Reviews of the Films in the Oscar Best Live Action Short Category 2026.

As always, I try to see as many of the Live Action Short Oscar-nominated Films as I can before the big night. Short films are wonderful! If you haven’t engaged in the magic of them, do yourself a favour and try and catch some of these ones. There are links to where you may be … Read more

How To Make A Killing (2.5*): Given the Subject Matter, This Was Astonishingly Dull.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “How To Make A Killing”. (2026, 2.5*, 15). So, the Illustrious Mrs Movie Man has been keen to see this one ever since seeing the trailer and realising it to be an obvious remake of the 1949 classic “Kind Hearts and Coronets”. In that Ealing classic, Dennis Price played … Read more

The Actor Awards 2026: A Jordan Cat Among the Chalamet Pigeons.

The winners for the Sceen Actors Guild are out with the race for the Oscars now even more wide open.

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (4.5*): I’ve a “Hunk, a Hunk of Burning Love” For This Documentary.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert”. (2026, 4.5*, 12A). With “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert”, Baz Luhrmann provides previously unseen footage of Elvis in his concerts in the early 1970s. Trying to reconcile your views on Elvis Presley based on movie characterisations is a bit tricky. Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 biopic … Read more

Scream 7 (2*): Icky Kills and Dull Dialogue Inbetween.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Scream 7”. (2026, 2*, 18). Just like “The Fast and the Furious” and “Police Academy”, by the time you reach number 7 in the franchise you should know you are on borrowed time. So “Scream 7” tries to lean on nostalgia by bringing Neve Campbell back into the cast. … Read more