Manofyesterday

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Man of Yesterday
http://manofyesterday.wordpress.com/
This blog is written by the author Robert D. Spake, mostly used for movie, book and board game reviews. It also contains links to his books and interviews he has participated in.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 630 )
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Movie Review – Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Director: Roland Emmerich Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Liam Hemsworth, Jessie T. Usher, Maika Monroe, William Fichtner, Judd Hirsch, Brent Spiner,... Read more
Posted on 24 June 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Gods of Egypt (2016)
Director: Alex Proyas Stars: Gerard Butler, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Brenton Thwaites, Courtney Eaton, Elodie Yung, Chadwick Boseman, Geoffrey Rush Set... Read more
Posted on 23 June 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Hardcore Henry (2016)
Director: Ilya Naishuller Stars: Sharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovsky, Haley Bennett, Tim Roth After waking up in a lab with his wife attaching cybernetic implants... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Midnight Special (2016)
Director: Jeff Nicols Stars: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Ezra Miller, Kirsten Dunst, Jaeden Lieberher A child has special powers and he and his father go... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Eddie the Eagle (2016)
Director: Dexter Fletcher Stars: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman Based on a true story, Eddie the Eagle depicts the journey that Michael ‘Eddie’ Edwards (Egerton)... Read more
Posted on 04 April 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Review – Scribd
Scribd is an e-book service that’s basically Netflix, but for books. It’s not entirely accurate, and I’ll get into that in a minute, but it’s $8. Read more
Posted on 03 April 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Director: Zack Snyder Stars: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Jeremy Irons, Jesse Eisenberg, Laurence Fishburne Earlier this week the reviews... Read more
Posted on 25 March 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
TV Review – Daredevil Season 2 (Spoiler Free)
I don’t usually do reviews of tv shows but when a whole season comes out on one day it’s a bit different. I’m aware that not everyone will have seen all of the... Read more
Posted on 23 March 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Book Review – Ripper by Isabel Allende
The blurb on the back of the book describes the basic outline for the plot, which is that Amanda, a young girl, is part of an online roleplaying game called... Read more
Posted on 19 March 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Getting Back to Reviewing
Some of you may have noticed my absence over the past few weeks, and that’s because I’ve been busy helping get the board game cafe ready for opening. Read more
Posted on 19 March 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Brief Board Game Reviews Part…5ish?
Board in the City opens in two weeks’ time so I’m working my way through all the games we’re going to have in our library. This week I played fifteen, so there’... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Brief Board Game Reviews #3!
At least I think it’s number three…eh I can always edit it later. Hello! Yes, Board in the City are just a few weeks away from opening and we’re going through... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Deadpool (2016)
Director: Tim Miller Stars: Ryan Reynold, Ed Skrein, Morena Baccarin, T. J. Miller, Gina Carano, Stefan Kapicic, Brianna Hildebrand Wade Wilson (Reynolds) is a... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Dad’s Army (2016)
Director: Oliver Parker Stars: Toby Jones, Bill Nighy, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Gambon, Blake Harrison, Tom Courtenay, Daniel Mays, Bill Paterson,... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
Director: Burr Steers Stars: Lily James, Sam Riley, Bella Heathcote, Douglas Booth, Sally Phillips, Charles Dance, Lena Headey, Jack Huston, Matt Smith A classi... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Spotlight (2016)
Director: Tom McCarthy Stars: Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Brian D’Arcy James, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci The Boston Globe ha... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Triple 9 (2016)
Director: John Hillcoat Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Kate Winslet, Aaron Paul, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson, Norman Reedus, Clifton Collins Jr. Read more
Posted on 09 February 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Dirty Grandpa (2016)
Director: Dan Mazer Stars: Zac Efron, Robert De Niro, Zoey Deutch, Aubrey Plaza, Jason Mantzoukas, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Hough After his grandmother died,... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Zoolander 2 (2016)
Director: Ben Stiller Stars: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Penelope Cruz, Kristen Wiig, many celebrity cameos After a catastrophic acciden, Derek... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – The Finest Hours (2016)
Director: Craig Gillespie Stars: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Holliday Grainger, Ben Foster, Eric Bana, Kyle Gallner, Ben Ortiz, John Magaro, Graham McTavish,... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES