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
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Air” (2023). In writing my review for “Everything Everywhere All At Once” last May, I famously said that I was going to put an accumulator bet on the movie winning both “Best Editing” and “Best Original Screenplay”. But then I couldn’t find a bookie to take the bet so … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Last Duel” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: In Ridley Scott’s new movie “The Last Duel” we are in the late 14th century in France. And – apart from in one scene – it appears to be perpetual winter! Plot Summary: Widowed Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon) is a … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Stillwater” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: A degree of controversy surrounds “Stillwater” since director Tom McCarthy has admitted that inspiration for the movie came from the murder trial, imprisonment and then release of the accused American Amanda Knox. Knox recently made a dramatic tweet objecting to the film (without … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Le Mans ’66. Thrilling and brilliantly entertaining. Gets a 5/5 from me. Highly Recommended.