A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Machine” (2023). There have been two recent examples of US ‘national treasures’ that have appeared in films who are relatively unknown in the UK. In 2019 there was Mr Rogers, as portrayed by Tom Hanks, in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood“. And very recently, it was the … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret” (2023). As I ultimately discovered, through the excellent documentary on Amazon Prime “Judy Blume Forever“, Judy Blume was a force-of-nature in teen-literature in the 1970’s for producing ‘real’ books about the experiences and worries of kids in and around puberty. She tackled … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Moonfall” (2022). There are some films that I have big issues in assigning a rating to… because they are so bad that they end up being good. “Into the Storm” was a memorably hoot-worthy example. Roland Emmerich’s “Moonfall” is undoubtedly another. I saw this as a #Cineworld Unlimited preview, … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “A Quiet Place Part II” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: At LAST…. as we emerge from UK lockdown, “A Quiet Place Part II” is finally about to be released. “About to be”, since I saw this pre-GA as another in what is a great list of ‘Cineworld Unlimited’ … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Saint Maud”: an astonishing debut performance by writer/director Rose Glass with Morfydd Clark as the troubled religious zealot on a crusade.
4.5/5.