A One Mann’s Movies review of “Killers of the Flower Moon” (2023) (from the London Film Festival). OK, so here comes one of the BIG Oscar hopefuls. “Killers of the Flower Moon” is a bladder-testing three and a half hours, but is magnificant: a widescreen $200 million epic that truly deserves to be seen on … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Power of the Dog” (2021). I’ve been late to the party in watching the Netflix movie “The Power of the Dog”: partly due to me catching up on my post-Covid-lockdown cinema-going and partly because… frankly… it really didn’t much appeal to me. The only clip I saw was … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Jungle Cruise” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: Dating from 1955, Jungle Cruise was one of the key attractions at Disneyland when it first opened. Full of corny spiel from the lovable boat captains, the experience is nicely evoked in the new Disney movie: a true summer blockbuster that delights. … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Judas and the Black Messiah” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: Plot Summary: The ‘Judas’ in “Judas and the Black Messiah” is Bill O’Neil (LaKeith Stanfield). He works as an informer for FBI man Mitchell (Jesse Plemons), who has him over a barrel for impersonating an FBI officer. Fred Hampton … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Vice” (2019). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. By an strange coincidence, the morning after seeing this film, I heard on BBC Radio 4 a snippet of the farewell speech of President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1961. I thought there was no sound-bite summed up the film … Read more