Hokum (4*): This Clever Murder/Mystery Meets Witchy-Horror Drives To A Terrific Finale.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Hokum”. (2026, 4*, 15). I see lots and lots of cookie-cutter haunted-house horror films, but not one has yet has started with a 16th-Century conquistador on a search for treasure in the desert of Abu Dhabi! Like, “WTF”!? But this is just the first hint of what’s to come … Read more

Madame Web (12): Timey Wimey Rubbish That Doesn’t Bear Close Scrutiny.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Madame Web” (2024). The latest Marvel – well, it’s from the rather dodgy Sony Marvel strand that includes the likes of “Venom” and “Morbius” – comes “Madame Web”. Now, I know a lot of Marvel fans tend to dump on the female-led movies (“Captain Marvel“, “WW:1984” and “The Marvels” … Read more