A One Mann’s Movies review of “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” (2025, 4*, PG). As a trilogy of films, Downton could have continued a downward slide down the rubbish chute. But I’m glad to report that the laziness of “Downton Abbey: A New Era” has been reversed and the finale of the series – “Downton … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Miracle Club” (2023). Having watched “The Great Escaper”, my next cinema visit was to see “The Miracle Club”… in a way, “same old, same old”. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: It’s Dublin 1967 and Maureen, a local stalwart of the community, has died just prior to … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Downton Abbey: A New Era” (2022). The second big screen ‘adventure’ for the Crawley’s – “Downton Abbey: A New Era” – finally does what every British TV-to-movie adaptation resorts to in the end…. takes the bunch of well-known characters and sends them abroad! Bob the Movie Man Rating(s): Plot … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of Downton Abbey. A 5* treat for Downton fans…. but a beautiful film to look at so 4* for non-fans too. Recommended.
When you see vagrants sleeping rough in doorways it is grimly fascinating to wonder how they got there. Was it a gradual descent due to drink or drugs? Or was it an ‘explosive decompression’ – an event so dramatic it capsized an otherwise stable existence? In a gripping pre-title sequence, it is the latter that sets … Read more