A One Mann’s Movies review of “Jackass: Best and Last”. (2026, 3.5*, 18). I’m old and crusty enough that one of the top teatime shows on the TV when I was growing up was “Batman” with Adam West as the Caped Crusader/Bruce Wayne and Burt Ward as Robin/Dick Grayson. And such was the propensity for … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Moana”. (2026, 3.5*, PG). Regular followers of this blog will fully know where I will stand on “Moana” – the latest Disney animation given the Live Action do-over. They all seem pretty pointless and lazy to me. Often just shot-for-shot reproductions of the originals, but with slightly less animation. … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Last Viking”. (2026, 4.5*, 15). My good friend and Flickering Dreams colleague the Reverend Andy Godfrey raved about this film, so when it came up at my local Everyman – one night only, and fortunately not the England World Cup match – I grabbed the chance to see … Read more
With his eagerly anticipated “The Odyssey” opening in US and UK cinemas on Friday, Everyman Cinemas have been running a Christopher Nolan retrospective season as a part of their excellent “Throwback” series (in which you get a free glass of wine/beer and a popcorn thrown in!). The other week I saw the immaculate “Interstellar“. Last … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Invite”. (2026, 4.5*, 15). “The Invite” is the latest film from Olivia Wilde who also stars in this one: a rather uncomfortable farce around a dinner party and social manners that could – in terms of social embarrassment, almost be a modern-day companion piece to the recent “Savage … Read more