Dave Bautista
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Blade Runner 2049 (2017).
A stunning visual triumph. I was a sufficient nerd to buy a “Back to the Future” T-shirt to celebrate “future day” from “Back to the Future 2” two-years ago, and I will probably be a sufficient nerd to buy a “Blade Runner” T-shirt in two-years time to celebrate the setting-date for the original film. One … Read more
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (2017)
Groot Expectations. James Gunn is back writing and directing the sequel to his surprise 2014 summer hit. And it might be a fresh mix tape slammed into the Walkman, but it’s much of the same again. Not that that’s necessarily a bad thing. In terms of the story, it’s almost a remake of the worst … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Spectre (2015)
Spectre is premium Bond. But it’s not quite the perfect film that the hype of the 5* reviews might suggest. We learn a few new things: some more of the back history of Bond; that switches in Bond cars don’t always work the way you expect; and that Ralph Fiennes really can’t run very elegantly! … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
I admit to having a very negative view of both Marvel and DC movie properties of late. These seem to range from the massively over-recycled fayre of Batman, Superman and Spiderman to dredging out the most marginal characters from the back of the metaphorical kitchen cupboard. I fully expected Guardians of the Galaxy to fall … Read more