One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Theory of Everything (2015)

The Theory of Everything is an extremely moving love story concerning the brilliant British scientist Stephen Hawking and his first marriage. Whilst you may need a PhD in Physics to understand the intricacies of Hawking’s theories (which by coincidence I have and – no – it’s not enough) the lack of a GCSE in Physics … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Black Sea (2014)

The title of the film – Black Sea – is both descriptive and geographic.   Jude Law plays Robinson, a submarine captain put out to graze by his salvage company who finds an audacious way to get back at his old bosses and make some money at the same time.  The “MacGuffin” in this movie … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Imitation Game (2014)

“Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine. “ Few injustices in the world have equalled that meted out to Alan Turing. Where would the world be today without him? He can justly be considered to be the father of modern computing, and yet … Read more

Interstellar (12): Loud, bombastic, sometimes indecipherable, but brilliant.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Interstellar” (2014). (Restructured following a 2024 re-release watch at the cinema.) Wowser!  “Interstellar”, Christopher Nolan’s new film, was presaged with such marketing hype that I went in with pretty low and cynical expectations. But I was frankly blown away with it.   Just about everyone raves about Christopher Nolan’s … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Fury (2014)

“Ideals are peaceful, History is violent” I can’t make my mind up about “Fury”. As an escapist war film, it delivers well in a clichéd sort of way. But is it a true reflection on what the latter stages of WW2 were actually like? I doubt it. This film certainly doesn’t paint American soldiers in … Read more