Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (12): Tedium in a big green screen.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” (2023). It says something about the current malaise of the Marvel films that, in prepping to go and see Quantumania, I really struggled to remember anything that happened in “Ant Man and the Wasp“. Even more telling was that when I considered watching it … Read more

The French Dispatch (15): So many 5* moments, but the pudding is over-egged.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The French Dispatch” (2021). (Full title “The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun“). As another viewing on my recent trans-Atlantic plane ride, I caught up with Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch”: a movie I managed to miss due to one of my (many!) Covid infections. All of … Read more

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (15): Nostalgia alone doesn’t make a great film.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: On our return home from seeing this Ghostbusters sequel, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife”, the illustrious Mrs Movie Man and I realised that none of our grown-up kids was alive when the original Ivan Reitman film – starring Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, Harold Ramis, … Read more

Palm Springs (15): Did Anyone Order Groundhog for two?

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Palm Springs” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: Nyles (Andy Samberg) is reliving the same day over and over again at a wedding in Palm Springs. Suddenly joining him in the loop is fellow wedding guest Sarah (Cristin Milioti). The no-hoper man has given up trying to … Read more

Love “On the Rocks” (12)? Ain’t no surprise!

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “On the Rocks”: delicious comedy on marital suspicions from Sofia Coppola. Bill Murray’s on top form. 4.5/5.