I first published this in May 2022. But all of the live-action Spider-Man films are being re-released over the next several weeks so this seems an opportune time to re-publish this post. I went to see Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” (2002) yesterday, and it is REALLY TERRIFIC to see this on a big-screen again with great … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Frankie” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: My first return visit to a UK cinema for a VERY long time. Hoorah!! I only wish it was for a better film since “Frankie” – a Cineworld Unlimited screening – was frank-ie-ly pretty awful! Frankie (Isabelle Huppert) takes a morning topless … Read more
One Mann’s Movies review of “Spider-Man: Far From Home”. An entertaining summer popcorn muncher, FFFF.
When I heard the news last year that Spider-Man was going to be rebooted yet again, I was like “are you freaking serious”? After the successful Toby Maguire trilogy (though the less said about “Spider-Man 3” the better) and the mildly successful “Amazing Spider-Man” duo with Andrew Garfield only finishing in 2014, did we REALLY … Read more
The Big Short is not an easy film to watch on a number of levels. At a basic level, and speaking as a pretty well-educated film-goer, it requires quite considerable concentration to keep up with the financial jargon thrown at you. At a sociological level, the fraud and corruption that were endemic within the venerable … Read more