Caught Stealing (4*): “Trouble is to men as rust is to iron” in a “sad and broken world”.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Together”. Aussie newcomer Michael Shanks delivers a truly innovative slice of body horror that made me suitably cringe. 4/5.

The Forgiven (18): Trilobite by Jury.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Forgiven” (2022). Given the run of generally dodgy films that have been coming out recently in this arse-end of the summer season, “The Forgiven” dipped into cinemas for what seemed like a single week and then was gone again. But unlike some of those other movies, this was … Read more

Morbius (15): A new Marvel film that feels like a lot of old Marvel films.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Morbius” (2022). As has been noted before, I’m a bit of a weirdo in always looking at the MPAA certificate number at the end of films. And “Morbius” was low in the 52,000’s, which belies the production and release woes of the movie. (It was actually filmed way back … Read more

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

Official Secrets (15): The best UK film you’ve never seen.

One Mann’s Movies DVD Review: Official Secrets (2019). A great real-life historical drama set in 2003 at the start of the Iraq war. Top Class. 4/5.