The Bad Guys 2 (4*): “Well, Butter My Crumpets!” – This Was A Pretty Fun Ride.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Bad Guys 2”. A fun comedy-heist animated feature from Dreamworks that smashes the 6 laugh test. 4/5.
Awkwafina
IF (U): Splashes of Spielbergian Magic But Trying Too Hard To Please All Audiences.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “IF”. Sparks into life at times but not the 5* family smash I was expecting. 3.5/5.
Migration (U): Chicken Run 2 But More Mallardy.
A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Migration” (2024). It’s half-term in the UK and so a good kids film is just what desperate parents are looking for. And “Migration”, from the Dreamworks “Illumination” studio, delivers just that. It smashed to the top of the box office charts when it was released last week and … Read more
The Little Mermaid (PG): An emotional return to a Disney classic: Done. Just. Right.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Little Mermaid” (2023). My disdain for the Mouse company in repeatedly raping and pillaging their animated classics to produce often tawdry live-action remakes is well known. (I described “The Lion King” as “gorgeously pointless”). And the gestation of this one has not been without controversy with the casting … Read more
Renfield (15): Ready to get your teeth into a gory horror/comedy?
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Renfield” (2023). I love Nicholas Hoult. From “Mad Max: Fury Road” through “The Favourite” and TVs tonally-similar “The Great” to his terrific turn in last year’s “The Menu“. He can do little wrong in my eyes. So teaming him with Nicolas Cage as Dracula in a horror/comedy seemed a … Read more