A One Mann’s Movies review of “Thanksgiving” (2023). There is virtually nothing novel about Eli Roth’s “Thanksgiving”. We are firmly in teen-slasher territory, with a masked figure terrorising the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts. But, that being said, there’s a certain exhuberant energy behind the mayhem that makes the whole thing far more entertaining than most … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Driving Madeleine” (2023). Original title: Une belle course “Driving Madeleine” took me by surprise. When I started watching it, I thought “Oh, another gentle little movie that might bring in the ‘silver dollar’ audience”. Which is something I love seeing: the joy of going into a cinema screening in … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Saltburn” (2023) (from the London Film Festival). “Saltburn” is the follow-up film from Emerald Fennell to “Promising Young Woman“, my number 1 film of 2021. “Saltburn” isn’t going to join that at the top of my 2023 list – for reasons I lay out below – but it is … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “May December” (2023) (from the London Film Festival). “May December” is the latest from Todd Haynes who directed, for example, “Carol” and “Dark Waters”. This was, again, a film I caught at the London Film Festival, several weeks ahead of its UK release date. (I’m republishing this since the … Read more
In Episode 36 of Flickering Dreams I’m joined by Andy Godfrey of Sorted Magazine and Konnect Radio, Emma Sewell of Emma @ The Movies on X (Twitter!) and Scott Forbes of The Forbes Film and TV Review. In this episode Bob, Scott and Andy review the following films: We also run through the UK/Ireland Top 10 and the … Read more