A One Mann’s Movies review of “Priscilla” (2023). I saw Sofia Coppola’s new biopic, “Priscilla”, a few weeks ago in preview. It’s a well-made film, with a stunning central performance by the 25-year-old Cailee Spaeny. But it’s hardly a film that fills you with festive cheer. It’s released to UK cinemas on January 1st 2024. … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” (2023). Regular followers of this blog should know that stop-motion animation is not an art-form that I particularly appreciate. No, that’s not fair. I do APPRECIATE it, for being a painstaking technical process that creates an impressive moving image on the screen. But … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom” (2023). I have to admit that I was not a fan of the original “Aquaman” in 2018. I didn’t see it on the big screen and after I saw it on streaming I note that I was so unimpressed that I couldn’t even be … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Godzilla Minus One” (2023). Now, in any other week I would have given a Godzilla movie a WIDE berth. Ditto Transformer movies and Kong movies. I just don’t see the point of vacuous, thinly-painted characters battling CGI-realised monsters or – even worse – CGI monsters battling other CGI monsters … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “One Life” (2023). “One Life” has been doing the film festival circuit, but I missed it at the London Film Festival. But although it’s not officially released until January 1st, I saw it at a Cineworld Unlimited preview screening this week. It’s excellent, and I’ll be paying a second … Read more