H Is For Hawk (4*): A Film Alive With The Absurdities Of Death.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “H Is For Hawk” (2026, 4*, 12A). “H Is For Hawk” was one of the films nominated for the 2026 BAFTAs, and to be honest I’m a bit surprised that it wasn’t nominated also in some other categories, including cinematography, music, screenplay and the inimitable Claire Foy in the … Read more

Joker: Folie á Deux (15): A Bleak, Dark and Disturbing Sequel.

One Mann’s Movies FIlm Review of “Joker: Folie á Deux”. A bleak slice of madness from Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck. 4/5.

28 Days Later (18): You forget how good Boyle and Garland’s apocalyptic tale really is.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “28 Days Later” (2002). On our “Flickering Dreams” podcast we do a regular feature where myself and my fellow reviewers pick our favourite films from a particular director’s back catalogue (if you want to check out the past editions, eight so far, they are in a Youtube playlist here). … Read more

One Mann’s Movies: Top 10 of 2022

#onemannsmovies My personal choice of Top 10 Movies of 2022. Includes my 2022 movie montage of all films reviewed in the year.

The Banshees of Inisherin (15): An superlative dark comedy of two men at loggerheads.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Banshees of Inisherin” (2022). Do you have some embarrassing gaps in your film watching history? Movies that you really think you should have watched but never got around to? One of those on my personal list is “In Bruges” (2008) – the directorial feature debut of director Martin … Read more