John Carney

Power Ballad ¦ Film Review (3*): Dammit, That Ear-Worm Has Been Permanently Installed!

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A One Mann’s Movies review of “Power Ballad”. (2026, 3*, 15). This tale of creative differences in the music business isn’t going to set Rotten Tomatoes alight or indeed the box office (given by the three or us in the huge cinema auditorium who were watching it today). But the film has a solid first-reel … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Sing Street (2016)

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Gregory’s Commitments. Ah, the joy and pain of first love!  Young Conor (aka Cosmo, played in his impressive debut by Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) has the smelly end of a shitty stick to deal with while growing up in 1980’s Dublin. He has warring parents with the need – for financial reasons – to move Conor from … Read more