James Frecheville

How To Make A Killing (2.5*): Given the Subject Matter, This Was Astonishingly Dull.

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A One Mann’s Movies review of “How To Make A Killing”. (2026, 2.5*, 15). So, the Illustrious Mrs Movie Man has been keen to see this one ever since seeing the trailer and realising it to be an obvious remake of the 1949 classic “Kind Hearts and Coronets”. In that Ealing classic, Dennis Price played … Read more

The Royal Hotel (’15’): Going Outback for a Dickens Cider.

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A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Royal Hotel” (2023) (from the London Film Festival). This is the first film I have seen at the Critic’s preview week for the London Film Festival at the BFI’s South Bank location. Lots more to follow! “The Royal Hotel” suffers from having a dull title that brings to … Read more