A One Mann’s Movies review of “If Beale Street Could Talk” (2019). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. The baby asked,‘Is there not one righteous among them?”― James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk Beale Street refers to the jumpin’ heart of Memphis where Louis Armstrong was born. As explained in text from … Read more
Another award milestone in the run up to “the big one”. The Screen Actor’s Guild awards were held in LA last night. The SAG’s are given by the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists(SAG-AFTRA) to recognise outstanding performances in film and prime time television. The Golden Globes are a better judge normally as … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Life Itself” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. Not the documentary of the same name from 2014 about the critic Rogert Ebert. This is an Amazon Studios/Sky Cinema Original Film (trying to follow where Netflix is boldly going), and as such it only had a very limited … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Mary Queen of Scots” (2019). It’s an unbelievably turbulent story, but as it’s a true story the late 1500’s were clearly turbulent times. I mean, there weren’t even any Starbucks. Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. The plot. After a brief Fotheringay flash-forward (#spoilers!) it’s 1561 and … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Instant Family” (2019). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: (The good news is that I’ve decided to bring back my half stars – hoorah! Man, I’ve missed you.) Certification: UK: 12; US: PG-13. The Plot Pete (Mark Wahlberg) and Ellie (Rose Byrne) are focused and business-oriented home designers. They’ve talked about having … Read more