One Mann’s Movies – The Best Films of 2017.

Bob Mann (the movie man) runs through his top 10 films of 2017.

One Mann's Movies Film Review: War for the Planet of the Apes (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

One Mann’s Movies DVD Review: Triple 9 (2016)

The thin and crooked blue line. Triple 9, set in the gun-ridden streets of Atlanta, is surprisingly well executed and at times impressive to look at. But it does leave a rather unpleasant after-taste:  like last year’s Liam Neeson vehicle “Run All Night”, virtually noone in the film has a redeeming feature which makes it … Read more