A One Mann’s Movies review of “Hypnotic” (2023). Ben Affleck mystery thrillers seem to be a Russian Roulette of cinema. For every “Gone Girl” there is a “Deep Water“. “Hypnotic” is mildly engaging, but still feels like a B-movie. I thought Affleck was wandering through it on auto-pilot for most of the running time and … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Soul”: a Pixar classic, more for adults than children, covering life, death and “the great before”. A gorgeous effort: great to look and listen to, but which left me slightly unmoved. 4.5/5.
One Mann’s Movies review of “X-Men: The New Mutants” (2020). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: Certification: US: PG-13. UK: 15. So, I’ve heard a lot of bad word-of-mouth about this X-Men flick, but otherwise knew very little about it. As such, I went in with low expectations. And although there is nothing remotely novel about the movie, I … Read more
Elysium is the follow up film from Neill Blomkamp to his much (and quite rightly) lauded intelligent sci-fi film “District 9”. Many of the themes of that classic – prejudice and segregation – are similarly played out in this film, with the focus this time being on rich and poor and the gulf that separates … Read more