A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Matrix Resurrections” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: After the technical glory days of “The Matrix” in 1999 there were two increasingly dire sequels in 2003. So my hopes were not high for this dredging exercise. But even given those low expectations…. Plot Summary: Neo (Keanu Reeves) is a … Read more
My personal choice of Top 10 Movies of 2021 in video form here – https://youtu.be/oKmM1vhRD5c. Includes at the start of the video my “2021 Movie Montage” of all the movies I’ve watched (and rated) during the last year. For an index to the original reviews of the movies mentioned, see here. (For those who like … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Don’t Look Up” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: I’m a fan of Adam McKay’s caustically satirical movies, with “The Big Short” (2015) and “Vice” (2018) being movies I can watch multiple times. But with “Don’t Look Up” I was really starting to wonder where he was going…. Plot Summary: … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “West Side Story” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: Spielberg directing a musical remake of the 1961 classic “West Side Story”? Of course, there was that Buzby Berkeley opening number to “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. But that’s really about it. It’s certainly a significant deviation from his … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “tick, tick… BOOM!” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: “Tick, tick, BOOM!” has been out of Netflix for weeks now, and I’ve kept thinking….. “nah”. But, boy oh boy, is this an excellent and engrossing movie. A dark horse for an Oscar best picture perhaps? Plot Summary: Telling the real-life … Read more