One Mann’s Movies: Films of the Year 2024

#onemannsmovies My personal choice of Top 20 Movies of 2023.

Dune: Part 2 (12): “He’s Not a Very Naughty Boy. He IS the Messiah!”

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Dune: Part 2” (2024). It’s early in the year to be this bold, but I’d say the 2025 Oscars for Sound, Visual Effects and Score all but wrapped up. And I wouldn’t bet against Denis Villeneuve getting Best Director and “Dune: Part 2” winning Best Picture. Because this is … Read more

“Flickering Dreams” Ep. 31: Reviews of Dumb Money, Expend4bles, A Million Miles Away, The Lesson, Accused, No One Will Save You, The Canterville Ghost and lots more!

In Episode 31 of Flickering Dreams I’m joined by Andy Godfrey of Sorted Magazine and Konnect Radio, Scott Forbes of The Forbes Film and TV Review and Emma Sewell of Emma@TheMovies on Twitter. In this episode Bob, Scott, Emma and Andy review the following films: And in AOB, we discuss the upcoming London Film Festival; new categories in the … Read more

Dune (12A): “He’s Not The Messiah – He’s a Very Naughty Boy!”

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Dune” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Certain works of fiction have been labelled with the tag of “unfilmable”, and Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel “Dune” is one of those. It’s full of exposition done as internal monologues – which screams “movie voiceover”. And regular readers will know my hatred … Read more

One Mann's Movies Film Review: Blade Runner 2049 (2017).

A stunning visual triumph. I was a sufficient nerd to buy a “Back to the Future” T-shirt to celebrate “future day” from “Back to the Future 2” two-years ago, and I will probably be a sufficient nerd to buy a “Blade Runner” T-shirt in two-years time to celebrate the setting-date for the original film. One … Read more