Book Review: Box Office Poison: Hollywood’s Story in a Century of Flops (4*).
One Mann’s Movies Book Review of Box Office Poison by Tim Robey. Over a hundred years of movie flops reviewed. 4/5.
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The Irish Film Festival – London Showcases The Best Of Irish Cinema.
This Wednesday (13th November 2024) sees the start of “The Irish Film Festival” in London. This runs through until next Sunday. There looks to be a good selection of films to go to see, most happening at the Vue West End and the Vue Piccadilly. As Sophie Toumazis writes… === “Irish cinema has been booming, … Read more
Web-shooters at the ready: Revisiting the Spider-Man Movies
I first published this in May 2022. But all of the live-action Spider-Man films are being re-released over the next several weeks so this seems an opportune time to re-publish this post. I went to see Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” (2002) yesterday, and it is REALLY TERRIFIC to see this on a big-screen again with great … Read more
My RIDICULOUSLY early Oscar Predictions for 2025!
Last year (see here) as part of our Flickering Dreams podcast show we had a fun game with our Oscar Predictions: trying to predict, almost a year ahead, which films would be nominated as the Ten “Best Films” at the Oscars. So, it’s that time again and my friend and colleague Scott Forbes has thrown … Read more
Flickering Dreams podcast: Reviews of Cabrini, Irish Wish & Drive Away Dolls (20/03/2024)
Featuring:– Dr Bob Mann from One Mann’s Movies & film reviewer on BBC Radio Solent;– Scott Forbes from The Forbes Film and TV Review on Facebook;– Emma Sewell from Emma@The Movies; and– The Reverend Andy Godfrey from Konnect Radio and Sorted Magazine. We’ve changed the format of Flickering Dreams to break the recordings into different episodes for different films. So in this … Read more