All Of Us Strangers (15): This is a Movie That Will Be “Always On My Mind”.

Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott cuddle in purple light in "All of us Strangers"

A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “All of us Strangers” (2024). Romance? Drama? Ghost Story? Yes – all of the above! “All of us Strangers” is an extraordinary tour-de-force by writer and director Andrew Haigh. An exquisitely made film that systematically destroys your emotions and leaves you wrung out to dry. Bob the Movie … Read more

Saving Private Ryan (15): 25 Years But Still as Visceral as Ever.

Captain Miller wounded and firing at a tank in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan

A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Saving Private Ryan” (1998). Steven Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan” was released in the UK on September 11th 1998. So, just to make me feel horribly old, it is now over 25 years old. But it still packs a punch on the big screen. When I first saw it, … Read more

Enola Holmes 2 (12): The most interesting Moriaty since Andrew Scott.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Enola Holmes 2” (2022). I quite enjoyed the first “Enola Holmes” film, giving it 3.5 stars. And I predicted it’s success would spawn a sequel. And sure enough, here comes “Enola Holmes 2”, currently showing on Netflix. Bob the Movie Man Rating(s): Plot Summary: Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) … Read more

1917 (15): A far from relaxing evening at the movies.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of the epic war film by Sam Mendes – 1917. Visceral and a stressful watch but gets 5/5 from me.

One Mann's Movies Film Review: Denial (2017)

Jewry Trial. It’s the mid-90’s and Deborah Lipstadt (Rachael Weisz, “The Lobster“), an American professor of Holocaust studies at a US university has written a book naming and shaming David Irving (Timothy Spall, “Mr Turner”) as a Nazi-apologist who denies that the Holocaust ever happened. Filing a law suit against Penguin Books and Lipstadt in … Read more