GdT’s Pinnochio (PG): Stunning animation but annoying songs.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinnochio” (2022). There have been not one, not two, but THREE versions of the classic tale “Pinnochio” released in the last three years with (just to add extra confusion) two in 2022. I have not mustered the courage yet to watch the Disney live-action version starring … Read more

Birds of Prey (15): Harley Quinn is just one of a flock of squawking birds.

One Mann’s Movies Review of “Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn” (2020). Loud, brash and squawky. 3/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review: Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Tail as old as Kline. With the Disney marketing machine in full swing, its hard to separate the hype from the movie reality in this latest live-action remake of one of their classic animated features from 1991. If you are lucky enough to have children you will know that each child tends to have “their” Disney feature: … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Our Kind of Traitor (2016)

The recent success of the superbly staged BBC production of John Le Carré’s “The Night Manager” with Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie must have been music to the ears of the producers of “Our Kind of Traitor”. Was it the case that the film was held back by the studio for that very reason – … Read more