Significant Other (15): A Dramatic Engagement in the Wilds of Oregon.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Significant Other” (2022). Another of the movies I saw on my recent trans-Atlantic trip with BA, this is available on the “Paramount+” streaming platform but also available to rent on others like Prime Video and Apple. It has its moments, with some nice cinematography and a very nice piece … Read more

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1 (12): Choose to Accept… the Impossible!

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1” (2023). My chance to have another rant about the jokers who put the “Mission: Impossible” trailers together. As it was, I had managed to avoid watching the whole trailer for the last 18 months. Now I have, and the images they chose … Read more

Elemental (PG): A relationship where the sex gets steamy.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Elemental” (2023). This Disney/Pixar release had the worse opening of any of their films. But having said that, “Elemental” is currently (July 14th 2023) on a worldwide box office of $263m, which is no loose change. But on a budget of $200M it still has some way to go … Read more

“Flickering Dreams” Ep. 22: Reviews of Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1; Elemental; Insidious: The Red Door; Smoking Causes Coughing; Wham!; Run Rabbit Run and the Films of Billy Wilder.

In Episode 22 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 following films: And in the next part of our regular feature, the team pick their favourite films from the filmography of our … Read more

Insidious: The Red Door (15): A sub-par variation on “Poltergeist”.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Insidious: The Red Door” (2023). I can’t claim to be an expert on the Insidious series of films. I think I might have seen the first couple. But they were released before I started doing these reviews, so my thoughts on them are lost in the mists of time. … Read more