A One Mann’s Movies review of “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu”. (2026, 2.5*, 12A). With “The Mandalorian and Grogu” we are back again far, far away in the “Star Wars” universe, longer, longer ago than Episodes 7, 8 and 9 but not as longer, longer ago than Episode 6, “The Return of the Jedi”. … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Christophers”. (2026, 3.5*, 15). A Happy Birthday to Sir Ian McKellen who turns 87-years-old next Monday. Never one to put his feet up, McKellen is still following a gruelling schedule of filming: currently he is out in New Zealand for three months reprising Gandalf in “The Lord of … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Primavera”. (2026, 4*, 15). I’m not sure how true-to-history this tale is (the film is based on a novel; not a biography), but regardless of that, this makes for a sumptuous tale of the orphan residents of Ospedale della Pietà: a renowned convent and music school in 18th Century … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Sheep Detectives”. (2026, 4.5*, PG). We are really being spoiled for great family films this year. Last month brought us the wonderful “The Magic Faraway Tree“. Now we have “The Sheep Detectives”, designed for slightly older children (see my parental guidance in the “Spoiler” section below the trailer), … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Hokum”. (2026, 4*, 15). I see lots and lots of cookie-cutter haunted-house horror films, but not one has yet has started with a 16th-Century conquistador on a search for treasure in the desert of Abu Dhabi! Like, “WTF”!? But this is just the first hint of what’s to come … Read more