No Time to Die (12A): Premium Bond with Craig bowing out in emotional style.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “No Time to Die” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: What a wait it’s been for Bond 25! But Daniel Craig’s last outing as Bond is finally here and I thought it was great! It has all the elements of Bond… but perhaps not as we traditionally know it. … Read more

1917 (15): A far from relaxing evening at the movies.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of the epic war film by Sam Mendes – 1917. Visceral and a stressful watch but gets 5/5 from me.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Bridge of Spies (2015)

There are combinations of film makers that make you confident, as you pay your ticket price, that you are not going to be terribly disappointed:  Steven Spielberg directing; Tom Hanks taking the lead; Janusz Kaminski behind the camera; Michael Kahn editing and a Coen brothers script (with Matt Charmon (Suite Française)).  And Bridge of Spies … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Spectre (2015)

Spectre is premium Bond. But it’s not quite the perfect film that the hype of the 5* reviews might suggest. We learn a few new things: some more of the back history of Bond; that switches in Bond cars don’t always work the way you expect; and that Ralph Fiennes really can’t run very elegantly! … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel was a surprise hit in 2012, leveraging the “oldies” out of their armchairs and into the cinemas in droves: the film returned around 15 times its modest $10M budget. Now three years later comes the sequel – the amusingly titled “Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”, and its much of the … Read more