The Conjuring: Last Rites (2*): Throwing Everything But the Kitchen Sink at the Screen.**

** Actually, no, the kitchen sink is included as well. A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Conjuring: Last Rites” (2025, 2*, 15). The problem of having a great summer of horror – with “Bring Her Back“, “Weapons” and “Together” – is that it brings ‘traditional’ horror films like “The Conjuring: Last Rites” into horribly … Read more

The Nun II (15): “The Eyes Have It, The Eyes Have It”

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Nun II” (2023). I’ve just about caught up with the cinema films I’ve missed due to my recent holiday: “The Nun II” was the last of the easily accessible ones! And it’s another sequel where I didn’t see the original… but again, it really didn’t matter. Bob the … Read more

The Many Saints of Newark (15): Sopranos prequel that failed to hit the high note.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Many Saints of Newark” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: With Bond showing on virtually every screen of my local Cineworld, there were few other choices for movies to go see this week. So even though I’ve never seen “The Sopranos” TV series, I decided to give this … Read more

The Front Runner (15): Candidate for a downfall.

Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. We can all probably rattle off some of the classics movies with US politics as their backdrop. For me, “All the President’s Men”; “Primary Colors”; and “Frost/Nixon” might make that list. In the next tier down there are many great drama/thrillers – “Miss Sloane“; “The Post“; “The … Read more

The Commuter (15): “This train is freaking me out”.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Commuter” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: “The Commuter” is not a good film. You know that I’m not a snob about action films: “Die Hard” is one of my all time favourites and I even gave this actor/director combo’s previous outing – “Non-Stop” – a rather … Read more