A One Mann’s Movies review of “Molly’s Game” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: You can never accuse Aaron Sorkin of skimping on his words. Sorkin is of course the award-winning writer of “The West Wing” but on the big screen he has also written many classics: “A Few Good Men”; “The Social Network” … Read more
Guaranteeing a “safe passage through the anus”! I’m neither a Marvel fan, nor (in particular) a Thor fan….. but I have to admit “Thor: Ragnarok” was brilliant from beginning to end. Thor (Chris Hemsworth) has been travelling the universe in search of… stuff… (I neither remember nor care)… but returns to his home planet of … Read more
OK, so I’m a Star Trek fan being old enough to have watched the original series BEFORE it was in re-runs! But Star Trek Beyond just plain disappoints. It’s not terrible… but it’s not great either. It’s Star Date 2263.2 and Kirk (Chris Pine) is into the third year of their “5 year mission” (which … Read more
‘B’ for ‘Bastille’; ‘B’ for ‘B-movie’ Idris Elba plays “reckless and irresponsible” American CIA operative Sean Briar who is one step ahead of the French police in getting to the bottom of a fatal terrorist bombing in Paris. The apparent bomber is n’er do well pickpocket Michael Mason (Richard Madden, “Game of Thrones”, “Cinderella”) who … Read more
Avengers: Age of Ultron is nonsense. But it is glossy, well-packaged and star-studded nonsense. Following on from the defeat of Thor’s brother in the last film, the story revolves around Loki’s staff, an object of unspeakable power, which in a blitzkrieg of special effects is repatriated by the Avengers from a mountain fortress in a … Read more