Presence (3*): A Ghost-Eye-View of a Slowly Fragmenting Family.
One Mann’s Movies FIlm Review of “Presence”. ‘BE’ the ghost in Stephen Soderburgh’s clever (if not wholly successful) spooky experiment. 3/5.
Andy Godfrey
Blue Beetle (12A): Superhero movies get the Latin American treatment.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Blue Beetle” (2023). In my BBC Radio Solent film review slot with Lucy Ambache I dismissed this with a “who needs another superhero movie” comment. But at the start of this one, I was wondering if I’d need to eat my words. Because it did deliver something a bit … Read more
Out of Blue (15): Strangely Unsettling Murder Mystery from Carol Morley.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Out of Blue” (2018). My thanks to my #flickeringdreams colleague the Reverend Andy Godfrey for putting me onto this one. He saw “Out of Blue” at a BFI retrospective season of the work of director Carol Morley and likened it to the recent “To Catch a Killer” that I … Read more
Love Again (12): A Rom-Com but without the Com.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Love Again” (2023). I’m late to the game on this rom-com, but I went in with the words of my “Flickering Dreams” podcast colleague Andy Godfrey ringing in my ears. He had declared it the “worst film of the year so far” and had an entertaining rant about it! … Read more
The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan (15): Of diamond McGuffins and dodgy dealing in 1627.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan” (2023). “The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan” is the first of a two part film, actually filmed back-to-back, that is a retelling of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel set in and around the court of Louis XIII of France in 1627. And, it’s actually pretty good. The … Read more