Disclosure Day ¦ Film Review (4.5*): What the World Needs Now Is A Lot More Empathy… So True!

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Disclosure Day”. (2026, 4.5*, 12A). To say “highly anticipated” for Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” would be an understatement. More so for me, since “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” is my favourite film of all time. So I was riding for a fall! Most of Spielberg’s recent directorial output … Read more

Rebuilding (4*): Kindness and Compassion in the Face of Personal Disaster.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Rebuilding”. (2026, 4*, PG). I love going into a film where I have low to no expectations of it but then come out of it with a nice warm glow. “Rebuilding” is one such movie. It’s a gentle, quiet film that takes its time to tell its story, over … Read more

The History of Sound (3*): Well-Acted But Slightly Dull Tale That Only Gains Interest in the Close.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The History of Sound” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 3*, 15). Paul Mescal must be smarting a bit today after not getting an Oscar nomination for his performance in “Hamnet” when – in my books – he might have been considered as one of the leading contenders. … Read more

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (4*): Benoit Blanc and the Demon Lamp-Topper.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 4*, 12A). Today sees the UK release of the next Benoit Blanc mystery/thriller film “Wake Up Dead Man”, directed by Rian Johnson. I saw this at the LFF in early October but am republishing … 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