Sense and Sensibility (4.5*): Ang Lee’s Period Piece is an Exquisite Joy.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Sense and Sensibility”. Ang Lee’s superb period adaptation of the Jane Austen novel is an utter delight. 4.5/5.
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Paddington in Peru (PG): Ursine Heroics That Bearly Reaches The Bar.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Paddington in Peru”. It’s ‘mostly harmless’, but a disappointment after the 1st two classics.. 3/5.
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (PG): Aardman does Mission Impossible.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” (2023). Regular followers of this blog should know that stop-motion animation is not an art-form that I particularly appreciate. No, that’s not fair. I do APPRECIATE it, for being a painstaking technical process that creates an impressive moving image on the screen. But … Read more
Downton Abbey: A New Era (PG): “Dreadful Film. Loved It”.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Downton Abbey: A New Era” (2022). The second big screen ‘adventure’ for the Crawley’s – “Downton Abbey: A New Era” – finally does what every British TV-to-movie adaptation resorts to in the end…. takes the bunch of well-known characters and sends them abroad! Bob the Movie Man Rating(s): Plot … Read more
Light Blue Touchpaper & Stand Well Back: Gunpowder at the Movies.
A One Mann’s Movies special. On Bonfire Night, a fun look at the use of gunpowder at the movies on film. With a surprising gunpowder plot fact!