The nominations for the Screen Actors Guild awards (the most grammar-vexing awards on the calendar!) were announced today, with strong showings again by both “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer”. These awards, scheduled to be announced on February 24th, are normally a strong indication as to which way the Oscars will fall so are worth paying attention to.  … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Boys in the Boat” (2024). “The Boys in the Boat” is going to be a tricky one for me to objectively do a Film Review for. Because, I’m actually in it! (Story below). It was originally reported way back in 2011 that this would be “Kenneth Branagh’s next … Read more
So in my summary of the Golden Globes 2024 nominations, I promised that I would share my predictions for where the awards will fall in tonight’s ceremony. So, here they are. Some of them are a bit “out there”, but let’s see. I’ll update this tomorrow with where the movie awards fell. Now updated with the … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Freelance” (2024). “Freelance”, currently streaming on Prime Video, sets an early bar for the most brainless bit of movie nonsense in 2024. I don’t mind fantasy adventure films… but grounding them even vaguely in common sense is a pre-requisite for me. One Mann’s Movies Rating: Plot Summary: Mason Pettits … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Anyone But You” (2023). Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” has been filmed many times for TV and (most notably) for the cinema in Kenneth Branagh’s 1993 movie. It also got a more modern treatment in “Messina High” in 2015. Here in “Anyone But You” we go full Rom-Com for … Read more