About Time (4*): A Delicious Timey-Wimey Curtis Fantasy But With A Rambling 2nd Reel.

(Due to the Oscar-mayhem, I’ve been remiss in writing up reviews for a whole bunch of classic films that I’ve been seeing as “Everyman Throwback” showings over the last couple of months (God bless them). So I will be dripping out these shortened reviews over the next few weeks as I get to them. ) … Read more

Ready or Not (4*): A Riot Of Blood And Guts In A Game Of Hide And Seek With Consequences.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Ready Or Not”. (2019, 4*, 18). I missed seeing “Ready or Not” at the cinema on its release for some reason, but heard such strong word-of-mouth about it that I went and bought the DVD…. which, for reasons that are beyond me, has sat in its shrink-wrap in my … Read more

The Good Boy (4*): Stockholm Syndrome Rules In This Case Of Vigilante Justice.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Good Boy” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 4*, 15). Alternative title: “Heel”. I first saw this Stephen Graham film at the London Film Festival and first published this review on October 9th 2025. Since complaining about the original confusing title, they clearly listened to me! Since … Read more

The Oscars 2026: How The Night Progressed (and How My Predictions Landed!).

It’s 11pm on Sunday March 15th in the UK: Oscar Time! So, here we go! It’s Oscar night and I will be updating my “Predictions” post (in red) with commentary from the night and the Oscar Winners 2026 as they are announced. I’ll also be checking how well I am doing on my predictions! ==== … Read more

The Oscars 2026: One Mann’s Movies’ (Probably Appallingly Inaccurate) Oscar Predictions.

It’s Time For Me To Place My Bets! So, its that time again. The opportunity to utterly humiliate myself in from of my loyal readers by completely cacking up my 2026 Oscar predictions! My success at these predictions has been variable to say the list, with this being my 11th year of predicting the results. … Read more