Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (12): “It’s the mileage”… and he’s got a lot on the clock.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (2023). It’s the summer of 1981 and myself and the illustrious soon-to-be-Mrs Movie Man go into a little fleapit of a cinema in the middle of Inverness to watch “Raiders of the Lost Ark” – a film neither of us knew anything … Read more

Asteroid City (12): Explain all of this to me. I dare you.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Asteroid City”. The most Andersonny film imaginable. Gorgeous but disjointed and barmy. 3/5.

No Hard Feelings (15): A Raucous Comedy about Sex Work for Reward.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “No Hard Feelings” (2023). You can’t argue that Jennifer Lawrence is an actor unafraid to exhibit ‘range’ in her work! In “No Hard Feelings”, the Oscar-winner (for “Silver Linings Playbook”) turns her hand to a screwball sex comedy. And though it won’t be to everyone’s tastes, I certainly found … Read more

Greatest Days (12): I figured out the story. (No, no. It wasn’t good.)

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Greatest Days” (2023). “Greatest Days” is a movie version of the “Take That” musical – “The Band”. This show came out a couple of years ago. (Indeed, the show is currently – summer 2023 – on an extensive tour around the UK.) We are very much in “Mamma Mia” … Read more

The Flash (12): A fun and engaging multiversal brain-scrambler.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Flash” (2023). Ezra Miller is a PR-agency’s idea of a waking nightmare…. just look at the section “Controversies and legal issues” in his wiki entry here – jeez! But that off-screen controversy aside, “The Flash” – the latest frenetic DC offering – has a lot to like about … Read more