A Journal For Jordan (12A): Adams and Jordan sizzle but the story sees paint dry.
#onemannsmovies review of “A Journal For Jordan” (2022). Overlong Denzel Washington-directed love story makes this a bit dull. 3/5.
Movie Review
Belfast (12A): Branagh looks back and it’s an absolute delight.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Belfast” (2022). Bob the Movie Man Rating: A darling of this year’s awards season, “Belfast” is the semi-autobiographical story of writer/director Kenneth Branagh’s early life during ‘The Troubles’. And as a film charting a loss of childhood innocence, it is as near perfect a film as I am likely … Read more
Scream (18): The self-mocking ‘re-quel’ is a blast.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Scream” (2022). Bob the Movie Man Rating: The 5th in the franchise, can “Scream” extract any more entertainment from a well-hacked genre? Well, actually, yes! Plot Summary: Woodsboro California was the real-life setting for the “Stab” series of teen-slasher movies. They featured a deadly killer called “Ghostface” and numbered … Read more
The 355 (12A): Girlz Spies Rule; Boyz Spies Drool.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The 355” (2022). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Hollywood seems to have struggled to find a truly winning formula for what I could describe as the ‘kick-ass girl genre’. There have been solo attempts with the (very good) “Atomic Blonde” and the (less good) “Red Sparrow“. And similarly, there’s … Read more
The King’s Man (15): What Forrest Gump did in WW1.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The King’s Man” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: “The King’s Man” is yet another pre-pandemic-advertised film. By my reckoning, we only have “Death on the Nile” and “Top Gun: Maverick” still to come out. But I may have missed some more! Plot Summary: Orlando, Earl of Oxford (Ralph … Read more