A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Dig” (2021). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: Plot summary: It’s 1939, and as World War 2 approaches, widower Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan) hires rough and ready excavator Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes) to dig into one of the ancient earth mounds on her property at the site that will … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of Danny Boyle’s Richard Curtis scripted fantasy “Yesterday”. Gets a 5/5 rating from me.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: PG; US: PG-13. You remember in “Aliens” when Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) fought through hell and high water against that “bitch” to protect the youngster Newt (Carrie Henn)? And then how betrayed you felt in that emotional … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Solo: A Star Wars Story” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 12; US: PG-13. When the whole Disney “broaden out the Star Wars universe” thing was first mooted I was NOT enthusiastic about the prospect. Then, in Christmas 2016 “Rogue One” burst onto our screens as a breath … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 12; US: TV-14. Here’s a curious little British film that has some merit, both as an entertainment vehicle and as a history lesson. Set in a split-timeline between 1941 and 1946, the film tells … Read more