Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (4*): Benoit Blanc and the Demon Lamp-Topper.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 4*, 12A). Today sees the UK release of the next Benoit Blanc mystery/thriller film “Wake Up Dead Man”, directed by Rian Johnson. I saw this at the LFF in early October but am republishing … Read more

Queer (18): Craig is Oscar-worthy. The Film? Not So Much.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Queer”. A great period mood and a top performance from Daniel Craig, but a disappointment for me. 2.5/5.

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.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (12): This Onion made me cry with laughter.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (2022). “Knives Out” was my number 3 film of 2019. Could I hope that the sequel might match it? I’m delighted to say “Yes, yes, yes”! Because with “Glass Onion” Rian Johnson has managed to land a sequel that is equally as entertaining, … Read more

The Sound of 007 (12): A fascinating dance through 60 Years of Bond music, but a missed opportunity.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Sound of 007” (2022). “The Sound of 007”, available on Amazon Prime Video, is a documentary exploring the musical history of Bond, James Bond. It has some glorious nuggets and (even to this Bond officianado) had a few snippets of information I hadn’t heard before. But, sadly, it … Read more