Frankenstein (4*): Handsome Storytelling From del Toro With Real Heart.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Frankenstein” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 4*, 15). Another LFF film that is on limited release, in selected cinemas, from today in the UK. Guillermo del Toro’s passion project, “Frankenstein”, is a Netflix production that will start streaming on November 7th. But this really is an impressive, … Read more

Hot Fuzz (5*): A Phenomenally Funny British Film and a Masterclass in Editing.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Hot Fuzz”. A gloriously funny comedy classic that sits within my top 5 comedy films of all time. 5/5.

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (PG): Aardman does Mission Impossible.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” (2023). Regular followers of this blog should know that stop-motion animation is not an art-form that I particularly appreciate. No, that’s not fair. I do APPRECIATE it, for being a painstaking technical process that creates an impressive moving image on the screen. But … Read more

Allelujah (12): Caring for the Marginalia of Society.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Allelujah” (2023). In “Allelujah” we take a scalpel to the NHS. It’s a film that looks fun and fluffy from the trailer, but which has a distinctly dark edge. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: In Wakefield, West Yorkshire, ‘The Beth’ is an old Victorian hospital priding itself … Read more

GdT’s Pinnochio (PG): Stunning animation but annoying songs.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinnochio” (2022). There have been not one, not two, but THREE versions of the classic tale “Pinnochio” released in the last three years with (just to add extra confusion) two in 2022. I have not mustered the courage yet to watch the Disney live-action version starring … Read more