The North (3*): Uno on Those Trails.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The North”. A low-budget love-letter to hiking in Scotland, but patchy and overlong. 3/5.
Michael Palin
The Magic Faraway Tree (4.5*): A Charming Delight of a Children’s Film.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Magic Faraway Tree”. (2026, 4.5*, U). As I’ve said before in this blog, I’m continually amazed why movie production houses just don’t make content purely for kids under 12 and crusty old retired folk like me with spare money to burn! For as I turned the corner into … Read more
Slaughterhouse Rulez (15): Form-Prefect of the Dead.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Slaughterhouse Rulez” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. The Plot Meredith Houseman (Simon Pegg) is housemaster of Sparta house in Slaughterhouse school: an ancient public school establishment steering England’s future greats to greatness (which probably explains a lot about the current Brexit mess!). Houseman is … Read more
One Mann's Movies Film Review: The Death of Stalin (2017).
Death…. Torture…. Child Abuse…. LOL?? Armando Iannucci is most familiar to TV audiences on both sides of the pond for his cutting political satire of the likes of “Veep” and “The Thick of It”, with his only previous foray into directing movies being “In the Loop”: a spin-off of the latter series. Lovers of his … Read more