A One Mann’s Movies review of “Avatar: The Way of Water” (2022). With a 13 year gap from the original “Avatar” and a reported $250M budget, James Cameron is taking a huge financial gamble on “Avatar: The Way of Water”. But it’s more the bum-numbing running time that will put most people off seeing this … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Violent Night” (2022). The trailer for “Violent Night” painted a movie that was in the “so wrong, it might be right” category*. A Christmas movie aping many famous Christmas action movies. But – sigh – for me, the script didn’t quite live up to the promise. (* By the … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Matilda The Musical” (2022). Whilst I’m sure I’ve seen the 1996 version of “Matilda”, featuring Mara Wilson and Danny DeVito, I don’t readily recall it. And it was long, long ago that I read the Roald Dahl book and I’ve never seen the Tim Minchin musical. So I’m a … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Spirited” (2022). For a few month’s now, I’ve been chuckling at the preview Tiktok videos for the festive musical “Spirited”, featuring Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell. (Examples are here, here and here), The movie was out briefly in cinemas (for the inevitable Oscar song attempt) but is also now … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “She Said” (2022). “She Said” is a movie in the great tradition of films about investigative journalism, so has many similarities with “The Post“, “Spotlight” and (my own personal favourite) “All the President’s Men”. Bob the Movie Man Rating(s): Plot Summary: Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) is a tenacious investigative … Read more