The Friend (3*): Of Grieving Dogs and Lost Souls.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Friend”. Canine-based drama about grief in dogs and humans. 3/5.
Naomi Watts
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Allegiant (2016)
Shailene Woodley is one of my favourite young actresses. Ever since she did that dramatic ‘crying-underwater’ scene in “The Descendents” she’s been someone to watch. And, while it was another “Hunger Games” wannabe – “Divergent” was a good story, well acted and with good visual effects. Unfortunately the series has progressively gone downhill: “Insurgent” was … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Birdman (2015)
At one point in Birdman “or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)“, Michael Keaton as ‘celebrity turned serious actor’ Riggan Thomson rants at a vicious New York Times critic Tabitha (the excellent Lindsay Duncan – – “About Time”; “Dr Who: Waters of Mars”) about how all critics lamely fall on “labels” and “comparisons” to describe their … Read more