A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Little Mermaid” (2023). My disdain for the Mouse company in repeatedly raping and pillaging their animated classics to produce often tawdry live-action remakes is well known. (I described “The Lion King” as “gorgeously pointless”). And the gestation of this one has not been without controversy with the casting … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Maybe I Do” (2023). New on Amazon Prime is “Maybe I Do”, which boasts a surprisingly starry cast. Unfortunately, a starry cast does not guarantee a good film, and I found this a dispiriting affair (no pun intended!). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: We start the film … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Fast X” (2023). I’ve not been a long-term fan of the Fast and the Furious series, and still haven’t watched the majority of them. But, by now, regular readers will know that I tend to take a dim view of movies that stretch the bounds of credibility beyond breaking … Read more
In Episode 16 of Flickering Dreams I’m joined by Andy Godfrey of Sorted Magazine and Konnect Radio, Scott Forbes of the Forbes Film & TV Reviews (https://www.facebook.com/theforbesfilmreview) and a new recruite – Emma Sewell of Emma@The Movies (https://twitter.com/EmmaAtTheMovies) . In this episode Bob, Scott, Emma and Andy review the following films: As always, this and … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Sisu” (2023). “Sisu”, claims an opening title, is an untranslatable Finnish word meaning having “courage, resilience, determination and inner strength”. This article states that it comes from the Finnish word for guts, and there are plenty of those on display here. Since this is an extremely gory film that Quentin Tarantino’s … Read more