With his eagerly anticipated “The Odyssey” opening in US and UK cinemas on Friday, Everyman Cinemas have been running a Christopher Nolan retrospective season as a part of their excellent “Throwback” series (in which you get a free glass of wine/beer and a popcorn thrown in!). The other week I saw the immaculate “Interstellar“. Last … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Bride!”. (2026, 2.5*, 15). “The Bride” has moments of brilliance that impressed me greatly. But it is all rolled up into such a convoluted mess of other stuff. The film really can’t seem to quite decide which genre it is in. Some of the scenes made me laugh, … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “28 Years Later” (2025). A arty zombie movie from Boyle and Garland that will divide audiences. 4/5.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Amsterdam” (2022). I was told off, a few weeks ago, by The Illustrious Mrs Movie Man about this film. Because the first time the trailer for “Amsterdam” was shown, I was involuntarily making little orgasmic noises as the cast of the film was progressively revealed. Astonishing! And directed by … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Thor: Love and Thunder” (2022). So the latest episode of the “Take” movie podcast by Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo generated the most heated discussion I’ve yet seen between the generally polite bickering that goes on between the pair. (You can see it on Youtube here.) Mayo thought “Thor: … Read more