Matt Cook

Champions (12): Feelgood Farrelly that stays on the right side of good taste.

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A One Mann’s Movies review of “Champions” (2023). “Champions” is the first solo-directed effort of Bobby Farrelly and a remake of a 2021 film with Spanish/Saudi Arabian origins. Now, the Farrelly brothers – Peter and Bobby – famously directed “Dumb and Dumber” in 1994 and “There’s Something About Mary” in 1998, forever changing my view … Read more

Angel Has Fallen (15): Lumbering in every sense of the word.

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#onemannsmovies review of “Angel Has Fallen” (2019). A series that rather ran out of steam after the first movie. By #3 it’s dire. 2/5.

One Mann’s Movies DVD Review: Triple 9 (2016)

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The thin and crooked blue line. Triple 9, set in the gun-ridden streets of Atlanta, is surprisingly well executed and at times impressive to look at. But it does leave a rather unpleasant after-taste:  like last year’s Liam Neeson vehicle “Run All Night”, virtually noone in the film has a redeeming feature which makes it … Read more