Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (12A): Chillin’ (no Netflix).

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” (2022). It says something for the yawn-worthiness, for me, of the Fantastic Beasts Potter prequels that this film has been out over two weeks before I could be arsed to see it. Would “The Secrets of Dumbledore” rise above the very low-bar set … Read more

The Northman (15): Ăžessi vĂ­king sagdialsr Ăľat upp til eleven.

(Or “This Viking saga dials it up to eleven” in Old Norse). A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Northman” (2022). Robert Eggers takes a Viking saga and cranks up the action and gore to breathtaking levels. Forget the niceties of Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis in 1958’s “The Vikings”. In fact, if “Viking” was … Read more

Operation Mincemeat (12A): Wartime intrigue diluted by an unlikely love triangle.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Operation Mincemeat” (2022). I am partial to a good war film. And I thought “Operation Mincemeat” was good… but only in parts. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: It’s 1943 and the British are planning to move back into Southern Europe. Sicily is the obvious target. And the … Read more

Morbius (15): A new Marvel film that feels like a lot of old Marvel films.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Morbius” (2022). As has been noted before, I’m a bit of a weirdo in always looking at the MPAA certificate number at the end of films. And “Morbius” was low in the 52,000’s, which belies the production and release woes of the movie. (It was actually filmed way back … Read more

Ambulance (15): Utter ‘Bayhem’ on the streets of LA.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Ambulance” (2022). Michael Bay is to calm and quiet movies as Will Smith is to polite Oscar debate. “Ambulance” is possibly the most Michael Bay-est film of all time: two rollicking hours of adrenaline-fuelled action that leaves you breathless and in need of paracetamols at the end of it. … Read more