A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Duke” (2022). Roger Michell, the great director of – amongst others – “Notting Hill”, “Enduring Love” and “My Cousin Rachel” died in September of last year. “The Duke” was his last feature film (a documentary on Queen Elizabeth’s reign is in post-production). And what a lovely epitaph of … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Power of the Dog” (2021). I’ve been late to the party in watching the Netflix movie “The Power of the Dog”: partly due to me catching up on my post-Covid-lockdown cinema-going and partly because… frankly… it really didn’t much appeal to me. The only clip I saw was … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Censor” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: What Enid is trying to judge. What’s acceptable to enter homes on VHS (though I was always a Betamax guy). (Source: Vertigo Releasing). Plot Summary: It’s the early 1980’s in the UK*. Enid Baines (Niamh Algar) is a censor working for the … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Suicide Squad” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: What a difference a “The” makes! The original “Suicide Squad” from 2016 was a botched and lacklustre affair, getting just 2.5 stars from me. James Gunn’s semi-reboot is hyper-violent, overlong, totally ludicrous but a whole bunch of fun. One of … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Stillwater” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: A degree of controversy surrounds “Stillwater” since director Tom McCarthy has admitted that inspiration for the movie came from the murder trial, imprisonment and then release of the accused American Amanda Knox. Knox recently made a dramatic tweet objecting to the film … Read more