A One Mann’s Movies review of “Downsizing” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: From the trailer this film looked quirky, funny and interesting and has been on my “looking forward to” list for many months. Oh dear, what a let down. Matt Damon (“The Martian“, “The Great Wall“, “Jason Bourne“) and Kristen Wiig (“mother!“, … Read more
Movie joy I found recently was a series of interviews called “Movies That Made Me” that Radio 1’s Ali Plumb has done with movie stars reviewing their past works. Some of them – notably Matt Damon and Emily Blunt – are really insightful and funny. These are well worth a look if you are able to … Read more
Exercising your Damons. Millions of people watching the Oscars would have seen Jimmy Kimmel roasting poor Matt Damon as a part of their long running ‘feud’. At one point he points out that Matt gave up the leading role in “Manchester by the Sea” to star in a “Chinese ponytail movie” that “went on to … Read more
Will Win / Should Win / DID Win It’s time for “the big one” again.  The Oscars will be awarded again on Sunday February 26th in LA (LA Land). Hosting the proceedings this time is Jimmy Kimmel (the one who isn’t Jimmy Fallon) in a debut compering role, and I predict he should … Read more
Bourne Free. I’ll say straight up that I’m a big fan of Bourne. This is his 4th proper outing as our forgetful hero, if you ignore 2012’s “The Bourne Legacy” with Jeremy Renner and Rachel Weisz: a ‘parallel time-stream’ drama that – rather against the stream of opinion I think – I also quite liked. … Read more