A One Mann’s Movies review of “A Knight’s Tale”. (2001, 4.5*, 12A). Receiving a 25th Anniversary release in the UK, “A Knight’s Tale” was the latest “Throwback” screening at my local Everyman cinema. I took the illustrious Mrs Movie Man as well as grandkids Frankie and Eva (aged 10 and 9) and a great time … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Uninvited”. A comedy/drama that’s light on comedy and doesn’t quite land the drama. 3/5.
A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Trouble With Jessica” (2024). One of the movies on my recent Air Egypt flight was “The Trouble With Jessica”. The only problem was that Air Egypt muted any bad language and there is a lot of it in this farcical black comedy! It made for an unintentionally … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Scoop” (2024). It’s a moment in British television history and a journalistic ‘Scoop’ of epic proportions. On November 16th 2019 and, in a Newsnight special, BBC reporter Emily Maitlis engages with Prince Andrew head-to-head. It’s an interview that Andrew hoped would clear his name in regards to the Jeffrey … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Old” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: “Old” is the latest from the gloriously inconsistent writer/director M. Night Shyamalan. Will this be great Shyamalan (Ă la “The Sixth Sense”) or dire Shyamalan (Ă la “The Last Airbender”)? The answer, in my view, is somewhere in the middle. It’s a … Read more