A One Mann’s Movies review of “Mothering Sunday” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: The title “Mothering Sunday” might suggest that this would be a good one to take your ol’ mum to see as ‘a nice treat’. Which indeed you might like to do, as long as you set the expectations first! For this is … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Eternals” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: I normally like to catch films early in their release, and avoid reading other reviews, so that I can come to my own independent opinion on them. (This sometimes has my feelings about a film wildly at odds with the general consensus, as … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Harder They Fall” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: I’ve referred to this as a Tarantino-esque western, but arguably this breed has its origins well before “Django Unchained” and “The Hateful 8“. As an old git, many of the slow-mo violent blood-spattering gun-battles in “The Harder They Fall” were … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Green Knight” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: I really wanted to see “The Green Knight” on the big screen, but the movie’s very restricted distribution (ridiculously so) meant that I couldn’t get to it. So it was a small screen watch on Amazon Prime for me. But even … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Spencer” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: Discordant strings sound as the royal party arrives at Sandringham for Christmas. “Is she here yet” intones the Queen. “No ma’am” her major domo replies. “Then she’s late”. Cut to a soulful choral version of “Perfect Day” as Diana Princess of Wales (née … Read more