(Well, actually that seems perfectly plausible!) A One Mann’s Movies review of “Deep Water” (2022). “Deep Water”, based on a Patricia Highsmith novel, is currently on Netflix and seems to be trying to replicate the success of “Gone Girl“. Unfortunately, it fails to get near it. One Mann’s Movies Rating: Plot Summary: ‘Retired’ and wealthy … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” (2022). Sometimes, when I get a downer on the state of cinema, I think to myself “are there no new ideas for films any more”. And then I go to see a film like “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” and my enthusiasm … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” (2022). It says something for the yawn-worthiness, for me, of the Fantastic Beasts Potter prequels that this film has been out over two weeks before I could be arsed to see it. Would “The Secrets of Dumbledore” rise above the very low-bar set … Read more
(Or “This Viking saga dials it up to eleven” in Old Norse). A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Northman” (2022). Robert Eggers takes a Viking saga and cranks up the action and gore to breathtaking levels. Forget the niceties of Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis in 1958’s “The Vikings”. In fact, if “Viking” was … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Operation Mincemeat” (2022). I am partial to a good war film. And I thought “Operation Mincemeat” was good… but only in parts. One Mann’s Movies Rating: Plot Summary: It’s 1943 and the British are planning to move back into Southern Europe. Sicily is the obvious target. And the Nazis … Read more