A One Mann’s Movies review of “Supergirl”. (2026, 3*, 12A). Supergirl has appeared in multiple different forms since Helen Slater first donned the cape in the disappointing Jeannot Szwarc 1984 film, singularly failing to repeat the success of the Christopher Reeve series. When Supergirl appeared, and in style, in the form of Sasha Calle in … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Lurker”. (2025, 4*, 15). One I missed when it came out in UK cinemas in December last year, I just got to catch up with “Lurker” on my recent British Airways holiday flight to Jamaica. And what a terrific little film it is! It marks the directorial debut for … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Remarkably Bright Creatures”. (2026, 3.5*, 12). With apologies to Ms Field, in the unlikely event she happens to be reading this, but the now veteran actor Sally Field is not someone that I have ever particularly warmed to on the screen. I think it’s because her brand of chirpy … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Disclosure Day”. (2026, 4.5*, 12A). To say “highly anticipated” for Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” would be an understatement. More so for me, since “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” is my favourite film of all time. So I was riding for a fall! Most of Spielberg’s recent directorial output … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Savage House”. (2026, 4*, 15). From the trailer this rather looked like a cross between “The Favourite“, the first “Downton Abbey” movie (with the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire visiting rather than the king) and perhaps most of all the bawdiness and irreverence of the wonderful Russian-set TV series … Read more