The Railway Children Return (PG): Even with the Trains, it ends up pedestrian.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Railway Children Return” (2022). “The Railway Children Return” (note: interestingly, a movie with no opening title) is a sequel, 52 years later, to the much-loved 1970 classic “The Railway Children”. (That doesn’t quite match the sequel gap of “Mary Poppins” and “Mary Poppins Returns“… but it comes pretty … Read more

Where the Crawdads Sing (15): Life story of an Outsider.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Where the Crawdads Sing” (2022). “Where the Crawdads Sing” is based on the bestselling novel by Delia Owens and has been getting a lot of hype as a “big summer film”. But it ultimately left me with mixed feelings. I saw this as part of a #CineworldUnlimited special preview … Read more

The Ice Road (12): Another tired Neeson pension fund filler.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Ice Road” (2021). So my final inflight film from my recent transatlantic trip was Liam Neeson in “The Ice Road”. Oh dear. Both myself and the illustrious Mrs Movie Man watched it in parallel…. you know the score on a plane… “Ready, Steady, Press!”. But we both thought … Read more

Thor: Love and Thunder (12A): Thor Four Flawed.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Thor: Love and Thunder” (2022). So the latest episode of the “Take” movie podcast by Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo generated the most heated discussion I’ve yet seen between the generally polite bickering that goes on between the pair. (You can see it on Youtube here.) Mayo thought “Thor: … Read more

Elvis (12A): Spectacular Baz Luhrmann biopic of The King.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Elvis” (2022). My holiday abroad prevented me from seeing “Elvis” in its first week. But I’m certainly glad I caught up with it. For, as Luhrmann says, this is a spectacular movie that really should be experienced on the big screen. Bob the Movie Man Rating(s): Plot Summary: Funfair … Read more