Frankenstein (4*): Handsome Storytelling From del Toro With Real Heart.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Frankenstein” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 4*, 15). Another LFF film that is on limited release, in selected cinemas, from today in the UK. Guillermo del Toro’s passion project, “Frankenstein”, is a Netflix production that will start streaming on November 7th. But this really is an impressive, … Read more

Jurassic World: Rebirth (1.5*): Atrocious Special Effects And Dozy Dinos Ruin Any Possible Tension…

A large T-Rex roaring.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Jurassic World: Rebirth”. A Marmite film… but which I found truly dreadful. 1.5/5.

The Phoenician Scheme (4*): At Last… A Wes Anderson That Delivers Style AND Substance.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Phoenician Scheme”. Wes Anderson delivers artfully clever entertainment. 4/5.

The Boys in the Boat (12): The Guy in the White Jacket is FANTASTIC…. Because it’s ME!!

The 8 man crew rowing in George Clooney's The Boys in the Boat

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Boys in the Boat” (2024). “The Boys in the Boat” is going to be a tricky one for me to objectively do a Film Review for. Because, I’m actually in it! (Story below). It was originally reported way back in 2011 that this would be “Kenneth Branagh’s next … Read more

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.