A One Mann’s Movies review of “Bugonia” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 5*, ’15’). I’d forgotten that I republish these LFF reviews when the films come out. And “Bugonia” is out in cinemas this week. I went to see it again and loved it for a second time. There were a few additional … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Relay” (2025, 4*, 15). Remember all of those delightfully straightforward ‘conspiracy’ thrillers in the 80’s and 90’s like “No Way Out” (1987); “The Pelican Brief” (1993); “Enemy of the State” (1998)? “Relay”, the new film from David (“Hell or High Water“) McKenzie, reminded me a lot of that simpler … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “A House of Dynamite” (2025, 4*, 15). The wonderful American satirist Tom Lehrer, who only died in July of this year, once memorably sang “We will all char together when we char/ And let there be no moaning of the bar/ Just sing out a Te Deum/ When you … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Scream” (1996, 4.5*, 18). It has been many, many years since I last saw this film so took the opportunity of an Everyman Salisbury Throwback screening to watch it again on the big screen. The advantage of not having seen it for so long is that I actually had … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Tron: Ares” (2025, 1.5*, 12A). I was never a fan of “Tron”. Even the original Tron, which came out when I was a mere lad of 21, I thought was fatuous. Now, skipping “Tron: Legacy” from 2010, we come to the latest instalment, “Tron: Ares”. And my opinion of … Read more