Snow White (2.5*): Ho Hum… It’s A Film With ‘Small’ Issues, But Not As Horrific As I Feared.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Disney’s Snow White”. It’s not good… but it’s not terrible, with moments of charm. 2.5/5.

The Color Purple (12): Female Subjugation in the Deep South? Hell No.

Young Celie and Netty sitting on a tree branch in The Color Purple

A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Color Purple” (2024). Originally filmed by Steven Spielberg in 1985 and starring Whoopi Goldberg as Celie (who makes a surprise and uncredited cameo appearance here), this version of “The Color Purple” is based on the hit Broadway musical which ran until 2008. Steven Spielberg is one of … Read more

The Little Mermaid (PG): An emotional return to a Disney classic: Done. Just. Right.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Little Mermaid” (2023). My disdain for the Mouse company in repeatedly raping and pillaging their animated classics to produce often tawdry live-action remakes is well known. (I described “The Lion King” as “gorgeously pointless”). And the gestation of this one has not been without controversy with the casting … Read more