A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Great Escaper” (2023). I’ve been away on holiday in the States for four weeks, so am behind on the current cinema films. Thankfully, I was able to catch “The Great Escaper” before it leaves cinemas. Michael Caine has had his share of brilliant film roles during his career … Read more
“You are scored on my heart Clark” “Me Before You” is a bit of a queer fish of a movie. It never quite decides whether it wants to be a romantic weepy, a drama, or a rom-com and as such ends up rather falling between all three stools. Emelia Clarke (“Game of Thrones”, “Terminator: Genesys”) … Read more
Come the F*** on Bridget… who’s the Daddy? The world’s favourite lonely-hearts diarist is back. Bridget (Renée Zellweger) once again starts the film ‘all by herself’, haunted by occasional meetings with ex-flame Mark D’Arcy (Colin Firth) – now married to Camilla (Agni Scott) – and facing the natural discomfort of the early funeral of another … Read more
X-rated for Sheep. Based on Thomas Hardy’s classic novel (which I much shamefully admit I have never read), Far From the Madding Crowd tells the tale of Bathsheba Everdene’s rags-to-riches rise to become a farm-owner in rural Dorset in the 1870’s, the title coming from the fact that Dorset is a long way from the … Read more
Adapting F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel seems fraught with danger, as film critics and lovers of the book will sharpen their barbs to fire at any such film sticking its head above the parapet. Critics it has had a plenty, but Baz Luhrmann’s film is something wondrous to look at. The recreation of the decadence … Read more