A One Mann’s Movies review of “A Haunting in Venice” (2023). I’ve been on holiday for a few weeks, so have some catching up to do at the cinema. But I thought I’d start with “A Haunting in Venice”, out today and the latest Kenneth Branagh/Poirot mystery. I’d been looking forward to this one, since … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “See How They Run” (2022). Being a big fan of “Knives Out“, I was looking forward to “See How They Run” as a comedy whodunnit. But ultimately, I came out disappointed from this one. It’s “OK”… but I thought that it was no better than “OK”. Bob the Movie … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Death on the Nile” (2022). Kenneth Branagh might not have done his Best Director odds for “Belfast” much good by (finally) releasing “Death on the Nile” during the Oscar season. Because, while exotic and escapist, it’s also a bit of a clunky old potboiler. This review will be spoiler-free. … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Bad Times at the El Royale” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. Imagine a mĂ©nage Ă trois of Agatha Christie, Alfred Hitchcock and Quentin Tarantino at the Overlook Hotel with a banging 60’s soundtrack. Got that unpleasant vision in your mind? Good! You’re halfway there … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Searching” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 12; US: PG-13. There have been many movies that have featured computing and, more specifically, social media at their heart. Some these have used the device of the view “from the screen”: 2016’s entertaining “Nerve” had elements of this, with the … Read more