Movie reviews of Bob Mann

Rian Johnson here pulls off a neat trick with the script which is brilliantly twisty and turny and 100% entertaining. Review

There were a total of two laughs in the movie for me. Period. Review

It really is a tremendously fun movie, with some genuinely laugh-out-loud moments mixed in with edge-of-your-seat action and some heart-rending moments. Review

For me, personally, I am clearly still 17 on the inside! I loved it. Not only do I think it a good comedy. It is also a feel-good movie about best friends; a coming of age lesbian adventure; and a film that treats the multi-coloured spectrum of modern sexual variety as something entirely normal and to be celebrated. Review

It’s not bloody Shakespeare, but I found it – warts and all – an enjoyable night out at the movies. Review

What a shame. With a different script, and some good production values, this could have been a very different story. Review

Dark and brooding, with a slow-burn start, this is a proper drama that might make action superhero fans fidgety. Review

I liked this movie, but did I like it enough to rush and see it again? No, not really. Worth seeing though to appreciate the odds-on favourite (surely!) for the Best Actress Oscar of this year. Review

The cast is excellent and the episodes although inherently disjointed are good enough to sufficiently entertain throughout. It’s not a great horror film in my book – I actually enjoyed Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark far more – but worth a watch. Review

I think it’s worth seeing on the big screen just for its visual beauty and Pitt’s performance. And as a major block-buster sci-fi film I enjoyed it to a degree. But for me it had just so many irritations that it failed to live up to my high expectations. A great shame and a frustrating disappointment. Review

This is a feelgood film about a tough subject. The ending of the film pulls off the trick of being both devastating and uplifting at the same time. Review

Even if you have never seen an episode, it is easy to pick up and the quality of the production is so impressive I don’t think you will be disappointed. Review

It’s summer popcorn nonsense, but its well done popcorn nonsense. Probably not a film high on my list of films I want to see again, but as an entertainment vehicle it was not too shabby. Review

The young cast perform well. They are given enough back-story and personality by the script to make you care about their fate. Review

It’s CERTAINLY no Jaws. It’s not even a Deep Blue Sea. But it’s mildly entertaining nonetheless. Review

It’s all crushingly mediocre, and if I can remember any of it after three months, I’ll be very unlucky indeed! Review

The film occasionally makes you cringe, with some dreadfully (and deliberately) naff songs, but I enjoyed it and for the right audience (kids 8 to 12) I think they’ll have a blast. Review

This feels like a slightly flawed masterpiece. Tarantino’s Mona Lisa with a few accidental smudges. Review

If you loved Alfonso Cuarón's Roma, I think you’ll also love this. This is a movie that has stuck with me since I saw it. Review

For me, the word that keeps floating to the top of these live action remakes is “pointless”. I can’t say I was horrified by this one, because I wasn’t. It was majestic, entertaining, technically superb and certainly had its moments. Review

It’s a masterpiece, and cements itself firmly in my films of the year list. Review

It’s a heady mix of criminality, justice, revenge and atonement... Review

Made by Sophie Hyde it’s an interesting and well made film. As such, I don’t want to give it a savage rating. Many may enjoy it. I personally didn’t... Review

This is a great summer popcorn movie, enormously entertaining, helped along by a superb soundtrack by Michael Giacchino. Review