The Running Man (3*): Patchy Sci-Fi Remake Demonstrates Glen Powell’s Limitations.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Running Man” (2025, 3*, 12A). I’ve been a fan of Edgar Wright’s style of movie-making for a very long time: “Hot Fuzz” is one of my all-time-favourite comedies; and “Baby Driver” and “Last Night in Soho” both made my Top 10 Films of the Year lists (in 2017 … 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.

Last Night in Soho (18): Edgar Wright’s Haunting Love Letter to the Swinging Sixties.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Last Night in Soho” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: A young 21st-century teen walks in her nightclothes down a darkened alley emerging into a bustling 60’s Soho street across from a theatre showing “Thunderball”. She enters the Cafe de Paris with a reflection mimicking her actions but showing … Read more

One Mann’s Movies – The Best Films of 2017.

Bob Mann (the movie man) runs through his top 10 films of 2017.

One Mann's Movies Film Review: Baby Driver (2017)

A summer film so cool that air-con is optional.   Sorry for the lack of posts folks…. with a holiday in sunny Portugal, I’ve not been to the pics for weeks!  There’s something inherently appealing about the concept of a getaway driver.  A skillful ‘bad-boy’, but not normally bad enough to actually DO the nasty … Read more