Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (4*): Benoit Blanc and the Demon Lamp-Topper.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 4*, 12A). Today sees the UK release of the next Benoit Blanc mystery/thriller film “Wake Up Dead Man”, directed by Rian Johnson. I saw this at the LFF in early October but am republishing … Read more

The Phoenician Scheme (4*): At Last… A Wes Anderson That Delivers Style AND Substance.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Phoenician Scheme”. Wes Anderson delivers artfully clever entertainment. 4/5.

One Mann’s Movies: Films of the Year 2024

#onemannsmovies My personal choice of Top 20 Movies of 2023.

American Fiction (15): Writing Genius, Magnificently Delivered by Jeffrey Wright.

Paul Hunham (Jeffrey Wright) repositions his books in the bookstore in Cord Jefferson's "American Fiction".

A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “American Fiction” (2024). Not due out until February 2nd, I got to see “American Fiction” as a pleasant surprise this week, thanks to it being a Cineworld “Secret Cinema” showing (where you don’t know what the film will be before it starts). And it’s a great one to … Read more

Asteroid City (12): Explain all of this to me. I dare you.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Asteroid City”. The most Andersonny film imaginable. Gorgeous but disjointed and barmy. 3/5.