The Bride! (2.5*): “Give Me A Break Frank!”

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Bride!”. (2026, 2.5*, 15). “The Bride” has moments of brilliance that impressed me greatly. But it is all rolled up into such a convoluted mess of other stuff. The film really can’t seem to quite decide which genre it is in. Some of the scenes made me laugh, … Read more

The Mastermind (2*): The Thomas Crown Cure For Insomnia.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Mastermind” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 2*, 12A). Critic Peter Bradshaw in the Guardian described Kelly Reichardt’s new film, “The Mastermind”, thus: “Reichardt’s quietist, observational style is unexpectedly successful at creating a super-naturalistic depiction of an art gallery robbery”, giving it 4 stars. And I will … Read more

September 5 (5*): A Broadcast That Challenged Ethical Boundaries.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “September 5”: A terrific thriller about the Munich terrorists and broadcasting ethics. 5/5.

Past Lives (12): Living within the multiverse of past relationships.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Past Lives” (2023). “Past Lives” reminded me of Friends Reunited, launched in the UK in June 2000. It was one of the early social networking sites and let you type in your school and pull up fellow students to find out where they were and what they were doing … Read more

Big George Foreman (12): A “Lean, Mean, Grilling Machine”… but mostly boxing.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Big George Foreman” (2023). (The full title is “Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story Of The Once And Future Heavyweight Champion Of The World”, but who on earth can be bothered with that!) “Big George Foreman” is a biopic on the remarkable true story of the boxing champ George … Read more