Regretting You (3*): A Convoluted Pot-Boiler But A Decent Example of the Genre.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Regretting You” (2025, 3*, 15). “Regretting You” is a right old potboiler of a melodrama based on the bestselling book by Colleen Rooney. It wasn’t the sort of film that was ever going to rock my personal world, but from the positive murmurs around my – pretty well-attended – … Read more

Balearic (1.5*): A Great Set-Up Before An Incoherent Arthouse Ramble.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Balearic” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 1.5*, ’15’). I said with my review of “100 Nights of Hero” that that was my last LFF film that I’d seen on the big screen. But I also have access to a video library of a subset of the films … Read more

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (3*): A By-The-Books Music Biopic That Failed To Excite.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” (2025, 3*, 12A). I saw “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” at The Royal Festival Hall as a part of the London FIlm Festival, but as it is released in UK cinemas from tomorrow, I’ve done this one as a standard post and not one … Read more

Lady (3*): An Aristocrat Whose Pretence The Film Crew Can See Right Through.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Lady” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 3*, ’15’). Given how late in the calendar year the London Film Festival is run, it’s quite rare to have a World Premiere showing at the LFF. But “Lady” was one of them. It has moments of hilarity but, for me, … Read more

Retreat (3.5*): A Truly Innovative Movie Set In An Entirely Deaf Commune.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Retreat” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 3.5*, ’12A’). One of the most innovative films I’ve seen at the LFF, “Retreat” is almost entirely without traditional dialogue: there are only about 4 or 5 lines near the end of the film. All of the rest of the conversations … Read more