Mr. Nobody Against Putin (4*): Parading a Bright Red Cloak In Front Of A Dangerous Bull.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Mr. Nobody Against Putin”. (2025, 4*, 15). One of the BBC’s ‘Storyville’ strands of international documentaries, “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” is the winner of the BAFTA for Best Documentary and one of the nominated Oscar Documentaries for this year. It’s a fascinating study into the workings of propaganda in … Read more

Reviews of the Films in the Best Animated Short Oscar Category 2026.

Composite of clips from the shortlisted films. (Source: Animation Magazine web site)

I have got to see all but one of the Best Animated Short Oscar nominees for the 2026 Oscars and once again there are some real crackers in the list. There are links to where you may be able to find them (subject to change of course) within each review. The nominees for Best Animated … Read more

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (3*): Never Knowingly Un-Plagiarising!

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die”. (2026, 3*, 15). “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” is an oddity of a film. It’s trying SOOOO hard to be this year’s “Everything, Everywhere, All at Once” but really not getting there. It also plagiarises concepts from so many different films that … Read more

Mother’s Pride (4*): A Truly Delightful Slice of British Comedy That Set The Cinema Abuzz.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Mother’s Pride”. (2026, 4*, 15). There is a certain je ne sais quoi in a cinema audience after a really good film has finished. A sense of smug satisfaction that, just for once, as a paying cinema-going customer, have actually chosen well and picked a good ‘un. It happened … Read more

A New Podcast: The Movie Bread Club.

The Movie Bread Club: a new podcast is released today on Spotify (and coming to other podcast platforms including Apple shortly). A quirky trio review new releases, discuss cinema news and Jennifer Jones gets to watch a classic film that she has never seen before. One Mann’s Movies Rating: Full Disclosure: Now, I should add … Read more