A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Argylle” (2024). Matthew “Kingsmen” Vaughn’s movies have always been a riot of visual innovation and fun. But he has occasionally stepped over the line into plain bad taste (‘Vaginacam’ anyone from “Kingsman: The Golden Circle“?) Fortunately, here, he delivers all of the fun and none of the ‘ick’. … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The King’s Man” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: “The King’s Man” is yet another pre-pandemic-advertised film. By my reckoning, we only have “Death on the Nile” and “Top Gun: Maverick” still to come out. But I may have missed some more! Plot Summary: Orlando, Earl of Oxford (Ralph … Read more
One Mann’s Movies review of “Pixie”: a Sligo-based spaghetti western with Alec Baldwin as a “deadly gangster priest”. What’s not to love!? 4/5.
Vaughn and Golding cross the pond to deliver more of the same. You would probably need to be living under a rock not to know that “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” is the follow-up film to Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman’s highly successful 2015 offering “Kingsman: The Secret Service”: a raucous, violent and rude entry into … Read more
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