The King’s Man (15): What Forrest Gump did in WW1.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The King’s Man” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: “The King’s Man” is yet another pre-pandemic-advertised film. By my reckoning, we only have “Death on the Nile” and “Top Gun: Maverick” still to come out. But I may have missed some more! Plot Summary: Orlando, Earl of Oxford (Ralph … 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.

Downton Abbey (PG): Very little happens…. and it’s totally glorious!

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.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (12): “Contented with little, wishing for more”.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 12; US: TV-14. Here’s a curious little British film that has some merit, both as an entertainment vehicle and as a history lesson.  Set in a split-timeline between 1941 and 1946, the film tells … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Imitation Game (2014)

“Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine. “ Few injustices in the world have equalled that meted out to Alan Turing. Where would the world be today without him? He can justly be considered to be the father of modern computing, and yet … Read more