A One Mann’s Movies review of “Hamnet” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 5*, 12A). “Hamnet” is out tomorrow and in my books this is a “must see”. But make sure you take lots of tissues with you: it’s an emotional ride. Jessie Buckley has already just won the Best Actress award at the … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Small Things Like These”. A struggle of concience for Cillian Murphy’s 1980’s coal merchant. Superb. 4/5.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “God’s Creatures” (2023).. Here’s another A24 production, but one which is rather slinking into cinemas without much fanfare and will – pretty quickly I think – slink out again fairly unnoticed. “God’s Creatures” is a rather dour and depressing little tale, but it nonetheless has its moments: principally with … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “On Chesil Beach” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. As you might notice from my lack of recent posts, the day job is getting in a way a bit at the moment. But one film I wanted to catch was this adaptation of Ian McEwan’s … Read more
Having just this week returned from climbing all 19,341 feet of Kilimanjaro, I find myself intimately capable of reviewing “Everest”, the new thriller from Icelandic director Baltamar Kormákur. Based on a true story from 1996, Jason Clarke and Jake Gyllenhaal play Rob Hall and Scott Fischer respectively, rival organisers of commercial climbing ventures whose businesses … Read more