A One Mann’s Movies review of “Dune” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: Certain works of fiction have been labelled with the tag of “unfilmable”, and Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel “Dune” is one of those. It’s full of exposition done as internal monologues – which screams “movie voiceover”. And regular readers will know my hatred of … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: I was not a great fan of the original Venom, although I did find aspects of it to like. Unfortunately, for me, the sequel – “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” – delivered even less. And I found aspects of … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Last Duel” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: In Ridley Scott’s new movie “The Last Duel” we are in the late 14th century in France. And – apart from in one scene – it appears to be perpetual winter! Plot Summary: Widowed Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon) is a … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Respect” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: What with holidays and Bond, it’s taken me a few weeks to get to see this Aretha Franklin biopic. But I finally caught it this week. Arriving at the New York record companies. Aretha (Jennifer Hudson) with her controlling father (Forest Whitaker). (Source: … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Many Saints of Newark” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: With Bond showing on virtually every screen of my local Cineworld, there were few other choices for movies to go see this week. So even though I’ve never seen “The Sopranos” TV series, I decided to give this movie … Read more