A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Christophers”. (2026, 3.5*, 15). A Happy Birthday to Sir Ian McKellen who turns 87-years-old next Monday. Never one to put his feet up, McKellen is still following a gruelling schedule of filming: currently he is out in New Zealand for three months reprising Gandalf in “The Lord of … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Magic Faraway Tree”. (2026, 4.5*, U). As I’ve said before in this blog, I’m continually amazed why movie production houses just don’t make content purely for kids under 12 and crusty old retired folk like me with spare money to burn! For as I turned the corner into … Read more
Probably few things have divided the British people more in the last forty years than Margaret Thatcher’s time as Conservative leader. The pivot point for that hatred/worship was the protracted dispute with the National Union of Mineworkers in 1984/85. Arthur Scargill led the miners in a fight to the death against pit closures and their … Read more