Love “On the Rocks” (12)? Ain’t no surprise!
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “On the Rocks”: delicious comedy on marital suspicions from Sofia Coppola. Bill Murray’s on top form. 4.5/5.
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Emma (U): Anya Taylor-Joy is hilarious and simply sublime.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Emma (2020). A sublime take on Jane Austen’s magical comedy of social status. Highly recommended. 4.5/5.
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Their Finest (2017).
Keep Calm and Carry on Writing. In a well-mined category, “Their Finest” is a World War 2 comedy/drama telling a tale I haven’t seen told before: the story behind the British Ministry of Information and their drive to produce propaganda films that support morale and promote positive messages in a time of national crisis. For … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Dad’s Army (2016)
As someone in his frisky fifties, I am old enough to remember the arrival on our British TV screens of the original Dad’s Army back in 1968. I can still remember my dearly departed Dad with tears flowing down his cheeks at the antics of this motley crew of (mostly) old folks as they confronted … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel was a surprise hit in 2012, leveraging the “oldies” out of their armchairs and into the cinemas in droves: the film returned around 15 times its modest $10M budget. Now three years later comes the sequel – the amusingly titled “Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”, and its much of the … Read more