Rustin (15): Battling Against Racism AND Homophobia.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Rustin” (2023). Normally you find that the Best Actor Oscar and the Best Supporting Actor nominations go with “big” films. But occasionally, the Academy…
Napoleon (15): More power to Ridley’s Elba.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Napoleon” (2023). Hearing Ridley Scott talk about Napoleon, he obviously has a lot of genuine interest in the man. This was clearly a passion…
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (15): Entertainment in the Arena; Boredom thereafter.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” (2023). I must admit that after seeing the original Hunger Games film in 2012, and…
Thanksgiving (18): Carving up a slashing treat.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Thanksgiving” (2023). There is virtually nothing novel about Eli Roth’s “Thanksgiving”. We are firmly in teen-slasher territory, with a masked figure terrorising the town…
Driving Madeleine (15): A Tale in Pursuit of the Silver Dollar (But With Added Grit).
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Driving Madeleine” (2023). Original title: Une belle course “Driving Madeleine” took me by surprise. When I started watching it, I thought “Oh, another gentle…
Saltburn (15): Fennell’s 2nd is simply bathplug-lickin’ good.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Saltburn” (2023) (from the London Film Festival). “Saltburn” is the follow-up film from Emerald Fennell to “Promising Young Woman“, my number 1 film of…
May December (’15’): Dredging Up the Facts about an Under-age Sex Scandal.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “May December” (2023) (from the London Film Festival). “May December” is the latest from Todd Haynes who directed, for example, “Carol” and “Dark Waters”.…
How To Have Sex (15): Terrifying tales from (for me) an alien world.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “How to Have Sex” (2023). “How to have sex ” is not the instructional film that the title might imply! We delve into (in…
Anatomy of a Fall (15): Guilt, Innocence and a cute dog in the French Alps.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Anatomy of a Fall” (2023). Original title: Anatomie d’une chute “Anatomy of a Fall” is a murder/mystery that I was highly anticipating and I…
The Killer (15): “Forbid empathy. Empathy is weakness. Weakness is vulnerability”.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Killer” (2023). David Fincher is a film-maker who delivers new material relatively rarely. (His last feature was “Mank” in 2020 and then “Gone…
