Disclosure Day ¦ Film Review (4.5*): What the World Needs Now Is A Lot More Empathy… So True!

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Disclosure Day”. (2026, 4.5*, 12A). To say “highly anticipated” for Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” would be an understatement. More so for me, since “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” is my favourite film of all time. So I was riding for a fall! Most of Spielberg’s recent directorial output … Read more

The Devil Wears Prada 2 (3*): Glossy & Vacuous With An Absurd Plot, But Most Fans Will Love It.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Devil Wears Prada 2”. (2026, 3*, 12A). It’s been a full 20 years since the original (which I reviewed last week, getting CASTIGATED by my two daughters for only giving in 3.5 stars!). But now the same gang are back, in the unoriginally titled “The Devil Wears Prada … Read more

The Devil Wears Prada (3.5*): Working For An Executive She-Devil.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Devil Wears Prada”. (2006, 3.5*, PG). If you hadn’t noticed (satire), this Friday sees the UK release of “The Devil Wears Prada 2” – a mere twenty years after the original. I’m not sure I’ve rewatched the original during that time and some of the things in the … Read more

The Smashing Machine (2*): And You Thought The Only Rock Actor Was In EEAAO*!!

*Everything, Everywhere, All At Once. A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Smashing Machine” (2025, 2*, 15). I’m still desperately trying to stay in touch, during the LFF, with at least the major new release each week. As such, I went to see Dwayne Johnson’s foray into ‘proper’ acting with “The Smashing Machine”: a film … Read more

A Quiet Place: Day One (15): The Quest for Pizza.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “A Quiet Place: Day One”. A very different take on the genre, but one that worked for me. 4/5.