One Mann’s Movies – The Best Films of 2017.
Bob Mann (the movie man) runs through his top 10 films of 2017.
Liam Neeson
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Daddy’s Home 2 (2017).
Some good comedy moments drowned in schmaltz. Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: Comedy and tragedy have always gone together hand-in-hand. Every great comedy tends to have its bitter-sweet moments: Roberts Blossom as the “shovel-killer” grandad in “Home Alone” (who always reminds me of my late Dad… in appearance I might add, not that he was … Read more
One Mann's Movies Film Review: A Monster Calls (2017)
“I’ll. Be. Right. Here.” The worst thing about this movie is its title. The second worst thing about this movie is its trailer. Both will either a) put people off seeing it (it succeeded in that with my wife for example) or b) make people conclude it is a ‘nice holiday film to take … Read more
One Mann’s Movies: The Worst of 2015
So how about the festive foul? Here I reviewed my ‘Best Of’ 2015. But how about the turkeys? I guess I should caveat this by saying that although I have an ‘Unlimited’ cinema card, I am sufficiently time-strapped with ‘the day job’ that I don’t get to see every movie at the cinema. As such, … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Taken 3 (2015)
This review could get me into trouble – a lot of trouble: my wife LOVED “Taken”, LOVED the slightly dodgier “Taken 2″ and even LOVED “Taken 2.5: he flies!” (a.k.a. last year’s “Non-Stop” vehicle for Neeson). It was a given (if not a taken – LOL) that she was going to LOVE “Taken 3”. … Read more