The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (PG): Still brilliant but with uneven pacing.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”. Jackson brilliance again, but the pacing is uneven. 4.5/5.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (PG): A stone cold classic from Peter Jackson.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring”. The 5* classic still wows on the big screen. 5/5.

Raiders of the Lost Ark (12A): A timeless classic… much imitated but never bettered.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981). I first went to see “Raiders of the Lost Ark” with my then fiancée Sue, now the Illustrious Mrs Movie Man, when we took an afternoon off our torrid job in a Highlands hotel in the summer of 1981. It was in a … Read more

Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom (12): Even A Soggy Jabba Can’t Energize This Lazy and Dull Sequel.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom” (2023). I have to admit that I was not a fan of the original “Aquaman” in 2018. I didn’t see it on the big screen and after I saw it on streaming I note that I was so unimpressed that I couldn’t even be … Read more

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (12): “It’s the mileage”… and he’s got a lot on the clock.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (2023). It’s the summer of 1981 and myself and the illustrious soon-to-be-Mrs Movie Man go into a little fleapit of a cinema in the middle of Inverness to watch “Raiders of the Lost Ark” – a film neither of us knew anything … Read more