Thunder Force (12): Getting the crabs is never a laugh.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Thunder Force” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: The world has been irradiated and psychopaths have been transformed into super-villains – “miscreants” – wreaking havoc in the world. When the parents of Emily Stanton (Octavia Spencer) get killed by a miscreant, she makes it her life’s mission … Read more

Nomadland (12): Don’t exit with your sailboat still in your driveway.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Nomadland” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: “Nomadland” sees a widowed and depressed Fern (Frances McDormand) take what she needs from her lockup garage and head out on the road in her beat-up converted camper-van. Taking work wherever she can get it, she joins and befriends a … Read more

Stowaway (12): Bland and forgettable sci-fi fare.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Stowaway” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: In “Stowaway”, three astronauts – Commander Marina Bartlett (Toni Collette), doctor and scientist Zoe Levensen (Anna Kendrick) and scientist David Kim (Daniel Dae Kim) – have left earth on a mission to Mars. Bartlett is a bit surprised when she … Read more

Peaks and Valleys (NR): Two Strangers forced to over-winter in the Alaskan wilderness.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Peaks and Valleys” (2020). Bob the Movie Man Rating: How to watch it: “Peaks and Valleys” is available to rent on Amazon Prime. Here is the link in the UK, and the link in the US. A long road to civilization. The Alaskan wilderness looking fabulous. (Source: 1964 Motion … Read more

Minari (12): A Korean Hillybilly Elegy that hits all the right notes.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Minari” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: In “Minari”, a struggling Korean immigrant family – the Yi’s led by Jacob (Steven Yeun) and Monica (Yeri Han) – leave California for Arkansas farmland to seek a better life. While employed sexing chicks at a factory, Jacob dreams of … Read more