The Killer (15): “Forbid empathy. Empathy is weakness. Weakness is vulnerability”.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Killer” (2023). David Fincher is a film-maker who delivers new material relatively rarely. (His last feature was “Mank” in 2020 and then “Gone Girl” before that in 2014.) So a new Fincher movie is something to make you sit up and take note. Due to a stupid scheduling … Read more

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (15): Coup D’Etat? You decide in a solid Oliver Stone documentary.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass” (2021). I saw “JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass” advertised on streaming during my recent US holiday. But I never got time to watch it. So this was top of the list when we got home. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: Oliver … Read more

Dream Scenario (15): A brilliant Nicolas Cage in a surrealist ‘comedy’/horror.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Dream Scenario” (2023). The phrases “Nicolas Cage” and “under-play” seldom sit comfortably together. But in his latest film – “Dream Scenario” – it’s actually apt for once. This is bottled-up Cage, to a large degree, and it just works brilliantly. The film is classed as “Comedy/Horror” on IMDB, but … Read more

Bottoms (15): The love-child of Booksmart, Polite Society and Anchorman!

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Bottoms” (2023). I have to say that as a 62-year-old heterosexual man, I am perhaps NOT the target audience for “Bottoms”. But I can still enjoy a raunchy high-school romp as much as the next child-trapped-in-a-man’s-body. (After all, I saw “Porky’s” when it first came out in 1981, and … Read more

The Marvels (12): A Marvel that cat-lovers in particular will enjoy.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Marvels”. Frenetic, funny Marvel film that sometimes loses the plot. 3.5/5.