Apocalypse Clown (15): A good dousing in “laughter fluid”!

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Apocalypse Clown” (2023). My thanks to Vertigo Releasing for shipping a screener my way ahead of the release of “Apocalypse Clown” in UK and Eire cinemas on Friday. For this is a superbly barmy Irish comedy that has enough laugh-out-loud quotes to become an “Airplane!”-style classic! Bob the Movie … Read more

You Hurt My Feelings (15): When her “whole little narcissistic world” falls apart.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “You Hurt My Feelings” (2023). I’d heard mixed views on “this one”You Hurt My Feelings”, now streaming on Prime Video. But I was very pleasantly surprised. “Does my bum look big in this?”. Seven words to put an icy chill through the blood of any partner. There is of … Read more

Scrapper (12): Of childhood grief, bike theft and talking spiders.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Scrapper” (2023). Seen as a Cineworld ‘Secret Cinema’ event (where you don’t know what the film will be before it starts) “Scrapper” is the debut from writer/director Charlotte Regan. Looking at the feedback from that screening, it’s clearly a “marmite” film, with some loving it and some hating it. … Read more

The Blackening (15): “Jumanji”-cum-“Scary Movie”-cum-“Bodies, Bodies, Bodies”.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Blackening” (2023). I saw “The Blackening” at a Cineworld Unlimited preview. A comedy horror… yes, just like “Haunted Mansion”. But this time with (slightly) more scares and a lot more laughs. It opens in the UK next Friday (August 25th 2023). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: … Read more

Heart of Stone (12): Plain Girl turns out to have a certain set of skills.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Heart of Stone” (2023). Having helped Netflix deliver one of their massive movie hits with “Red Notice“, Gal Gadot returns with “Heart of Stone”: a similarly glossy spy-type thriller. We are definitely in ‘park-your-brain-at-the-door’ territory here. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: Rachel Stone (Gal Gadot) is a … Read more