One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Bastille Day (2016)
‘B’ for ‘Bastille’; ‘B’ for ‘B-movie’ Idris Elba plays “reckless and irresponsible” American CIA operative Sean Briar who is one step ahead of the French police in getting to the…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Eye in the Sky (2016)
Political dithering and droning In “Air Force One” (1997) Gary Oldman’s hijacking terrorist rebuffs the President’s daughter’s claim that the two are unalike – “Why? Because he does it in…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Midnight Special (2016)
People often ask me what my favourite film of all time is, and it’s a difficult question to answer. I have a ‘head’ film list and a ‘heart’ film list,…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
It was another good day for the glaziers of Metropolis and Gotham. I went into the hugely hyped “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” with VERY low expectations, but came…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
“10 Cloverfield Lane” makes you wonder how studio execs come up with film concepts… SCENE: The Production Office at Bad Robot. JJ Abrams and Bryan Burk are sat in front…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Eddie the Eagle (2016)
The British love a plucky loser. “Eddie the Eagle” tells the astonishing but true story of everyman plasterer Eddie Edwards who qualified for, and then competed in, the Calgary Olympics…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Allegiant (2016)
Shailene Woodley is one of my favourite young actresses. Ever since she did that dramatic ‘crying-underwater’ scene in “The Descendents” she’s been someone to watch. And, while it was another…
One Mann’s Movies DVD Review: Black Mass (2016)
The name James Bulger brings a chill to many older British people. For James was the little boy abducted from a shopping centre in 1993 by two older boys, murdered…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Hail Caesar! (2016)
In the Coen Brothers latest “Hail Caesar!” we have exactly the same Hollywood-based mix of communist writers and Hedda Hopper-style gossip columnists as recently seem in “Trumbo”: but the films…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Trumbo (2016)
Most countries have dark parts in their history, and America is no exception. Did you know for example that eugenics was actively practiced in the US during the 1920’s and…
