Who’ll Be Nominated for the Oscars on January 22nd? In my previous post on the Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Award winners I indicated that the Flickering Dreams team – comprising myself, the Reverend Andy Godfrey, Scott Forbes and Emma Sewell – would be getting together to predict the nominations for the top categories at … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Rental Family” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2026, 4*, 12A). Getting its UK release today, I first caught “Rental Family” at the London Film Festival in October last year. It has stayed with me since then as one of the feelgood films of the year. Definitely recommended. ===== … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” (2025, 4.5*, 18). So, hot on the heels of last year’s “28 Years Later” we have the second in the proposed set of three-quels from Danny Boyle, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”. (Or, in the version I saw while here in Portugal, … Read more
One Mann’s Movies review the results of the early season Awards Results. The Golden Globes were handed out last Sunday and the week before that, the Critics’ Choice Awards were also handed out. Leading up to the BIG ONE – the Oscars on March 15th – will be the Director’s Guild Awards on February 7th, … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Anaconda” (2025, 3*, 12A). Stories involving man tackling a giant snake have been covered in film and TV many times, from 1954’s “Anaconda” to Johnny Weissmuller wrestling various reptiles as Tarzan (such as in 1958’s “Tarzan’s Fight for Life”). But in modern times, the titular snake has most famously … Read more