Hamlet (2024) (15): Glittering McKellen in a Quirky but Exquisite Age-Blind Version.

Ian McKellen in dark glasses playing Hamlet in the Sean Mathias 2024 production.

A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Hamlet” (2024). Note that Hamlet will be available on DVD, Blu-ray & Digital Download from 8th April! And the disc cover has my quote on it, as above! The Covid lockdown in 2020 did a lot of damage to the performing arts in the UK, but none more so than to theatres. One of … Read more

“Flickering Dreams” Episode 52: Reviews of Wicked Little Letters, Madame Web, The Taste of Things, Mea Culpa and Memory.

The regular Flickering Dreams film review podcast features this week: In this episode Bob, Emma and Andy review the following films: We also run through the UK/Ireland Top 10 at the box office and (on the video version only) play the next round in our highly competitive Film Quiz with just 2 weeks left for … Read more

Dark Phoenix (12): X-Meh.

One Mann’s Movies review of the latest X-Men movie – Dark Phoenix.

One Mann’s Movies DVD Review: A United Kingdom (2016).

“In to Africa”. I managed to miss this film when it was first shown at the end of 2016.  And what a shame as it would have UNDOUBTEDLY made my “Films of the Year” list.    Directed by Amma Asante (“Belle”) this is the true tale of a real-life fairy story, featuring a handsome prince … Read more

One Mann's Movies Film Review: Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Tail as old as Kline. With the Disney marketing machine in full swing, its hard to separate the hype from the movie reality in this latest live-action remake of one of their classic animated features from 1991. If you are lucky enough to have children you will know that each child tends to have “their” Disney feature: … Read more