A One Mann’s Movies review of “They Shall Not Grow Old” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. “Trapped in a Charlie Chaplin World”. So says director Peter Jackson in a post-screening discussion with Mark Kermode, describing early black and white documentary footage. Whereas modern film runs at 24 fps, most of … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Widows” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. The Plot If you are considering “inheritence planning” there are probably a number of things you might be toying with: what happens to your house; how to best transfer your investments; who gets the dog; etc. But probably … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Slaughterhouse Rulez” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. The Plot Meredith Houseman (Simon Pegg) is housemaster of Sparta house in Slaughterhouse school: an ancient public school establishment steering England’s future greats to greatness (which probably explains a lot about the current Brexit mess!). Houseman is … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Bohemian Rhapsody” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 12; US: PG-13. Sometimes a trailer generates a bit of a buzz of excitement with a cinema audience and the first showings of the trailer for “Bohemian Rhapsody” was a case in point. But would the film live up to … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Halloween” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 18; US: R. A blood-soaked history. There’s such a familiarity with the content of these films that it’s difficult to put yourself back in 1978 for Jamie Lee Curtis‘s original battle with Michael Myers when the teen-slasher genre was in its … Read more