Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (12A): “Are you Happy?” Yep!

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (2022). Like London buses, you wait for months for a film about the multiverse and then two turn up at once! By a strange fate of scheduling I went to see “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” during the day and … Read more

Father Stu (15): Mumbling Mark let’s down an interesting and moving biopic.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Father Stu” (2022). “Father Stu” is released in the UK on May 13th, but I got to see it early as a #cineworld Unlimited preview screening. Bob the Movie Man Rating(s): Plot Summary: Stuart Long (Mark Wahlberg) is an aging wannabe boxer that’s never going to make it. Advised … Read more

Downton Abbey: A New Era (PG): “Dreadful Film. Loved It”.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Downton Abbey: A New Era” (2022). The second big screen ‘adventure’ for the Crawley’s – “Downton Abbey: A New Era” – finally does what every British TV-to-movie adaptation resorts to in the end…. takes the bunch of well-known characters and sends them abroad! Bob the Movie Man Rating(s): Plot … Read more

Deep Water (15): Can Ana de Armas drive a man to murderous distraction?

(Well, actually that seems perfectly plausible!) A One Mann’s Movies review of “Deep Water” (2022). “Deep Water”, based on a Patricia Highsmith novel, is currently on Netflix and seems to be trying to replicate the success of “Gone Girl“. Unfortunately, it fails to get near it. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: ‘Retired’ and … Read more

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent: Cage, Cage and Paddington 2.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” (2022). Sometimes, when I get a downer on the state of cinema, I think to myself “are there no new ideas for films any more”. And then I go to see a film like “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” and my enthusiasm … Read more