Adrift (12): “Hurricane Raymond has been upgraded to a category 5”.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Adrift” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 12; US: PG-13. “Should we be worried” says Tami.  Well, yes dear, you really should. In the glorious surroundings of Tahiti, the American footloose traveller Tami Oldham (Shailene Woodley, “Divergent trilogy“, “The Descendents) meets British footloose traveller Richard Sharp (Sam Claflin, … Read more

Journey’s End (12): A century on, a timely reminder of the futility of trench warfare.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Journey’s End” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: “Journey’s End” makes for a claustrophobic and tense movie experience. It’s quite clearly a film adaptation of a stage play, but it’s a surprise (to me at least) that the stage play – penned by R.C. Sherriff – dates back … Read more

One Mann's Movies Film Review: Their Finest (2017).

Keep Calm and Carry on Writing. In a well-mined category, “Their Finest” is a World War 2 comedy/drama telling a tale I haven’t seen told before: the story behind the British Ministry of Information and their drive to produce propaganda films that support morale and promote positive messages in a time of national crisis. For … Read more

One Mann's Movies DVD Review: Me Before You (2016)

“You are scored on my heart Clark” “Me Before You” is a bit of a queer fish of a movie. It never quite decides whether it wants to be a romantic weepy, a drama, or a rom-com and as such ends up rather falling between all three stools. Emelia Clarke (“Game of Thrones”, “Terminator: Genesys”) … Read more