The Pope’s Exorcist (15): Crowe has a lot of fun in this horror caper.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Pope’s Exorcist” (2023). You have to hand it to Russell Crowe. He still carries a formidable screen presence. After his (very impressive I thought) psycho in “Unhinged” and his (very funny I thought) comic turn in the otherwise awful “Thor: Love and Thunder“, here in “The Pope’s Exorcist” … Read more

God’s Creatures (15): Of Fish and Scales (falling from eyes!)

A One Mann’s Movies review of “God’s Creatures” (2023).. Here’s another A24 production, but one which is rather slinking into cinemas without much fanfare and will – pretty quickly I think – slink out again fairly unnoticed. “God’s Creatures” is a rather dour and depressing little tale, but it nonetheless has its moments: principally with … Read more

Air (15): Will this be Best Film at the Oscars in 2024?

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Air” (2023). In writing my review for “Everything Everywhere All At Once” last May, I famously said that I was going to put an accumulator bet on the movie winning both “Best Editing” and “Best Original Screenplay”. But then I couldn’t find a bookie to take the bet so … Read more

A Good Person (15): In search of a ‘Amor Fati’.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “A Good Person” (2023). In having a rant about the general quality of Sky Original films re. “Marlowe“, I said “8 times out of 10, (they) deliver disappointments“. Well, with “A Good Person”, here’s an example that falls into that 20% of good ‘uns. Pin me to a wall … Read more

John Wick: Chapter 4 (15): As a virgin John Wick watcher, are they all this repetitive and soulless?

A One Mann’s Movies review of “John Wick: Chapter 4” (2023). There are some movie franchises that, for whatever reason, I’ve never ever dipped my toe into. “Police Academy”? Nope, not seen a single one. “Transformers”? Nope – – monster robots fighting each other… no interest whatsover. And over on the action-hero side of the … Read more