The title of the film – Black Sea – is both descriptive and geographic.  Jude Law plays Robinson, a submarine captain put out to graze by his salvage company who finds an audacious way to get back at his old bosses and make some money at the same time. The “MacGuffin” in this movie … Read more
“Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine. “ Few injustices in the world have equalled that meted out to Alan Turing. Where would the world be today without him? He can justly be considered to be the father of modern computing, and yet … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Interstellar” (2014). (Restructured following a 2024 re-release watch at the cinema.) Wowser! “Interstellar”, Christopher Nolan’s new film, was presaged with such marketing hype that I went in with pretty low and cynical expectations. But I was frankly blown away with it.  Just about everyone raves about Christopher Nolan’s … Read more
“Ideals are peaceful, History is violent” I can’t make my mind up about “Fury”. As an escapist war film, it delivers well in a clichĂ©d sort of way. But is it a true reflection on what the latter stages of WW2 were actually like? I doubt it. This film certainly doesn’t paint American soldiers in … Read more
(Note that this review will be specifically spoiler free!) One of the year’s most anticipated films, David Fincher’s Gone Girl doesn’t disappoint delivering a stylish and sophisticated cinematic punch to the guts. Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) arrives home on the day of his fifth wedding anniversary to find the door open, signs of disarray inside … Read more