Michael Gambon

One Mann's Movies Film Review: Viceroy's House (2017)

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The 80:20 Rule. India, 1947. Churchill’s government has sent Lord Grantham – –  sorry — Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville, “The Monuments Men“) as the new Viceroy. His mission is to make sure he is the last ever Viceroy, for India is to be returned to independence. But racial tensions between the Hindu and … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Dad’s Army (2016)

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As someone in his frisky fifties, I am old enough to remember the arrival on our British TV screens of the original Dad’s Army back in 1968. I can still remember my dearly departed Dad with tears flowing down his cheeks at the antics of this motley crew of (mostly) old folks as they confronted … Read more