A One Mann’s Movies review of “One Battle After Another” (2025, 4*, 15). Paul Thomas Anderson has followed up “Licorice Pizza” from 2021 with this very different action comedy-thriller. I described “Licorice Pizza” as “Like going downhill on an out-of-control toboggan” and I could use the identical title for this film! Because it is totally … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Phoenician Scheme”. Wes Anderson delivers artfully clever entertainment. 4/5.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The French Dispatch” (2021). (Full title “The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun“). As another viewing on my recent trans-Atlantic plane ride, I caught up with Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch”: a movie I managed to miss due to one of my (many!) Covid infections. All of … Read more
One Mann’s Movies review of Dora and the Lost City of Gold. A real novelty of a proper summer family film that’s actually half decent! 3.5 / 5.
It’s Star Wars, but it’s inconsistent Star Wars. (This review will be specifically spoiler-free:Â a spoiler section is included below the trailer video, but only read this AFTER you’ve seen the film). Star Wars is a cinematic event. As one of the “main episodes”, with a two year wait, “The Last Jedi” is especially highly … Read more