Asteroid City (12): Explain all of this to me. I dare you.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Asteroid City”. The most Andersonny film imaginable. Gorgeous but disjointed and barmy. 3/5.
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No Hard Feelings (15): A Raucous Comedy about Sex Work for Reward.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “No Hard Feelings” (2023). You can’t argue that Jennifer Lawrence is an actor unafraid to exhibit ‘range’ in her work! In “No Hard Feelings”, the Oscar-winner (for “Silver Linings Playbook”) turns her hand to a screwball sex comedy. And though it won’t be to everyone’s tastes, I certainly found … Read more
Greatest Days (12): I figured out the story. (No, no. It wasn’t good.)
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Greatest Days” (2023). “Greatest Days” is a movie version of the “Take That” musical – “The Band”. This show came out a couple of years ago. (Indeed, the show is currently – summer 2023 – on an extensive tour around the UK.) We are very much in “Mamma Mia” … Read more
The Flash (12): A fun and engaging multiversal brain-scrambler.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Flash” (2023). Ezra Miller is a PR-agency’s idea of a waking nightmare…. just look at the section “Controversies and legal issues” in his wiki entry here – jeez! But that off-screen controversy aside, “The Flash” – the latest frenetic DC offering – has a lot to like about … Read more
Extraction (15): An energetic workout for the camera-person!
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Extraction” (2020). Ahead of watching the sequel, “Extraction 2”, I watched the original Chris Hemsworth film on Netflix that I missed when it first came out. It seemed a tad of a spoiler that there is a sequel… with Chris Hemsworth… but, hey, perhaps it is a prequel huh? … Read more