Rudderless (2014): Grieving to a beat.

A review of “Rudderless” (2014): a guest review on One Mann’s Movies by Manoj Mistry. Dr Bob: This is the first time I’ve welcomed a guest reviewer to include an article on this site, but Manoj expressed an interest in writing retrospective reviews for older films. (If anyone else out there would like to write … Read more

Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (12): King Phoenix Buchanan!

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves” (2023). I saw this well ahead of its 31st March release date thanks to an unexpected Cineworld Secret Screening event: one where you don’t know what the preview film is going to be before it starts. I did have a backup booking for … Read more

To Leslie (15): “Rode hard and hung up wet”.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “To Leslie” (2022). I have got sooooo near to finishing the complete watch-list of all of the movies included in nominations for this year’s Oscars. I was just 4 feature film, 1 feature documentary and 1 live action short from completing the sweep. So, with just over 24 hours … Read more

Episode 4 of the “Flickering Dreams” podcast is now live!

In this episode of Flickering Dreams, I’m joined by Scott Forbes of the Forbes Film and TV Review and we review: and in the first of a two part Oscar special to be published this week, re give our predictions for the ‘Technical’ categories at the Oscars, being announced in Hollywood on Sunday 12th March. … Read more

Causeway (15): Oscar worthy Tyree Henry scores while Lawrence misses out.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Causeway” (2022). The last gap in my Oscars “Best Actor” category, “Causeway” (available on Apple+) provides the first ever nomination for Brian Tyree Henry (and very good he is too). But its one of those interesting films that only has the one nomination, whereas you feel that Jennifer Lawrence … Read more