Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (12A): Chillin’ (no Netflix).

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” (2022). It says something for the yawn-worthiness, for me, of the Fantastic Beasts Potter prequels that this film has been out over two weeks before I could be arsed to see it. Would “The Secrets of Dumbledore” rise above the very low-bar set … Read more

Mortal Engines (12): At last, the hilarious Brexit comedy we’ve all been waiting for.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Mortal Engines” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 12; US: PG-13. As comedy goes it’s classic gold! London has been transferred, presumably via a futuristic big-arsed forklift truck of some kind, onto a huge chassis and is now chugging its way across mainland Europe. Needing fuel, it has … Read more

On this day in movie history: 14th March 1975

In 1975 Monty Python tried to make a proper movie (unlike their first film in 1971 which was just a loosely coupled revamp of some of their TV sketches). Everyone said they were daft to make a feature film, but they made it all the same, just to show them. It sank without trace. So … Read more