Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2.5*): Perhaps I’m Just Getting Too Old For This Shit?

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu”. (2026, 2.5*, 12A). With “The Mandalorian and Grogu” we are back again far, far away in the “Star Wars” universe, longer, longer ago than Episodes 7, 8 and 9 but not as longer, longer ago than Episode 6, “The Return of the Jedi”. … Read more

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (5*): A Mastery of the Moving Image.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger”. A superb documentary narrated by Scorsese about two film-making legends. 5/5.

One Mann’s Movies: Films of the Year 2023

#onemannsmovies My personal choice of Top 20 Movies of 2023.

Killers of the Flower Moon (15): Scorsese’s masterwork shows greed on an epic scale.

Ernest (Leo DiCaprio) chauffeurs for Mooly (Lily Gladstone)

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Killers of the Flower Moon” (2023) (from the London Film Festival). OK, so here comes one of the BIG Oscar hopefuls. “Killers of the Flower Moon” is a bladder-testing three and a half hours, but is magnificant: a widescreen $200 million epic that truly deserves to be seen on … 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