A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Duke” (2022). Roger Michell, the great director of – amongst others – “Notting Hill”, “Enduring Love” and “My Cousin Rachel” died in September of last year. “The Duke” was his last feature film (a documentary on Queen Elizabeth’s reign is in post-production). And what a lovely epitaph of … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Belfast” (2022). Bob the Movie Man Rating: A darling of this year’s awards season, “Belfast” is the semi-autobiographical story of writer/director Kenneth Branagh’s early life during ‘The Troubles’. And as a film charting a loss of childhood innocence, it is as near perfect a film as I am likely … Read more
One Mann’s Movies review of Six Minutes to Midnight (2021). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: Plot Summary: In “Six Minutes to Midnight”, it’s the summer of 1939 (so we are in a parallel time-flow here with the events of “The Dig“). A private girl’s school – the Augusta Victoria College in Bexhill-on-Sea – is run … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Blithe Spirit” (2021). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: “Blithe Spirit” Plot summary: Charles Condomine (Dan Stevens) is a well-known crime writer working on his first screenplay. His wife Ruth (Isla Fisher) is the daughter of a studio boss commissioning the work. But he has writer’s block – – principally … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “All the Money in the World” (2017). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. The big talking point of this Ridley Scott film is not of course the film itself but the fact that the disgraced Kevin Spacey (“Baby Driver“) was ‘airbrushed’ out of the movie, replaced … Read more