Michael Smiley

Censor (15): All the bloody cuts.

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A One Mann’s Movies review of “Censor” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: What Enid is trying to judge. What’s acceptable to enter homes on VHS (though I was always a Betamax guy). (Source: Vertigo Releasing). Plot Summary: It’s the early 1980’s in the UK*. Enid Baines (Niamh Algar) is a censor working for the … Read more

One Mann's Movies Film Review: Free Fire (2017)

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A movie with more than a whiff of cordite about it. As I write this, I’m really struggling to evaluate whether the latest film of Ben Wheatley (“High Rise”) is a masterpiece or just pulp trash. It’s certainly a brave and highly distinctive venture, with that you can’t argue. Set in Boston in 1978, an arms … Read more