A One Mann’s Movies review of “Anaconda” (2025, 3*, 12A). Stories involving man tackling a giant snake have been covered in film and TV many times, from 1954’s “Anaconda” to Johnny Weissmuller wrestling various reptiles as Tarzan (such as in 1958’s “Tarzan’s Fight for Life”). But in modern times, the titular snake has most famously … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Your Place or Mine” (2023). Sorry, but as a signed up member of the apostrophe police, I sooooo want to stick a question mark on the end of that title! So zero stars for punctuation, but “Your Place or Mine” doesn’t score much better overall. Bob the Movie Man … Read more
Bob Mann (the movie man) runs through his top 10 films of 2017.
Putting the “ape” in “The Great Esc-ape”. 2011’s “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” was the one of the big movie surprises for me of that year. With staggeringly good mo-cap for the apes and a touching and memorable story it was (or would have been) a 5-Fad classic. 2014’s “Dawn of the Planet … Read more