World Movie News: The Last 24 Hours Nolan breaks his own record. Focus Features bets on a dying man’s Hamlet. And an Indian legend’s son follows his father into the same London hospital. Here’s what happened in the world of movies during the last 24 hours. The Odyssey just posted the best second weekend of … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Something Pointless”. (2026, 4*, ‘PG’). I sometimes get sent short films that are ‘doing the festival circuit’ and looking for a ground-swell of support to get into consideration for the BAFTA/Academy Awards. And “Something Pointless” was a case in point. Director Asa Bailey is a pioneer in incorporating AI-based … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Odyssey”. (2026, 4*, 15). Any Christopher Nolan film release is a big deal and “The Odyssey” has been billed as the biggest movie event of the summer. My Everyman screen was absolutely fully booked when I saw it last night on its opening night and IMAX seats for … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Jackass: Best and Last”. (2026, 3.5*, 18). I’m old and crusty enough that one of the top teatime shows on the TV when I was growing up was “Batman” with Adam West as the Caped Crusader/Bruce Wayne and Burt Ward as Robin/Dick Grayson. And such was the propensity for … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Moana”. (2026, 3.5*, PG). Regular followers of this blog will fully know where I will stand on “Moana” – the latest Disney animation given the Live Action do-over. They all seem pretty pointless and lazy to me. Often just shot-for-shot reproductions of the originals, but with slightly less animation. … Read more