A One Mann’s Movies review of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”. (2026, 4.5*, 12A). Hot on the heels of “The Odyssey” filling out cinemas comes the latest in the Tom Holland franchise – “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” – to keep those box office tills a-ringing! This is a film with some neat cameos and some nice … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Friend”. Canine-based drama about grief in dogs and humans. 3/5.
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
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