A One Mann’s Movies review of “Belfast” (2022). Bob the Movie Man Rating: A darling of this year’s awards season, “Belfast” is the semi-autobiographical story of writer/director Kenneth Branagh’s early life during ‘The Troubles’. And as a film charting a loss of childhood innocence, it is as near perfect a film as I am likely … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Scream” (2022). Bob the Movie Man Rating: The 5th in the franchise, can “Scream” extract any more entertainment from a well-hacked genre? Well, actually, yes! Plot Summary: Woodsboro California was the real-life setting for the “Stab” series of teen-slasher movies. They featured a deadly killer called “Ghostface” and numbered … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The 355” (2022). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Hollywood seems to have struggled to find a truly winning formula for what I could describe as the ‘kick-ass girl genre’. There have been solo attempts with the (very good) “Atomic Blonde” and the (less good) “Red Sparrow“. And similarly, there’s … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The King’s Man” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: “The King’s Man” is yet another pre-pandemic-advertised film. By my reckoning, we only have “Death on the Nile” and “Top Gun: Maverick” still to come out. But I may have missed some more! Plot Summary: Orlando, Earl of Oxford (Ralph … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Matrix Resurrections” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: After the technical glory days of “The Matrix” in 1999 there were two increasingly dire sequels in 2003. So my hopes were not high for this dredging exercise. But even given those low expectations…. Plot Summary: Neo (Keanu Reeves) is … Read more