Movie reviews of Bob Mann

Every last thriller cliché is mined as the story grinds to an unmemorable and very flat conclusion.

A thoughtful period piece, with some great acting performances and well-directed by Mike Newell.

High-class nonsense, well-written, suitably humorous and providing excellent popcorn entertainment.

It’s no doubt a finely crafted film. But I’m honestly not sure it’s a film that gripped me enough...

It’s an interesting watch...

Still as fun as a slightly tacky ghost house ride at the fairground...

This is a must see for sci-fi and horror fans of all ages.

It’s unusual for me to laugh at a comedy so much, but this one I really did.

High-octane game-play and eye-popping 3D that melds a baseline of Avata” with soupçons of Tron, Minority Report and Dan Brown novels.

In a movie landscape that is pretty devoid of good comedy, here is a movie that really did make me laugh out loud.

It’s a great insight into the life and works of the great man. It could though have cut a slightly harder and more critical edge.

An early summer blockbuster actioner that gets two thumbs up from me. What a pleasant surprise!

After a bit of a bumpy start, its a pleasant watch that culminates in a feel-good ending.

A film that most over-50’s will find a pleasant way to spend two hours.

There’s a good ‘post cold war’ spy film in here trying to get out. Unfortunately, it never quite gets both legs over the wall.

It has truly dynamite performances from Allison Janney and Margot Robbie.

A high-energy and uniquely different take on Marvel that absolutely pays off.

This is a really exquisite and gentle film.

A gripping, stressful, but far from flawless watch.

A tense and very well-executed movie that ably demonstrates the British “stiff upper lip” in public and the weak whiskey-soaked psychosis in private...

Witty, intelligent and shocking at different turns.

The underlying concept is a good one: it is just one that has, in my humble opinion, been implemented in a bizarrely slipshod manner.

An impressive watch and older viewers, and anyone interested in American political history will, I think, love it.

Melds Taken, Non-stop, Unstoppable, Strangers on a Train and Spartacus to create a cinematic mess of supreme proportions.