Gemini Man (12): Taking a polished turd for a trip down uncanny valley.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Gemini Man” (2019). Not even Will Smith and Will Smith can save this turkey. 1.5/5.
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One Mann's Movies Concert Review: Michael Giacchino at 50 (2017).
In rather a departure from my normal posts, here’s a review of the epic concert held at the Royal Albert Hall in London last night (20th October 2017) to celebrate the 50th birthday of film, TV and videogame composer Michael Giacchino. With the deaths in recent years of Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner (the latter … Read more
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Doctor Strange (2016)
Well multiversed. In the latest Marvel film (notably now available with the snazzy new Marvel production logo at the start) Benedict Cumberbatch (“Sherlock”, “Star Trek Into Darkness”) plays the titular hero: a neurosurgeon with exceptional skills, an encyclopedic knowledge of discographies and an ego to rival Donald Trump. After an horrific car crash (topically addressing … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Martian (2015)
When I was a 10-year old kid my favourite TV programme was Gerry Anderson’s U.F.O. and my favourite EVER episode of that was one called “Survival”. In it, Colonel Paul Foster (the late Michael ‘nearly Bond’ Billington) was stranded believed dead on the moon a hundred miles from Moonbase with diminishing oxygen supplies and with the … Read more