin biopic. But I finally caught it this week. Arriving at the New York record companies. Aretha (Jennifer Hudson) with her controlling father (Forest Whitaker). … Read more
Black Panther (12): Black Ops.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Black Panther” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: “Black Panther” Review: There was a joke on the internet the other day that made me laugh and laugh. Virtually the only white people in “Black Panther” are the Hobbit/LOTR stars Martin Freeman and Andy Serkis…. they are the Tolkein … Read more
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Rogue One (2016)
Putting the “Wars” back into “Star Wars”. Expectations have been sky-high for this first in the ‘add-in’ series of Star Wars films. But with director Gareth Edwards at the helm, whose past movie track-record includes just the low-budget “Monsters” and the less than memorable “Godzilla“, I was frankly concerned. But the English guy (with the … Read more