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

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

Cuckoo (15): Weird and whacky but kept me interested throughout.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Cuckoo”. Hunter Schafer has a tough time in a creepy horror-lite. 3/5.

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

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

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (12): This Onion made me cry with laughter.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (2022). “Knives Out” was my number 3 film of 2019. Could I hope that the sequel might match it? I’m delighted to say “Yes, yes, yes”! Because with “Glass Onion” Rian Johnson has managed to land a sequel that is equally as entertaining, … Read more

The Gray Man (15): “Just Another Thursday”.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Gray Man” (2022). I mean, obviously “The Gray Man” should be “The Grey Man”. I despair that we will ever teach our American brethren to spell right! Now showing on Netflix, the company managed to throw $200 million at producing this. And (a bit like the equally glossy … Read more