Babygirl (2*): Faking Orgasms For 19 Years? No, I Don’t Think So.
One Mann’s Movies FIlm Review of “Babygirl”. Underpowered sex drama full of unlikely events and unlikable people. 2/5.
Jamie Dornan
A Haunting in Venice (12A): Gothic murder mystery that fails to thrill.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “A Haunting in Venice” (2023). I’ve been on holiday for a few weeks, so have some catching up to do at the cinema. But I thought I’d start with “A Haunting in Venice”, out today and the latest Kenneth Branagh/Poirot mystery. I’d been looking forward to this one, since … Read more
Heart of Stone (12): Plain Girl turns out to have a certain set of skills.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Heart of Stone” (2023). Having helped Netflix deliver one of their massive movie hits with “Red Notice“, Gal Gadot returns with “Heart of Stone”: a similarly glossy spy-type thriller. We are definitely in ‘park-your-brain-at-the-door’ territory here. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: Rachel Stone (Gal Gadot) is a … Read more
One Mann’s Movies: Top 10 of 2022
#onemannsmovies My personal choice of Top 10 Movies of 2022. Includes my 2022 movie montage of all films reviewed in the year.
Belfast (12A): Branagh looks back and it’s an absolute delight.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Belfast” (2022). Bob the Movie Man Rating: A darling of this year’s awards season, “Belfast” is the semi-autobiographical story of writer/director Kenneth Branagh’s early life during ‘The Troubles’. And as a film charting a loss of childhood innocence, it is as near perfect a film as I am likely … Read more