Freelance (15): Bad Guys from the Stormtrooper School of Marksmanship.

In Freelance, Mason and Claire are lying on the floor during a shoot out in the palace.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Freelance” (2024). “Freelance”, currently streaming on Prime Video, sets an early bar for the most brainless bit of movie nonsense in 2024. I don’t mind fantasy adventure films… but grounding them even vaguely in common sense is a pre-requisite for me. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: Mason … Read more

The Infernal Machine (15): Guy Pearce carries an intriguing mystery thriller.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Infernal Machine” (2022). The last of my British-Airways-presented catch-up films from my recent trip, “The Infernal Machine” was one that I saw the trailer for, and liked, at Cineworld but which never seemed to arrive! And it’s a movie that I really liked – a complete mind-fuck of … Read more

Boldy Going Back to the Trekverse: The Star Trek Movies Revisited

So, lockdown viewing has led me to boldly return to the Star Trek movies to re-evaluate and rank them all. Set phasars to stun! Just to nail my Trek credentials to the mast. I was a child of the 60’s, so the original series was formative in my love of science fiction. The starship/planet effects … Read more

The Con Is On (2018): A film so atrocious it’s amazing I made it to the end titles.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Con is On” (aka “The Brits are Coming”) (15). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. This is a film so extraordinarily awful that both myself and my wife were transfixed – like rabbits in the movie headlights as disaster approached.  It’s a film that must … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Star Trek – Into Darkness (2013)

(It is almost impossible to give a review of this film without spreading spoilers.   I will be careful:  others may be less so… so I suggest you avoid reviews for a few days if you want to enjoy the film). Star Trek: Into Darkness is the second film in the franchise reboot by the … Read more