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

Strays (15): The teenage scatological humour gets tiresome.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Strays” (2023). I seldom find trailers for comedy films very funny. But the trailer for “Strays” did tickle my funny-bone. Unfortunately, that good-will, and a few good gags, was not enough to offset my issues with this one. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: Reggie (voiced by Will … Read more

“Flickering Dreams” Ep. 29: Reviews of Equalizer 3, Sound of Freedom, Apocalypse Clown, Theater Camp & Cobweb. Plus featured director Tim Burton.

In Episode 29 of Flickering Dreams I’m joined by Andy Godfrey of Sorted Magazine and Konnect Radio, Scott Forbes of The Forbes Film and TV Review and Emma Sewell of Emma@TheMovies on Twitter. In this episode Bob, Scott, Emma and Andy review the following films: And in AOB, we all pick our favourite films of our featured director, who … Read more

“Flickering Dreams” Ep. 28: Reviews of The Blackening; Scrapper and Bandit.

(Apologies – I realise that I forgot to publish this episode to the web site. So you’ll get this one and Episode 29 in quick succession!) In Episode 28 of Flickering Dreams I’m joined by Andy Godfrey of Sorted Magazine and Konnect Radio, and Emma Sewell of Emma@TheMovies on Twitter. In this episode Bob, Emma and Andy review the … Read more

Equalizer 3 (15): Just looking for a quiet retirement by the sea.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Equalizer 3” (2023). Sometimes the quality of a movie is utterly dependant on the charisma of its star. “Equalizer 3” is one such movie with Denzel Washington peerless as Robert McCall (“2 C’s, 2 L’s”)! Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: When a ‘job’ for McCall goes south … Read more