A One Mann’s Movies review of “Alita: Battle Angel” (2019). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: Certification: UK: 12; US: PG-13. “I see you”. James Cameron‘s fingerprints are all over this one, as producer ahead of his threatened (and with this movie-goer, entirely unwanted) Avatar sequels. Alita is a huge great smelly CGI mess of a film, but … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Green Book” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 12; US: PG-13. The “Green Book” was a handbook (now, thankfully, out of print) for blacks travelling in the southern states of the US , who want to stay in or dine in places they will be welcomed rather than … Read more
Putting the Race into Space Race. As a child of the early 60s, the ‘Space Race’, as started by John F. Kennedy in his famous speech announcing that America would put a man on the moon before the decade was out, is something that is still inherently thrilling to me. As also illustrated in many … Read more
Waxing or Waning? Seldom do I go to see a movie where I know so little about the plot as this one. I knew it was a “coming of age” drama about a young man growing up in a black neighbourhood in Miami. Period. That ignorance was bliss (so that’s the way this review will … Read more