West Side Story (12A): A star is born with Rachel Zegler.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “West Side Story” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: Spielberg directing a musical remake of the 1961 classic “West Side Story”? Of course, there was that Buzby Berkeley opening number to “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. But that’s really about it. It’s certainly a significant deviation from his … Read more

tick, tick… BOOM! (12A): An engrossing musical biopic of Jonathan Larson.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “tick, tick… BOOM!” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: “Tick, tick, BOOM!” has been out of Netflix for weeks now, and I’ve kept thinking….. “nah”. But, boy oh boy, is this an excellent and engrossing movie. A dark horse for an Oscar best picture perhaps? Plot Summary: Telling the real-life … Read more

One Mann’s Movies 2021 Film Listing, with Ratings

A Happy New Year to you all. In preparing for my Top 10 list for 2021 (a REALLY difficult task this year), I’ve put together the following index of all the new films I’ve watched in 2021, ordered by my rating. (You might think “well the top 10 in here must be his top 10 … Read more

Home Sweet Home Alone (PG): Like painting a moustache on the Mona Lisa.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Home Sweet Home Alone” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: Last year I put together this listing of my favourite Christmas films of all time, and the original “Home Alone”, directed by Chris Columbus, was top of that list. “Home Alone 2” came close to matching it, but then we … Read more

Red Notice (TV-14): Glossy, star-studded romp in the style of Oceans 11.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Red Notice” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: Not to be confused with the dire Sky Movies offering “SAS: Red Notice“, this Netflix hit is glossy escapist nonsense that nonetheless entertains. Plot Summary: Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds) is a notorious art thief on the trail of Cleopatra’s Eggs: three artefacts … Read more