Ambulance (15): Utter ‘Bayhem’ on the streets of LA.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Ambulance” (2022). Michael Bay is to calm and quiet movies as Will Smith is to polite Oscar debate. “Ambulance” is possibly the most Michael Bay-est film of all time: two rollicking hours of adrenaline-fuelled action that leaves you breathless and in need of paracetamols at the end of it. … Read more

The Lost City (12A): Congenial Bullock and Tatum romance another stone.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Lost City” (2022). After the bruhaha of the Oscars, back to more middle-of-the-road fare with “The Lost City”: a new comedy/action caper starring Sandra Bullock. It’s an almost exact rip-off of 1984’s “Romancing the Stone” with Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas. (It even has a knowing slogan at … Read more

Oscars 2022: The infamously fallible Oscar predictions – Updated with “DID WINS”!

The 94th Academy Awards are tomorrow night, March 27th 2022. Yes folks, it’s time for me to stick my semi-learned neck out again and face either glory or perpetual scorn with my 2022 Oscars predictions! In my previous efforts, and normally based on predicting the 19 main categories, I correctly estimated: 73% in 2021 68% … Read more

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (12): Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” (2021). The Oscars are nearly here! I missed this one at the cinema last year. But with impeccable timing, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” arrives on Disney+ so that I judge the Oscar-nominated performance of Jessica Chastain. And, boy, is it an impressive performance! … Read more

Turning Red (PG): “Some sides are… messy”.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Turning Red” (2022). My local zoo is Marwell Zoo in Hampshire and my favourite animal in the whole zoo is the Red Panda. I hope the zoo are plugged into Disney-Pixar’s “Turning Red” as a great revenue earning opportunity. I can see hoards of pre- and young-teen girls descending … Read more