A One Mann’s Movies review of “Mothering Sunday” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: The title “Mothering Sunday” might suggest that this would be a good one to take your ol’ mum to see as ‘a nice treat’. Which indeed you might like to do, as long as you set the expectations first! For this … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Eternals” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: I normally like to catch films early in their release, and avoid reading other reviews, so that I can come to my own independent opinion on them. (This sometimes has my feelings about a film wildly at odds with the general consensus, … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Harder They Fall” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: I’ve referred to this as a Tarantino-esque western, but arguably this breed has its origins well before “Django Unchained” and “The Hateful 8“. As an old git, many of the slow-mo violent blood-spattering gun-battles in “The Harder They Fall” … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Green Knight” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: I really wanted to see “The Green Knight” on the big screen, but the movie’s very restricted distribution (ridiculously so) meant that I couldn’t get to it. So it was a small screen watch on Amazon Prime for me. But … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Spencer” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Discordant strings sound as the royal party arrives at Sandringham for Christmas. “Is she here yet” intones the Queen. “No ma’am” her major domo replies. “Then she’s late”. Cut to a soulful choral version of “Perfect Day” as Diana Princess of Wales … Read more