Rental Family (4*): A Genuinely Feel-good Film About A Quirk Of Japanese Life.

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

Killers of the Flower Moon (15): Scorsese’s masterwork shows greed on an epic scale.

Ernest (Leo DiCaprio) chauffeurs for Mooly (Lily Gladstone)

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Killers of the Flower Moon” (2023) (from the London Film Festival). OK, so here comes one of the BIG Oscar hopefuls. “Killers of the Flower Moon” is a bladder-testing three and a half hours, but is magnificant: a widescreen $200 million epic that truly deserves to be seen on … Read more

The Whale (15): Comeback kid Brendan Fraser’s shoots for Oscar glory.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Whale” (2023). So, how’s your New Year ‘get fit’ resolution going? With my weekly circuit training, pilates and dance fitness class, my abs are killing me! The alternative though, when taken to extreme, is to head down the route that Brendan Fraser’s character Charlie has followed in “The … Read more

Shazam! (12): Zoltar Rides Again!

One Mann’s Movies review of Shazam!