A One Mann’s Movies review of “Mission Impossible: Fallout” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 12; US: PG-13. 2015’s “MI: Rogue Nation” was one of my favourite films of that year, so of all the summer blockbusters “Mission Impossible: Fallout” was the one I was most looking forward to. Was I delighted? It’s a … Read more
It was another good day for the glaziers of Metropolis and Gotham. I went into the hugely hyped “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” with VERY low expectations, but came out with those expectations mildly exceeded. The film picks up at the finale of “Man of Steel” with the glass-shattering fight between Kal-El and General … Read more
So how about the festive foul? Here I reviewed my ‘Best Of’ 2015. But how about the turkeys? I guess I should caveat this by saying that although I have an ‘Unlimited’ cinema card, I am sufficiently time-strapped with ‘the day job’ that I don’t get to see every movie at the cinema. As such, … Read more
Stylish, glamorous and cool is how I remember the “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” when growing up in the 60’s, with the incomparable Robert Vaughn playing the titular “Man” (Napoleon Solo, famously named by Ian Fleming no less) and with David McCallum having a rapidly increasing presence as his Russian colleague Illya Kuryakin. I must have … Read more
So, the “Man of Steel” is back…. again! Christopher Nolan has a lot to answer for with Batman Begins in bringing to the world of cinema the concept of ‘the reboot’. Before that film, fictional characters were deemed to have followed an arc and when the audience got tired of them they were either spectacularly killed … Read more