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bob-the-movie-man-film-reviews · 3 months

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Hamlet (2024) (15): Glittering McKellen in a Quirky but Exquisite Age-Blind Version.

Hamlet (2024) (15): Glittering McKellen in a Quirky but Exquisite Age-Blind Version. 5/5.

A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Hamlet” (2024). The Covid lockdown in 2020 did a lot of damage to the performing arts in the UK, but none more so than to theatres. One of the productions severely disrupted was Sean Mathias’s “Hamlet” at the Theatre Royal Windsor and acknowledgement of this is recognised in the opening titles for this quirky film version of the play. Unlike the illustrious…

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Mean Girls (12A): Noisy Remake Strikes of Trying Too Hard to be Fetch.

#OneMannsMovies #filmreview of "Mean Girls" (2024). #MeanGirls. Uneven and frenetic remake that doesn't bear comparison with the classic original. 3/5.

A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Mean Girls” (2024). Mark Water’s “Mean Girls” is 20 years old and was a classic of its time. That starred Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams in the roles of Cady Heron and Regina George. It became a firm teen favourite that a generation (my daughters included) fondly look back on. Despite all its frantic efforts to please, I really can’t see this Mean Girls…

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bob-the-movie-man-film-reviews · 4 months

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Anyone But You (15): It's Shakespeare, but not as you know it.

Anyone But You. #AnyoneButYou. A loose Rom-Com adaption of Shakespeare's classic: ``Much Ado About Nothing``. Join Bea, Ben, Halle, and Claudia and find out what happens!

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Anyone But You” (2023). Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” has been filmed many times for TV and (most notably) for the cinema in Kenneth Branagh’s 1993 movie. It also got a more modern treatment in “Messina High” in 2015. Here in “Anyone But You” we go full Rom-Com for what I think scholars will probably agree to be a “lose interpretation” of Shakespeare’s…

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bob-the-movie-man-film-reviews · 4 months

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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (PG): Aardman does Mission Impossible.

#onemannsmovies #filmreview of "#ChickenRun: Dawn of the Nugget" on #netflix. Fun animated capers that make for a good family film. 3.5/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” (2023). Regular followers of this blog should know that stop-motion animation is not an art-form that I particularly appreciate. No, that’s not fair. I do APPRECIATE it, for being a painstaking technical process that creates an impressive moving image on the screen. But I find it difficult to get deeply involved in these types of…

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bob-the-movie-man-film-reviews · 4 months

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One Life (PG): Hopkins, Bonham-Carter and Flynn Glitter in a Moving Biopic.

#onemannsmovies #filmreview of "One Life". #OneLifeMovie. Moving and educational biopic about a real-life hero with a brilliant Hopkins. 4/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “One Life” (2023). “One Life” has been doing the film festival circuit, but I missed it at the London Film Festival. But although it’s not officially released until January 1st, I saw it at a Cineworld Unlimited preview screening this week. It’s excellent, and I’ll be paying a second visit in the New Year with the illustrious Mrs Movie Man. Bob the Movie Man…

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The End We Start From (15): A Wonderful Cast Brings Life to a Soggy Apocalypse.

#OneMannsMovies #film review of "The End We Start From". #TheEndWeStartFrom. A soggy apocalype with a great cast, led by the peerless Jodie Comer. 4/5.

A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The End We Start From” (2024). I’ve commented in recent reviews about the sad demise of some of our acting legends, with the passing of the likes of the great Dames Diana Rigg and Glenda Jackson. But the shoots of a future British movie acting legend are there for all to see in the films of Jodie Comer. For she has greatly impressed me in all of her recent…

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bob-the-movie-man-film-reviews · 6 months

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The Marvels (12): A Marvel that cat-lovers in particular will enjoy.

#onemannsmovies #filmreview of "The Marvels". #TheMarvels. Frenetic, funny Marvel film that sometimes loses the plot. 3.5/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Marvels” (2023). “The Marvels” seems to have crept into cinemas with relatively little fanfare for a $250 million film. As if Marvel seem a bit embarrassed about it and have already filed it in the “failure” bucket. But this feels more than premature, since the characters here have a lot of appeal, particularly with the proportion of the audience that can…

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bob-the-movie-man-film-reviews · 4 months

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Society of the Snow (15): "This is a place where living is impossible".

#OneMannsMovies #filmreview of J.A. Bayona's "Society of the Snow". #SocietyoftheSnow. An incredible true story, brilliantly told. 4.5/5.

A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Society of the Snow” (2024). J.A. Bayona has delivered some cracking films over the years. 2012’s “The Impossible” was the definitive movie of the 2004 Tsunami disaster and 2016’s “A Monster Calls”, another very personal disaster movie in a way, was a masterpiece that made my No. 2 in my Films of the Year list. His latest, “Society of the Snow”, is another…

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Freelance (15): Bad Guys from the Stormtrooper School of Marksmanship.

#onemannsmovies #filmreview of "Freelance". #FreelanceMovie. Latin American hocum with John Cena and Alison Brie. 2/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Freelance” (2023). “Freelance”, currently streaming on Prime Video, sets an early bar for the most brainless bit of movie nonsense in 2024. I don’t mind fantasy adventure films… but grounding them even vaguely in common sense is a pre-requisite for me. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: Mason Pettits (John Cena) is unhappy in his life. He is ex-special…

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Ferrari (15): Enzo Juggling with Debt and Frenetic Parallel Lives.

#onemannsmovies #filmreview of "Ferrari". #FerrariMovie. A much better movie than other critics led me to believe. Enjoyed this. 4/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Ferrari” (2023). This was my last cinema trip in 2023. Given the ‘ho-hum’ reviews about Uncle Michael’s new film*, I was in a bit of trepidation about going to see “Ferrari”. But I actually found it a really solid watch. It’s a bit like John Frankenheimer’s motor-racing epic “Grand Prix” from 1966…. a bit of action mixed with some heavy doses of melodrama. But…

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bob-the-movie-man-film-reviews · 5 months

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The Three Musketeers: Milady (12): A bodice-ripping Eva Green lights up this swashbuckler.

#onemannsmovies #filmreview of "The Three Musketeers: Milady". #Thethreemusketeersmilady. Swashbuckling, bodice-ripping action! 4/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Three Musketeers: Milady” (2023). Out now, “Milady” is the sequel to “The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan” which came out in April. Both movies were filmed back-to-back over 150 days from August 2021 to June 2022 with an average budget of $39 million each. Will they make their money back? Well, the first film has to date only made $32 million back so far and, from…

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Family Switch (PG): Bland Freaky Christmas Mash-up Feels Pointless.

#onemannsmovies #filmreview of "Family Switch" on #netflix. #FamilySwitch. Bland, warmed over 'Freaky Christmas' with few smiles. 2.5/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Family Switch” (2023). Sigh…. While Disney’s “Freaky Friday” (with Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster) in 1976 was fresh and original, this is a genre that has really been done to death. “Family Switch” has some moments of good humour, but overall feels like a lazy retelling of the same old schtick. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: The Walker family – Bill…

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Best. Christmas. Ever! (PG): Worst. Christmas Film. Ever?

#onemannsmovies #filmreview of "Best. Christmas. Ever!" on #netflix. #BestChristmasEver. Awful schmaltzy garbage. Avoid! 1/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Best. Christmas. Ever!” (2023). Against my better judgement (it’s still November for Heaven’s sake!), for the next edition of the Flickering Dreams podcast we’ve agreed to review the new set of Christmas films on streaming services. So, I have four Christmas-themed films to watch starting with “Best. Christmas. Ever!” on Netflix. Things have not got off to a…

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Thanksgiving (18): Carving up a slashing treat.

#onemannsmovies #filmreview of "Thanksgiving". #ThanksgivingMovie. A fun, gory, slasher-horror that ticks all the right boxes. 4/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Thanksgiving” (2023). There is virtually nothing novel about Eli Roth’s “Thanksgiving”. We are firmly in teen-slasher territory, with a masked figure terrorising the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts. But, that being said, there’s a certain exhuberant energy behind the mayhem that makes the whole thing far more entertaining than most recent horror offerings. Bob the…

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bob-the-movie-man-film-reviews · 6 months

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Paint (12): Sex, Oils and Mount Mansfield.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Paint” (2023). In my eyes, Owen Wilson always seems to play himself in movies. But here, despite the character’s name, he most definitely plays someone else…. someone beloved of bored Covid-lockdown painters like me! Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: Carl Nargle (Owen Wilson) has been the star of “Paint with Carl Nargle” on PBS Burlington for decades. On…

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bob-the-movie-man-film-reviews · 7 months

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Maggie Moore(s) (15): Highly enjoyable small-town cop thriller.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Maggie Moore(s)” (2023). I’ve found Jon Hamm’s movies to be a bit of a game of Russian Roulette. For every “Bad Times at the El Royale” or “Baby Driver” there’s been a “Confess, Fletch“ or “Wild Mountain Thyme”. “Maggie Moore(s)” proves to be a quirky and engaging film on the positive side of the Hamm balance. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: Jordan…

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