“You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day”. In my review of “The Two Faces of January” I described it as a film that “will be particularly enjoyed by older viewers who remember when story and location were put far ahead of CGI-based special effects”. In … Read more
A Happy New Year from One Mann’s Movies to you all! The new cinema year has got off to a robust start with the new movie from Tom Hooper (“The King’s Speech”, “Les MisĂ©rables”). We have seen many depictions of physical torture on the screen over the years, from the interminable teen-slasher pics, through ‘that … Read more
Whilst most men would agree that giving women the vote was a dreadful mistake (put that stone down ladies…. it’s just a joke), the astonishing story behind the UK social upheaval that was the Suffragette movement is well overdue a serious cinematic treatment. And a serious treatment Sarah Gavron’s new film most certainly is: you … Read more
“Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine. “ Few injustices in the world have equalled that meted out to Alan Turing. Where would the world be today without him? He can justly be considered to be the father of modern computing, and yet … Read more
The Grand Budapest Hotel is the latest from Wes Anderson, and what great fun it is. My review of Monuments Men pointed out that putting the likes of George Clooney, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, Bill Murray and Hugh Bonneville in the same film was no guarantee of a good film.  Following that logic, … Read more