Frankie (12A): A film about death that dies on its feet.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Frankie” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: My first return visit to a UK cinema for a VERY long time. Hoorah!! I only wish it was for a better film since “Frankie” – a Cineworld Unlimited screening – was frank-ie-ly pretty awful! Frankie (Isabelle Huppert) takes a morning topless … Read more

The Laundromat (15): Is this the worst title of any movie in film history?

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Laundromat” (2019). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: In “The Laundromat”, Ellen Martin (Meryl Streep) loses her husband Joe (James Cromwell) in a boating accident. She expects a multi-million dollar insurance payout, but is frustrated that the insurance companies evaporate in a miasma of shell-companies and double-dealing. … Read more

The Mitchells vs the Machines (U): Dog-Pig-Dog-Pig-Loaf of Bread… KERBOOM!

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Mitchells vs the Machines” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: In “The Mitchells vs the Machines”, Katie Mitchell (voiced by Abbi Jacobson) dreams of being a great film director (joining her icons on her version of Mount Rushmore!). She’s about to travel to a west-coast film … Read more

Thunder Force (12): Getting the crabs is never a laugh.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Thunder Force” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: The world has been irradiated and psychopaths have been transformed into super-villains – “miscreants” – wreaking havoc in the world. When the parents of Emily Stanton (Octavia Spencer) get killed by a miscreant, she makes it her life’s mission … Read more

Nomadland (12): Don’t exit with your sailboat still in your driveway.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Nomadland” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: “Nomadland” sees a widowed and depressed Fern (Frances McDormand) take what she needs from her lockup garage and head out on the road in her beat-up converted camper-van. Taking work wherever she can get it, she joins and befriends a … Read more