One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)

Matthew Vaughn, who’s previous films in the director’s chair number just four – “Layer Cake”, “Stardust”, “Kick Ass” and “X-Men: First Class” – does not do subtle.  But he certainly does do stylish and entertaining.  Of this set of past works, Kingsman is probably most closely aligned to Kick Ass with its anarchic tone and … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Imitation Game (2014)

“Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine. “ Few injustices in the world have equalled that meted out to Alan Turing. Where would the world be today without him? He can justly be considered to be the father of modern computing, and yet … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Before I Go To Sleep (2014)

“Before I Go To Sleep” is an effective psychological thriller. Nicole Kidman plays Christine Lucas, someone who if she saw “50 First Dates” wouldn’t remember it the morning afterwards!  She wakes as a forty-something ‘housewife’ in her suburban home every morning with Ben (Colin Firth) in bed next to her.  However, she can remember little … Read more