A Traveler’s Needs (’12’): Arthouse Film That, For Me, Typifies ‘Style Over Substance’.
One Mann’s Movies FIlm Review of “A Traveler’s Needs”. Like watching Korean paint dry. 1.5/5.
Isabelle Huppert
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris (PG): A rollercoaster of emotions in this feelgood ‘Cinderella’ movie.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Mrs Harris Goes to Paris” (2022). “Mrs Harris Goes to Paris” is based on the Mrs Harris (or more accurately, Mrs ‘Arris) books of Paul Gallico, first published in 1958. (There’s a series of four books, so opportunities for sequels!). Now Paul Gallico I immediately recognised as the novellist … Read more
Frankie (12A): A film about death that dies on its feet.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Frankie” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: My first return visit to a UK cinema for a VERY long time. Hoorah!! I only wish it was for a better film since “Frankie” – a Cineworld Unlimited screening – was frank-ie-ly pretty awful! Frankie (Isabelle Huppert) takes a morning topless … Read more
One Mann's Movies DVD Review: Hell or High Water (2016)
“Sometimes a blind pig finds a truffle”. One of the joys (and stresses) of the run up to the Oscar weekend is to try to catch all the major award films before the big event. As I bitched about in my BAFTA write-up, UK release dates do NOT make this an easy task, with some … Read more