Emilia Pérez (15): No 1 in Oscar Noms, A Bizarrely Entertaining Mexican Musical Cartel Thriller!

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Emilia Pérez”. A fascinating mash-up of different movie genres that mostly works well. Very interesting and unusual. 3.5/5.

The 355 (12A): Girlz Spies Rule; Boyz Spies Drool.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The 355” (2022). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Hollywood seems to have struggled to find a truly winning formula for what I could describe as the ‘kick-ass girl genre’. There have been solo attempts with the (very good) “Atomic Blonde” and the (less good) “Red Sparrow“. And similarly, there’s … Read more

One Mann's Movies: The Girl on the Train (2016)

You won’t uncork a bottle of Malbec again without thinking of this film… “The Girl on a Train” is the film adaptation of the best-seller by Paula Hawkins, transported from the London suburbs to New York’s Hastings-on-Hudson.   It’s actually rather a sordid story encompassing as it does alcoholism, murder, marital strife, deceit, sexual frustration, … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Joy (2016)

Under the assured direction of David O Russell, “Joy” tells the dramatised tale of the eponymous heroine, loosely based on the true life story of Joy Mangano. Jennifer Lawrence plays her as a struggling inventor trying to get the crazy idea in her head onto paper and then into the shops. When you consider that the product … Read more