Movie reviews of Bob Mann

This is one I’m going to have to try and watch again when my head is a bit clearer. It was a blast for me, but not quite, as yet, the 5* ‘Best Film of the Year’ that others have gushed to me about. Perhaps I was not quite feeling it. Review

I’m afraid it just didn’t work for me and I found myself bored and disinterested with it. Review

Although not saying much, this is one of the most fun movie versions of a video game that I’ve watched. I found it great fun. But that might say more about me than you! Review

This was a treat of a film in the end, but in the beginning I wasn’t quite so sure... Review

Anchoring all of the drama are three superb performances from the lead actresses – Aïssa Maïga, Laetitia Ky and Debora Lobe Naney. Review

Unlike many, I was not particularly won over by Call Me By Your Name, which Enzo strongly reminded me of. But – and perhaps because I was more in the right mindset for this one – I enjoyed this film much more. Review

This is a tricky one to rate, since on the one hand I thought it was, in parts, brilliant and I suspect that images from it will keep coming back into my head for months to come. But at the same time, it was overly hard work as a viewer to make head or tail of it. Review

Sure, it’s another two hours of gentle inoffensive ups and downs where very little happens, but it is spiked with some engaging new characters and cheeky dialogue. Review

A well-crafted film that tackles a tricky and dark subject. As such, it’s one where the film-making impressed me, but it wasn’t a particularly easy or enjoyable watch. Review

Whole bunch of hokum, but this is undeniably entertaining hokum that – much to my surprise – I thoroughly enjoyed and would sit through again! Review

This really is a pretty strong ensemble cast. But heading up the story is the developing relationship between Raymond Garraty #47 (Cooper Hoffman) and Peter McVries #23 (David Jonsson) and both actors knock it out of the park. Review

The film does not live up to the page-turning qualities of the book and at a lengthy 149 minutes, its a bit of a slog. Review

The two central performances by Ghjuvanna Benedetti and Pierre-Paul Savelli are exceptionally strong. Review

Yet another case of more is less, the film mixes a random smorgasbord of horror staples with dull and tedious family discussion to create an overlong mess of a movie. Review

Fans of the first film should also enjoy this one. I did. However, given that it is really nothing special, I have a nagging feeling that I might have been a tad over-generous with my rating on this one! Review

The film really sets itself up for this. But my pithy summary for this film is: Honey, Don’t Bother. Review

The story is nothing new: an ordinary guy caught up in dirty business just by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. But this one is done with such verve and panache that I was swept up in it and had probably the most FUN that I’ve had in the cinema in 2025 with this one. Review

I don’t think anything can top the 1989 original for acidity and pure black comedy. But if you carve that out of your mind and go into this as a new, separate, screwball comedy then I think you will have a good time. Review

Innovation requires reward, and this story, and its execution by Michael Shanks, is something really special. Well worth your time and attention if you are a horror fan. Review

For me, this was at least three films stuffed into one, with none of them done optimally. Review

It’s a film, in the disguise of an over-arching romantic drama, that neatly analyses our connection to past events and – particularly – the places where those events actually happened. I commend it to the House. Review

If you enjoyed the book, then get yourself along to a cinema showing this, if you are lucky enough to have one near you. It’s not perfect. But as an antidote to the current worldwide news cycle, it’s a good way to spend a couple of hours and buck up your spirits. Review

It’s pure fantasy, a glitter-drenched fever-dream, powered by a magnificent score and unapologetic theatricality. Review

This would strike me as a film worthy of a SAG ensemble cast nomination, since whilst many of the roles are quite small, they are all really nicely done. Review