Ben Schnetzer

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Pride (2014)

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Probably few things have divided the British people more in the last forty years than Margaret Thatcher’s time as Conservative leader.  The pivot point for that hatred/worship was the protracted dispute with the National Union of Mineworkers in 1984/85.  Arthur Scargill led the miners in a fight to the death against pit closures and their … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Book Thief (2014)

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When a film is narrated by Death himself, you know it’s not likely to be a laugh-a-minute sort of film. “The Book Thief” – a cinema feature debut by Brian Percival – starts impressively.  Death stalks the skies muttering truisms about life and mortality.  Decending throught the clouds we see a steam train chuffing through … Read more