The Black Phone (15): Blumhouse deliver an excellent little ‘IT’ horror.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Black Phone” (2022). “The Black Phone” doesn’t particularly try to cut any new cinematic ground. It has the child-abduction elements of “It“. The cellar-based entrapment angles of “10 Cloverfield Lane“. And the supernatural elements of “The Sixth Sense” (and numerous other horror flicks). But what it does, it … Read more

Licorice Pizza (15): Like going downhill on an out-of-control toboggan.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Licorice Pizza” (2022). Occasionally a movie comes along that makes you think you have done a few rounds with Anthony Joshua. “Licorice Pizza” is one such movie. A riotous and helter-skelter script that never stays still long enough for you to work out whether you are actually enjoying the … Read more

Nightmare Alley (15): The Greatest Showman’s Big Sleep.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Nightmare Alley” (2022). Another new movie that should be getting some Oscar attention: Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley”: the remake of a 1947 film noir starring Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell. Will it get the same buzz as his Oscar-winning “The Shape of Water“? Bob the Movie Man Rating: … Read more

Wild Rose (15): Three Chords and the Truth.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of Jessie Buckley and Julie Walters in “Wild Rose” directed by Tom Harper. 3.5/5.

The Mule (15): Eastwood is back, but is he hero or anti-hero?

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Mule” (2019). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. It’s delightful to see Clint Eastwood back in front of the camera on the big screen.  His last starring film was “Trouble with the Curve” in 2012 – a baseball-themed film that I don’t remember coming out in … Read more