Jennifer Lawrence
Red Sparrow (15): Good Lord! How much sex and violence is acceptable for a UK-15 film?
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Red Sparrow” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: “Red Sparrow” Review: I recognise that it’s a “thing” that I get into periodic ‘ruts’ of ranting about particular aspects of cinema. But it’s not spoilers in trailers this time! No, the most recent rut I’ve been in is concerned … Read more
One Mann's Movies Film Review: mother! (2017).
Welcome to the Crystal Maze. Darren Aronosfsky’s mother! is like no other film you’ll see this year: guaranteed. As a film lover, an Aronosfsky film is a bit like root canal at the dentist: you know you really need to go ahead and do it, but you know you’re not going to be very comfortable in … Read more
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Passengers (2017)
Guilt trip. “Passengers” is not a film that you can really talk about in much depth without straying into spoiler territory, so I will break my normal tradition of my reviews being entirely “Spoiler Free” and add a further discussion (but below the Fad Rating, so you are safe ‘til there). The backdrop for “Passengers” is … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
A movie with limited magnetic attraction. On the day that Britain voted to leave the European Union it feels fairly appropriate to review a film with “Apocalypse” in the title. I appreciate I’m late to the game with this review, but for me the X-Men films have always been in the ‘see if I have … Read more