David Magee

The Little Mermaid (PG): An emotional return to a Disney classic: Done. Just. Right.

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A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Little Mermaid” (2023). My disdain for the Mouse company in repeatedly raping and pillaging their animated classics to produce often tawdry live-action remakes is well known. (I described “The Lion King” as “gorgeously pointless”). And the gestation of this one has not been without controversy with the casting … Read more

A Man Called Otto (15): A Man at the ‘End of the Line’?

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A One Mann’s Movies review of “A Man Called Otto” (2023). Aside from the excellent Traveling Wilbury’s track “The End of the Line”, the trailer for “A Man Called Otto” really didn’t appear that much to me. The humour seemed quite childish when played out of context. And as it was based on a well-loved … Read more