A One Mann’s Movies review of “Licorice Pizza” (2022). Occasionally a movie comes along that makes you think you have done a few rounds with Anthony Joshua. “Licorice Pizza” is one such movie. A riotous and helter-skelter script that never stays still long enough for you to work out whether you are actually enjoying the … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Save The Cinema” (2022). This new Sky Movies offering, “Save the Cinema”, is short on finesse but strong on Welsh charm. It’s also based on a true story that I only fully dredged from the deep recesses of my brain as the film was running. Bob the Movie Man … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Lost Daughter” (2021). Another ‘catch-up’ movie for me on Netflix is Olivia Colman in “The Lost Daughter”, the directorial debut of Maggie Gyllenhaal. And, for the second film running, after “The Power of the Dog“, it has a wholly unlikeable character at its heart. Bob the Movie Man … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Power of the Dog” (2021). I’ve been late to the party in watching the Netflix movie “The Power of the Dog”: partly due to me catching up on my post-Covid-lockdown cinema-going and partly because… frankly… it really didn’t much appeal to me. The only clip I saw was … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Nightmare Alley” (2022). Another new movie that should be getting some Oscar attention: Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley”: the remake of a 1947 film noir starring Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell. Will it get the same buzz as his Oscar-winning “The Shape of Water“? Bob the Movie Man Rating: … Read more