Io Capitano (15): The Painful Journey to a “Better Life”.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Io Capitano”. A gem of a film from Italy following the perils of African migrants. 4.5/5.
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The Forgiven (18): Trilobite by Jury.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Forgiven” (2022). Given the run of generally dodgy films that have been coming out recently in this arse-end of the summer season, “The Forgiven” dipped into cinemas for what seemed like a single week and then was gone again. But unlike some of those other movies, this was … Read more
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Blade Runner 2049 (2017).
A stunning visual triumph. I was a sufficient nerd to buy a “Back to the Future” T-shirt to celebrate “future day” from “Back to the Future 2” two-years ago, and I will probably be a sufficient nerd to buy a “Blade Runner” T-shirt in two-years time to celebrate the setting-date for the original film. One … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Eye in the Sky (2016)
Political dithering and droning In “Air Force One” (1997) Gary Oldman’s hijacking terrorist rebuffs the President’s daughter’s claim that the two are unalike – “Why? Because he does it in a tuxedo with a telephone call and a smart bomb?”. Warfare has changed immeasurably in the last twenty years with the introduction of ever-more ingenious … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Captain Phillips (2013)
Zowie! Tom Hanks plays Captain Rich Phillips in what is definitely my favourite film of the year to date. The fact that this is a true story, and based on a book by Captain Phillips, rather gives the game away that ‘things will be alright in the end’, but – boy oh boy – … Read more