Reminiscence (12A): I’ll only remember how disappointing it was.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Reminiscence” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Mae (Rebecca Ferguson) and Nick (Hugh Jackman) testing Covid restrictions. (Source: Warner Brothers). Plot Summary: It’s the near future and global warming and a recent war have drastically changed life in Miami. The days are too hot to do anything other than … Read more

The Front Runner (15): Candidate for a downfall.

Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. We can all probably rattle off some of the classics movies with US politics as their backdrop. For me, “All the President’s Men”; “Primary Colors”; and “Frost/Nixon” might make that list. In the next tier down there are many great drama/thrillers – “Miss Sloane“; “The Post“; “The … Read more

The Greatest Showman (PG): This IS the Greatest Show!

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

One Mann’s Movies – The Best Films of 2017.

Bob Mann (the movie man) runs through his top 10 films of 2017.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

The most fun you can have with Jack Black’s penis. Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: In 1995, Joe Johnston (“The Rocketeer”, “Captain America: The First Avenger”) directed “Jumanji” – a quirky, fantastical and dark film starring the late, great Robin Williams that got a rough critical reception at the time of release, but was embraced … Read more