A One Mann’s Movies review of “Hamnet” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 5*, 12A). “Hamnet” is out tomorrow and in my books this is a “must see”. But make sure you take lots of tissues with you: it’s an emotional ride. Jessie Buckley has already just won the Best Actress award at the … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Fackham Hall” (2025, 2*, 15). This Downton-esque parody – “Fackham Hall” – was actually the last of the 214 new films that I saw during 2025, but due to all of the end-of-year-list stuff I’m just really slow to write this up. I’m even finding it a struggle to … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Song Sung Blue” (2026, 4*, 15). My first film that actually got released in 2026 (so another “Happy New Year” to you dear reader), “Song Sung Blue” is NOT, as the first trailer might have made you believe, a biopic of Neil Diamond but something else entirely. But very … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Marty Supreme” (2025, 3.5*, 15). I’m talking about Marty Mauser (TimothĂ©e Chalamet)… the anti-hero in Josh Safdie’s latest film “Marty Supreme”. (Why? Who else did you think I was talking about??) This one is a really difficult one to rate, since on the one hand Mauser is just SUCH … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Housemaid” (2025, 4*, 15). Hats off to my film reviewing colleague the Reverend Andy Godfrey for pointing out that “The Housemaid” is indeed a throwback to those sort of psychological thrillers that they used to make in abundance in the late 80’s and early 90’s. “Single White Female”, … Read more