A One Mann’s Movies review of “Eternity” (2025, 4*, 15). Hollywood has had a few goes at depicting the “Undiscovered Country from which no traveller returns”. David Niven of course went there in the 1946 Michael Powell / Emeric Pressburger classic “A Matter of Life and Death”. And a personal favourite of mine was the … Read more
#onemannsmovies My personal choice of Top 20 Movies of 2023.
A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Holdovers” (2024). Rather irritatingly for a ‘Christmas classic’ we have only just got “The Holdovers” released in the UK. (It seems to be on limited release this week, with more screenings promised from next Friday). But it was worth waiting for. And I can see now why … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (2023). We all know that “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinnochio” is going to walk off with the BAFTA and the Oscar for the Best Animated Feature. But, to be honest, I preferred “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”. Packed with funny audio and visual … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Lost City” (2022). After the bruhaha of the Oscars, back to more middle-of-the-road fare with “The Lost City”: a new comedy/action caper starring Sandra Bullock. It’s an almost exact rip-off of 1984’s “Romancing the Stone” with Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas. (It even has a knowing slogan at … Read more