Bring Her Back (4*): The Philippou Brothers Deliver 2 out of 2 For Horror Frightfests.

Sally Hawkins makes a ring on a patio door with her own blood in "Bring Him Back"

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Bring Her Back”. A brilliantly dark and twisted horror from the Phillipou brothers. Horrifying horror at last. 4/5.

The Critic (15): Sex, blackmail, murder: I tell you, it’s an exciting life as a critic!

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Critic”. Ian McKellen delivers another tour de force in a tale of intrigue in 1930’s London. 4/5.

Scrapper (12): Of childhood grief, bike theft and talking spiders.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Scrapper” (2023). Seen as a Cineworld ‘Secret Cinema’ event (where you don’t know what the film will be before it starts) “Scrapper” is the debut from writer/director Charlotte Regan. Looking at the feedback from that screening, it’s clearly a “marmite” film, with some loving it and some hating it. … Read more

The Blackening (15): “Jumanji”-cum-“Scary Movie”-cum-“Bodies, Bodies, Bodies”.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Blackening” (2023). I saw “The Blackening” at a Cineworld Unlimited preview. A comedy horror… yes, just like “Haunted Mansion”. But this time with (slightly) more scares and a lot more laughs. It opens in the UK next Friday (August 25th 2023). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: … Read more

The Machine (15): Kreischer? Who?

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