The Life of Chuck (5*): A Genuine Joy and What Cinema Was Invented For.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Life of Chuck”. Extraordinary, Thought-provoking & Utterly Memorable Cinema Gold. 5/5.
Janusz Kaminski
Watch the Skies (3.5*): 2,342 Reasons to Enjoy This Staggering Leap Forwards In The Dubbing of Foreign Language Films.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Watch The Skies”. Close Encounters of the Swedish Kind with innovative dubbing techniques. 3.5/5.
IF (U): Splashes of Spielbergian Magic But Trying Too Hard To Please All Audiences.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “IF”. Sparks into life at times but not the 5* family smash I was expecting. 3.5/5.
The Fabelmans (12): Good prospects on the horizon for this picture-maker.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Fabelmans” (2023). Of all the films of this awards season, “The Fabelmans” is the one I was most looking forward to. And although I have one or two minor quibbles, it really is a magical piece of Spielberg. Note: there is a lovely prologue to the film, featuring … Read more
West Side Story (12A): A star is born with Rachel Zegler.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “West Side Story” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Spielberg directing a musical remake of the 1961 classic “West Side Story”? Of course, there was that Buzby Berkeley opening number to “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. But that’s really about it. It’s certainly a significant deviation from … Read more