Air (15): Will this be Best Film at the Oscars in 2024?

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Air” (2023). In writing my review for “Everything Everywhere All At Once” last May, I famously said that I was going to put an accumulator bet on the movie winning both “Best Editing” and “Best Original Screenplay”. But then I couldn’t find a bookie to take the bet so … Read more

A Good Person (15): In search of a ‘Amor Fati’.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “A Good Person” (2023). In having a rant about the general quality of Sky Original films re. “Marlowe“, I said “8 times out of 10, (they) deliver disappointments“. Well, with “A Good Person”, here’s an example that falls into that 20% of good ‘uns. Pin me to a wall … Read more

Episode 8 of “Flickering Dreams” podcast is now live!

In Episode 8 of Flickering Dreams I’m joined by Scott Forbes of the Forbes Film and TV Review and Andy Godfrey of Konnect Radio and Sorted magazine. In this episode: You can access all episodes at the Flickering Dreams web site and it’s also available on most major podcast platform including Spotify, Apple and Amazon. … Read more

John Wick: Chapter 4 (15): As a virgin John Wick watcher, are they all this repetitive and soulless?

A One Mann’s Movies review of “John Wick: Chapter 4” (2023). There are some movie franchises that, for whatever reason, I’ve never ever dipped my toe into. “Police Academy”? Nope, not seen a single one. “Transformers”? Nope – – monster robots fighting each other… no interest whatsover. And over on the action-hero side of the … Read more

Allelujah (12): Caring for the Marginalia of Society.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Allelujah” (2023). In “Allelujah” we take a scalpel to the NHS. It’s a film that looks fun and fluffy from the trailer, but which has a distinctly dark edge. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: In Wakefield, West Yorkshire, ‘The Beth’ is an old Victorian hospital priding itself … Read more