Finding Emily | Film Review (2.5*): Disappointingly, This Rom-Com Didn’t Live Up To It’s Trailer.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Finding Emily”. (2026, 2.5*, 12A). Sometimes a trailer really makes me want to see an upcoming film and this was one of them. But, sadly, although the concept of the film was quite cute, the execution left me underwhelmed. One Mann’s Movies Rating: Plot: Student Union bar-worker Owen (Spike … Read more

Web-shooters at the ready: Revisiting the Spider-Man Movies

I first published this in May 2022. But all of the live-action Spider-Man films are being re-released over the next several weeks so this seems an opportune time to re-publish this post. I went to see Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” (2002) yesterday, and it is REALLY TERRIFIC to see this on a big-screen again with great … Read more

Mean Girls (12A): Noisy Remake Strikes of Trying Too Hard to be Fetch.

Angourie Rice as Cady engaging across a school desk with her crush Aaron (Christopher Briney) in Tina Fey's "Mean Girls" (2024)

A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Mean Girls” (2024). Mark Water’s “Mean Girls” is 20 years old and was a classic of its time. That starred Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams in the roles of Cady Heron and Regina George. It became a firm teen favourite that a generation (my daughters included) fondly look … Read more

Spider-Man: No Way Home (12A): The franchise continues to deliver.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Sorry for the long silence folks: a self-imposed Covid lockdown to protect Christmas has meant it’s been almost a month without cinema trips. There’s a lot to catch up on! Plot Summary: At the end of “Spider-Man: Far From … Read more

Spider-Man – Far From Home (12): Where Marvel goes after the Game Ends.

One Mann’s Movies review of “Spider-Man: Far From Home”. An entertaining summer popcorn muncher, FFFF.