Geoffrey Rush

One Mann's Movies Film Review: Jackie (2017)

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Spoiler!  Her husband gets shot. “Jackie” tells the story of the spiralling grief, loss and anger of Jackie Kennedy driven by the assassination of JFK in Dallas in November 1963. Hopping backwards and forwards in flashback, the film centres on the first interview given by Jackie (Natalie Portman, “Black Swan”) to a ‘Time’ journalist (Billy … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Book Thief (2014)

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When a film is narrated by Death himself, you know it’s not likely to be a laugh-a-minute sort of film. “The Book Thief” – a cinema feature debut by Brian Percival – starts impressively.  Death stalks the skies muttering truisms about life and mortality.  Decending throught the clouds we see a steam train chuffing through … Read more