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

She Said (15): Sex and the Casting Couch.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “She Said” (2022). “She Said” is a movie in the great tradition of films about investigative journalism, so has many similarities with “The Post“, “Spotlight” and (my own personal favourite) “All the President’s Men”. Bob the Movie Man Rating(s): Plot Summary: Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) is a tenacious investigative … Read more

Promising Young Woman (15): Emerald Fennell delivers a real ‘page turner’ of a movie

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Promising Young Woman” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: “Promising Young Woman” sees Cassie (Carrie Mulligan) out to wage war on predatory men sexually asserting themselves on vulnerable woman in bars. But with the chance mention of a name, her mission takes on a whole new level … Read more

The Dig (12A): Archaeology With No Fedora Necessary.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Dig” (2021). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: Plot summary: It’s 1939, and as World War 2 approaches, widower Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan) hires rough and ready excavator Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes) to dig into one of the ancient earth mounds on her property at the site that will … Read more

Bad Times at the El Royale (15): Why is everyone not raving about this movie?

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Bad Times at the El Royale” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. Imagine a mĂ©nage Ă  trois of Agatha Christie, Alfred Hitchcock and Quentin Tarantino at the Overlook Hotel with a banging 60’s soundtrack.  Got that unpleasant vision in your mind?  Good!  You’re halfway there … Read more