The Power of the Dog (12A): ♫”Where seldom is heard, a discouraging word”♫.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Power of the Dog” (2021). I’ve been late to the party in watching the Netflix movie “The Power of the Dog”: partly due to me catching up on my post-Covid-lockdown cinema-going and partly because… frankly… it really didn’t much appeal to me. The only clip I saw was … Read more

Don’t Look Up (15): Why parody someone when you can parody a whole country?

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Don’t Look Up” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: I’m a fan of Adam McKay’s caustically satirical movies, with “The Big Short” (2015) and “Vice” (2018) being movies I can watch multiple times. But with “Don’t Look Up” I was really starting to wonder where he was going…. Plot … Read more

The Harder They Fall (15): Gritty Tarantiono-esque western, with a twist.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Harder They Fall” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: I’ve referred to this as a Tarantino-esque western, but arguably this breed has its origins well before “Django Unchained” and “The Hateful 8“. As an old git, many of the slow-mo violent blood-spattering gun-battles in “The Harder They Fall” … Read more

Free Guy (12A): Ready Player Truman.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Free Guy” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: I managed to see “Free Guy” last night at a Cineworld “Secret Cinema” event. I’ve seen on Twitter that there are several very cross people since it is due out in only 2 days and they’d already booked their tickets, with … Read more

Army of the Dead (18): A gory Zombie-rich take on Oceans 11.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Army of the Dead” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: I’m a bit late to the party on this one. I’ve only just got round to watching the rest of “Army of the Dead” on Netflix. As a Zack Snyder feature, it needed two sittings! L’Oreal. Because you’re worth … Read more