A Haunting in Venice (12A): Gothic murder mystery that fails to thrill.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “A Haunting in Venice” (2023). I’ve been on holiday for a few weeks, so have some catching up to do at the cinema. But I thought I’d start with “A Haunting in Venice”, out today and the latest Kenneth Branagh/Poirot mystery. I’d been looking forward to this one, since … Read more

Oppenheimer (15): Fission + Fusion = Cinematic Brilliance.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Oppenheimer” (2023). The “Barbenheimer” tag for this week’s releases is slightly bonkers since you could hardly imagine two more different films than “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer”! Both have been packing cinema screens this weekend (hooray!). “Barbie” was surprisingly good. But, having had disappointments from Nolan (“Dunkirk“, I’m specifically looking at … Read more

Asteroid City (12): Explain all of this to me. I dare you.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Asteroid City”. The most Andersonny film imaginable. Gorgeous but disjointed and barmy. 3/5.

One Mann’s Movies: Top 10 of 2022

#onemannsmovies My personal choice of Top 10 Movies of 2022. Includes my 2022 movie montage of all films reviewed in the year.

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