Mother Mary (3.5*): A Fantasy Drama About Phantoms And Threads.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Mother Mary”. (2026, 3.5*, 15). Writer/director David Lowery is most famous for his surreal version of “The Green Knight” from 2021. So when you take that fact, and also that this is an A24 film, then you can assume – correctly – that the fantasy/drama “Mother Mary” is going … Read more

Lady (3*): An Aristocrat Whose Pretence The Film Crew Can See Right Through.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Lady” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 3*, ’15’). Given how late in the calendar year the London Film Festival is run, it’s quite rare to have a World Premiere showing at the LFF. But “Lady” was one of them. It has moments of hilarity but, for me, … Read more

The Ballad of Wallis Island (5*): A Charming Film That’s The Bee’s Bollocks.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Ballad of Wallis Island”. A genuine delight of a comedy/drama film. Go see it! 4.5/5.

Young Woman and the Sea (PG): Celebrating the Extraordinary “Queen of the Sea”, Trudy Ederle.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Young Woman and the Sea”. Daisy Ridley brings to life a forgotten female hero from history. 4.5/5.

Chevalier (12): A treat from the first ‘violin-off’.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Chevalier” (2023). I missed “Chevalier” at the cinema, but my friends on our “Flickering Dreams” podcast raved about it. Perhaps it lost some of the spectacle, but even on my little seat-back BA economy screen, I could appreciate it was a class act. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot … Read more