A One Mann’s Movies review of “Don’t Look Up” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: I’m a fan of Adam McKay’s caustically satirical movies, with “The Big Short” (2015) and “Vice” (2018) being movies I can watch multiple times. But with “Don’t Look Up” I was really starting to wonder where he was going…. Plot … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “West Side Story” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Spielberg directing a musical remake of the 1961 classic “West Side Story”? Of course, there was that Buzby Berkeley opening number to “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. But that’s really about it. It’s certainly a significant deviation from … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “tick, tick… BOOM!” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: “Tick, tick, BOOM!” has been out of Netflix for weeks now, and I’ve kept thinking….. “nah”. But, boy oh boy, is this an excellent and engrossing movie. A dark horse for an Oscar best picture perhaps? Plot Summary: Telling the … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Home Sweet Home Alone” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Last year I put together this listing of my favourite Christmas films of all time, and the original “Home Alone”, directed by Chris Columbus, was top of that list. “Home Alone 2” came close to matching it, but then … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Red Notice” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Not to be confused with the dire Sky Movies offering “SAS: Red Notice“, this Netflix hit is glossy escapist nonsense that nonetheless entertains. Plot Summary: Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds) is a notorious art thief on the trail of Cleopatra’s Eggs: three … Read more