1917 (15): A far from relaxing evening at the movies.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of the epic war film by Sam Mendes – 1917. Visceral and a stressful watch but gets 5/5 from me.
George MacKay
One Mann's Movies DVD Review: Captain Fantastic (2016)
Dysfunctionally functional. The second of my catch-up films for next Sunday’s Oscars, this time featuring Viggo Mortensen who is up for a Best Actor Oscar. “Captain Fantastic” starts with a dramatic hunting expedition introducing us to the unusual Cash family. Dad Ben (Viggo Mortensen) is bringing up his six kids – Bodevan, Kielyr, Vespyr, Rellian, … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Pride (2014)
Probably few things have divided the British people more in the last forty years than Margaret Thatcher’s time as Conservative leader. The pivot point for that hatred/worship was the protracted dispute with the National Union of Mineworkers in 1984/85. Arthur Scargill led the miners in a fight to the death against pit closures and their … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Sunshine on Leith (2013)
 I have to admit that all I knew about Leith, before looking it up on Google Maps, was that in the famous tongue-twister the police from there “dismissive up”.  But it turns out that Leith is a port-based district of Edinburgh.  And very picturesque it is too in Dexter Fletcher’s new musical “Sunshine on … Read more