A Mann on a mission to review movies
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Promised Sky” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 3.5*, ’12A’). Original title: Promis le ciel. With the appalling resurgence of fascism across the…
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Enzo” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 3.5*, ’15’). No, not an early prequel to “Ferrari“. “Enzo” came across to me as a…
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Sound of Falling” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 3*, ’15’). Original title: In die Sonne schauen My first LFF screening for 2025,…
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” (2025, 4*, PG). As a trilogy of films, Downton could have continued a downward slide down the rubbish chute.…
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Sorry, Baby” (2025, 3.5*, 15). At one point in this, college professor Agnes (Eva Victor) is class-appraising Nabokov’s novel “Lolita”. A male student pipes…
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Heads of State” (2025, 3.5*, 12). This Amazon Prime offering is definitely NOT going to get any Oscar buzz. But as a mindless, park-your-brain-at-the-door…
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Long Walk” (2025, 3.5*, 15). “The Long Walk” was one of the first books published by the great Stephen King at the tender…
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Da Vinci Code” (2006, 3*, 12). Today, September 9th 2025, sees the launch of the new Dan Brown novel featuring Robert Langdon –…
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Kingdom” (2025, 3.5*, 15). Original title: Le Royaume I went into this French language film, “The Kingdom”, with no expectations but came out…
** Actually, no, the kitchen sink is included as well. A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Conjuring: Last Rites” (2025, 2*, 15). The problem of having a great summer…
