A One Mann’s Movies review of “The United States vs Billie Holiday” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: It’s the late 40’s in the US. We follow the distressing story of Billie Holiday (Andra Day) through her period of fame and drug addiction, while constantly pursued by Harry Anslinger (Garrett Hedlund) of the … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Shape of Water” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: With perfect timing after scooping 13 Oscar nominations, “The Shape of Water” arrives for preview screenings in the UK. Is it worth all the hype? Well, in a word, yes. Not since Spielberg entranced the world in 1982 … 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
In the Coen Brothers latest “Hail Caesar!” we have exactly the same Hollywood-based mix of communist writers and Hedda Hopper-style gossip columnists as recently seem in “Trumbo”: but the films could hardly be more different. “Hail Caesar!” is the film within the film: the latest Victor Mature style ‘God and Sandals’ epic for Capitol Pictures, … Read more