A One Mann’s Movies review of “How To Make A Killing”. (2026, 2.5*, 15). So, the Illustrious Mrs Movie Man has been keen to see this one ever since seeing the trailer and realising it to be an obvious remake of the 1949 classic “Kind Hearts and Coronets”. In that Ealing classic, Dennis Price played … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Love Lies Bleeding”. Rose Glass’s noirish thriller excites. 4/5.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Lost Daughter” (2021). Another ‘catch-up’ movie for me on Netflix is Olivia Colman in “The Lost Daughter”, the directorial debut of Maggie Gyllenhaal. And, for the second film running, after “The Power of the Dog“, it has a wholly unlikeable character at its heart. Bob the Movie Man … Read more
Welcome to the Crystal Maze. Darren Aronosfsky’s mother! is like no other film you’ll see this year: guaranteed. As a film lover, an Aronosfsky film is a bit like root canal at the dentist: you know you really need to go ahead and do it, but you know you’re not going to be very comfortable in … Read more
Excuse the pun, but this film is going to pull a lot of weight in the technical categories at the Oscars next year. It is a breathtaking piece of filmmaking, reportedly 8 years in the making and the brainchild of Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) and his son … Read more