A One Mann’s Movies review of “A Good Person” (2023). In having a rant about the general quality of Sky Original films re. “Marlowe“, I said “8 times out of 10, (they) deliver disappointments“. Well, with “A Good Person”, here’s an example that falls into that 20% of good ‘uns. Pin me to a wall … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Avatar: The Way of Water” (2022). With a 13 year gap from the original “Avatar” and a reported $250M budget, James Cameron is taking a huge financial gamble on “Avatar: The Way of Water”. But it’s more the bum-numbing running time that will put most people off seeing this … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Mountain Between Us” (2017). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 12; US: PG-13. Idris Elba after scoring a mammoth hit with UK TV’s “Luther” has really struggled to make a breakthrough as a leading man into A-grade movies. Although he’s had some strong supporting roles (“Molly’s Game” and … Read more
The thin and crooked blue line. Triple 9, set in the gun-ridden streets of Atlanta, is surprisingly well executed and at times impressive to look at. But it does leave a rather unpleasant after-taste:  like last year’s Liam Neeson vehicle “Run All Night”, virtually noone in the film has a redeeming feature which makes it … Read more
As someone who has worked in computing for 30 years, I was greatly looking forward to Danny Boyle’s new ‘biopic’ (using the term fairly loosely) about Apple founder Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender). Whilst I can’t claim it was a bad film, I was ultimately slightly disappointed by the result. The film zeroes in on some … Read more