A One Mann’s Movies review of “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” (2025, 4*, PG). As a trilogy of films, Downton could have continued a downward slide down the rubbish chute. But I’m glad to report that the laziness of “Downton Abbey: A New Era” has been reversed and the finale of the series – “Downton … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry” (2023). Winner of the most spoilerific trailer of 2023 so far, “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry” appears to be a big hit with the ‘silver haired brigade’ at the cinema. In the most recent UK box office figures it came in a … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Downton Abbey: A New Era” (2022). The second big screen ‘adventure’ for the Crawley’s – “Downton Abbey: A New Era” – finally does what every British TV-to-movie adaptation resorts to in the end…. takes the bunch of well-known characters and sends them abroad! Bob the Movie Man Rating(s): Plot … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Operation Mincemeat” (2022). I am partial to a good war film. And I thought “Operation Mincemeat” was good… but only in parts. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: It’s 1943 and the British are planning to move back into Southern Europe. Sicily is the obvious target. And the … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 12; US: TV-14. Here’s a curious little British film that has some merit, both as an entertainment vehicle and as a history lesson. Set in a split-timeline between 1941 and 1946, the film tells … Read more