Ricky Stanicky (15): 2024 really is the year for Imaginary Friends!

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Ricky Stanicky” (2024). It’s just amazing how new releases will follow trends. 2022 was the year of the Multiverse. Last year was the year of AI. This year, we seem to have a glut of films about Imaginary Friends! Last week I reviewed “Imaginary“: a horror film about an … Read more

Bob Marley: One Love (12): The Sanitised Version.

Bob Marley in concert with his backing singers including Iris.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Bob Marley: One Love” (2024). I must be about the last person to get to see “Bob Marley: One Love” at the cinema. Holidays and other movie new releases have got in the way. That being said, it has been 5 weeks in the UK charts (and is still … Read more

Irish Wish (12): Bejesus. Irish Buses are accomodating, so they are.

Lindsay Lohan as Maddie getting off a bus in "Irish Wish"

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Irish Wish” (2024). I mean… I could have predicted that “Irish Wish” was going to be a “MISS” with me, almost before it started. A rom-com with Lindsay Lohan; a magical wish-giving Saint Brigid; an American in rural Ireland; directed by the person responsible for Lohan’s “Falling For Christmas”. … Read more

Flickering Dreams podcast, Episode 55: Reviews of Imaginary, Monster, Origin, Ricky Stanicky & Damsel + an Oscars Debrief.

Featuring:– Dr Bob Mann from One Mann’s Movies & film reviewer on BBC Radio Solent;– Scott Forbes from The Forbes Film and TV Review on Facebook;– Emma Sewell from Emma@The Movies; and– The Reverend Andy Godfrey from Konnect Radio and Sorted Magazine. In this busy episode Bob, Scott, Andy and Emma review the following films:  We also debrief on the 2024 Oscar … Read more

Imaginary (15): For Something Called “Imaginary” You’d Expect More Imagination.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Imaginary” (2024). “Imaginary”: yet another low-thrills horror film; with more than a few passing similarities to “Poltergeist” and “Insidious: The Red Door” (except “The Colour of the door is RRRRR—OYAL BLUE!”) Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: Jessica (DeWanda Wise) moves back into her old childhood home with … Read more