Significant Other (15): A Dramatic Engagement in the Wilds of Oregon.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Significant Other” (2022). Another of the movies I saw on my recent trans-Atlantic trip with BA, this is available on the “Paramount+” streaming platform but also available to rent on others like Prime Video and Apple. It has its moments, with some nice cinematography and a very nice piece … Read more

One Mann's Movies Film Review: Miss Sloane (2017)

“I never know where the line is”. In a roller-coaster year for political intrigue on both sides of the Atlantic, and with all hell breaking loose again between Trump and ‘The Hill’, here comes “Miss Sloane”.  Jessica Chastain ( “The Martian“, “Interstellar“) plays the titular heroine (I use the term loosely): a pill-popping insomniac who … Read more

One Mann's Movies Film Review: Their Finest (2017).

Keep Calm and Carry on Writing. In a well-mined category, “Their Finest” is a World War 2 comedy/drama telling a tale I haven’t seen told before: the story behind the British Ministry of Information and their drive to produce propaganda films that support morale and promote positive messages in a time of national crisis. For … Read more