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

Episode 7 of “Flickering Dreams” podcast is now live!

In this episode of Flickering Dreams I’m joined again by Scott Forbes of the Forbes Film and TV Review. We review: 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. Alternatively, this specific episode is embedded here: