A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Fifth Element”. (1997, 4*, 12). Original title: Le cinquième élément. Luc Besson’s 1997 Sci-Fi comedy made the rounds as an Everyman Throwback back in February of this year but, as for many of the Throwbacks I saw on the big screen at this Oscar-rich time, I failed to … Read more
With his eagerly anticipated “The Odyssey” opening in US and UK cinemas on Friday, Everyman Cinemas have been running a Christopher Nolan retrospective season as a part of their excellent “Throwback” series (in which you get a free glass of wine/beer and a popcorn thrown in!). The other week I saw the immaculate “Interstellar“. Last … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Oppenheimer” (2023). The “Barbenheimer” tag for this week’s releases is slightly bonkers since you could hardly imagine two more different films than “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer”! Both have been packing cinema screens this weekend (hooray!). “Barbie” was surprisingly good. But, having had disappointments from Nolan (“Dunkirk“, I’m specifically looking at … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Courier” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: It’s not to be confused with the Olga Kurylenko / Gary Oldman 2019 movie of the same title. But with a fresh Berlin current-day Russian spy scandal in the news this week, seeing the cold war spy drama “The Courier” is a … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Laundromat” (2019). One Mann’s Movies Rating: Plot Summary: In “The Laundromat”, Ellen Martin (Meryl Streep) loses her husband Joe (James Cromwell) in a boating accident. She expects a multi-million dollar insurance payout, but is frustrated that the insurance companies evaporate in a miasma of shell-companies and double-dealing. Her … Read more