Ridley Scott

“Flickering Dreams” Ep. 18: Review of Across the Spiderverse; War Pony; The Boogeyman; The Covenant; The Machine; My Fault; Blood & Gold and the films of Ridley Scott..

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In Episode 18 of Flickering Dreams I’m joined by Andy Godfrey of Sorted Magazine and Konnect Radio, Emma Sewell of Emma@TheMovies on Twitter and Scott Forbes of the Forbes Film & TV Reviews (https://www.facebook.com/theforbesfilmreview). In this episode Bob, Scott, Emma and Andy review the following films: And in the next part of our regular feature, … Read more

House of Gucci (15): An Accent-uated study of family strife.

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A One Mann’s Movies review of “House of Gucci” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: As I’m on holiday at the moment in Portugal, this was seen as “Casa de Gucci”. But the soundtrack was English with Portuguese subtitles. At least, I *think* it was English! Plot Summary: Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) is a secretary … Read more

The Last Duel (18): Three nuanced perspectives on a winter’s tale.

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A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Last Duel” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: In Ridley Scott’s new movie “The Last Duel” we are in the late 14th century in France. And – apart from in one scene – it appears to be perpetual winter! Plot Summary: Widowed Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon) is … Read more

All the Money in the World (15): The old Spacey/Plummer switcheroo.

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A One Mann’s Movies review of “All the Money in the World” (2017). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. The big talking point of this Ridley Scott film is not of course the film itself but the fact that the disgraced Kevin Spacey (“Baby Driver“) was ‘airbrushed’ out of the movie, replaced … Read more

One Mann's Movies Film Review: Blade Runner 2049 (2017).

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A stunning visual triumph. I was a sufficient nerd to buy a “Back to the Future” T-shirt to celebrate “future day” from “Back to the Future 2” two-years ago, and I will probably be a sufficient nerd to buy a “Blade Runner” T-shirt in two-years time to celebrate the setting-date for the original film. One … Read more