Dog Man (3.5*): Great Fun But a Manic Storyline That a 5-Year Old Can’t Recite!
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Dog Man”. Manic energy and a lot of laughs in a kids film that adults might enjoy too. 3.5/5.
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Blithe Spirit (12): A fun and frivolous lockdown treat.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Blithe Spirit” (2021). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: “Blithe Spirit” Plot summary: Charles Condomine (Dan Stevens) is a well-known crime writer working on his first screenplay. His wife Ruth (Isla Fisher) is the daughter of a studio boss commissioning the work. But he has writer’s block – – principally … Read more
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Putting the crisis into mid-life crisis. “Do you think your life has turned into something you never intended?” So asks Susan Morrow (Amy Adams) to her young assistant, who obviously looks baffled. “Of course, not – you’re still young”. Susan is in a mid-life crisis. While successful within the opulent Los Angeles art scene her … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Great Gatsby (2013)
Adapting F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel seems fraught with danger, as film critics and lovers of the book will sharpen their barbs to fire at any such film sticking its head above the parapet. Critics it has had a plenty, but Baz Luhrmann’s film is something wondrous to look at. The recreation of the decadence … Read more