The French Connection (4.5*): “Picking Your Feet In Poughkeepsie”.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The French Connection”. William Friedkin’s classic cop drama from 1971 deserves its status. 4.5/5.
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Blade Runner (The Final Cut) (5*): Still Manages To Hold Me In Awe.
One Mann’s Movies FIlm Review of “Blade Runner: The Final Cut”. A classic movie that has well stood the test of time. 5/5.
The Holdovers (15): “World is decay; Life is Perception”.
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
Saving Private Ryan (15): 25 Years But Still as Visceral as Ever.
A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Saving Private Ryan” (1998). Steven Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan” was released in the UK on September 11th 1998. So, just to make me feel horribly old, it is now over 25 years old. But it still packs a punch on the big screen. When I first saw it, … Read more
Some Like It Hot (12): “Ba-dee-dly-dee-dly-dee-dly-dum! Boop-boop-a-doop!”
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Some Like It Hot” (1959). On my Flickering Dreams podcast, we recently talked about our favorite movies by director Billy Wilder. Emma Sewell chose “Some Like It Hot,” which she had watched in a movie theater. I mentioned that it would be wonderful to watch it on the big … Read more