Nightmare Alley (15): The Greatest Showman’s Big Sleep.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Nightmare Alley” (2022). Another new movie that should be getting some Oscar attention: Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley”: the remake of a 1947 film…
Parallel Mothers (15): Why this Almodóvar is a like ‘Bilk’.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Parallel Mothers” (Madres Paralelas) (2022). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Penélope Cruz has appeared in 7 of Pedro Almodovar’s last 11 films. So the…
A Journal For Jordan (12A): Adams and Jordan sizzle but the story sees paint dry.
#onemannsmovies review of "A Journal For Jordan" (2022). Overlong Denzel Washington-directed love story makes this a bit dull. 3/5.
Belfast (12A): Branagh looks back and it’s an absolute delight.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Belfast” (2022). Bob the Movie Man Rating: A darling of this year’s awards season, “Belfast” is the semi-autobiographical story of writer/director Kenneth Branagh’s early…
Scream (18): The self-mocking ‘re-quel’ is a blast.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Scream” (2022). Bob the Movie Man Rating: The 5th in the franchise, can “Scream” extract any more entertainment from a well-hacked genre? Well, actually,…
The 355 (12A): Girlz Spies Rule; Boyz Spies Drool.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The 355” (2022). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Hollywood seems to have struggled to find a truly winning formula for what I could describe…
The King’s Man (15): What Forrest Gump did in WW1.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The King’s Man” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: “The King’s Man” is yet another pre-pandemic-advertised film. By my reckoning, we only have “Death…
The Matrix Resurrections (15): Best. Left. Dead.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Matrix Resurrections” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: After the technical glory days of “The Matrix” in 1999 there were two increasingly dire…
Don’t Look Up (15): Why parody someone when you can parody a whole country?
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Don’t Look Up” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: I’m a fan of Adam McKay’s caustically satirical movies, with “The Big Short” (2015) and…
West Side Story (12A): A star is born with Rachel Zegler.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “West Side Story” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Spielberg directing a musical remake of the 1961 classic “West Side Story”? Of course, there…