A One Mann’s Movies review of “Bad Times at the El Royale” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. Imagine a ménage à trois of Agatha Christie, Alfred Hitchcock and Quentin Tarantino at the Overlook Hotel with a banging 60’s soundtrack. Got that unpleasant vision in your mind? Good! You’re halfway there … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 12; US: PG-13. I’ve really had a rollercoaster of emotions on this one. As a general fan of dinosaurs running riot, since I saw the brilliant original in 1993, I was pretty disillusioned by the teaser trailer for … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Coco” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: I had no great expectations of this film. In fact, I honestly went to see it solely because – with the lazy multiplex habit of milking films like Jedi, Jumanji and (God help us) Pitch Perfect 3 – this was the … Read more
In rather a departure from my normal posts, here’s a review of the epic concert held at the Royal Albert Hall in London last night (20th October 2017) to celebrate the 50th birthday of film, TV and videogame composer Michael Giacchino. With the deaths in recent years of Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner (the latter … Read more
Putting the “ape” in “The Great Esc-ape”. 2011’s “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” was the one of the big movie surprises for me of that year. With staggeringly good mo-cap for the apes and a touching and memorable story it was (or would have been) a 5-Fad classic. 2014’s “Dawn of the Planet … Read more