The Housemaid (4*): Paul Feig’s Entertaining Throwback To The Thrillers Of The 90’s.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Housemaid” (2025, 4*, 15). Hats off to my film reviewing colleague the Reverend Andy Godfrey for pointing out that “The Housemaid” is indeed a throwback to those sort of psychological thrillers that they used to make in abundance in the late 80’s and early 90’s. “Single White Female”, … Read more

The Running Man (3*): Patchy Sci-Fi Remake Demonstrates Glen Powell’s Limitations.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Running Man” (2025, 3*, 12A). I’ve been a fan of Edgar Wright’s style of movie-making for a very long time: “Hot Fuzz” is one of my all-time-favourite comedies; and “Baby Driver” and “Last Night in Soho” both made my Top 10 Films of the Year lists (in 2017 … Read more

One Mann’s Movies: Films of the Year 2024

#onemannsmovies My personal choice of Top 20 Movies of 2023.

The First Omen (15): The Prequel Nobody Asked For Is Little More Than So-So.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The First Omen”. Lacklustre horror prequel that nobody asked for. 2.5/5.

Madame Web (12): Timey Wimey Rubbish That Doesn’t Bear Close Scrutiny.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Madame Web” (2024). The latest Marvel – well, it’s from the rather dodgy Sony Marvel strand that includes the likes of “Venom” and “Morbius” – comes “Madame Web”. Now, I know a lot of Marvel fans tend to dump on the female-led movies (“Captain Marvel“, “WW:1984” and “The Marvels” … Read more