A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Last Duel” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: In Ridley Scott’s new movie “The Last Duel” we are in the late 14th century in France. And – apart from in one scene – it appears to be perpetual winter! Plot Summary: Widowed Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon) is … Read more
They used to say about the early cars of Henry Ford that “you can have any colour you like, as long as it’s black”. As a cinephile, this phrase comes to mind as I scan the listings for my local cinemas for October movies: “You can have any film you like, as long as it’s … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Respect” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: What with holidays and Bond, it’s taken me a few weeks to get to see this Aretha Franklin biopic. But I finally caught it this week. Arriving at the New York record companies. Aretha (Jennifer Hudson) with her controlling father (Forest Whitaker). … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Many Saints of Newark” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: With Bond showing on virtually every screen of my local Cineworld, there were few other choices for movies to go see this week. So even though I’ve never seen “The Sopranos” TV series, I decided to give this … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “No Time to Die” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: What a wait it’s been for Bond 25! But Daniel Craig’s last outing as Bond is finally here and I thought it was great! It has all the elements of Bond… but perhaps not as we traditionally know it. … Read more