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.
Noma Dumezweni
Retribution (12A): ‘Speed’ Revisited in a Tired Neeson Thriller.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Retribution”. A tired and formulaic Liam Neeson thriller. 2.5/5.
The Little Mermaid (PG): An emotional return to a Disney classic: Done. Just. Right.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Little Mermaid” (2023). My disdain for the Mouse company in repeatedly raping and pillaging their animated classics to produce often tawdry live-action remakes is well known. (I described “The Lion King” as “gorgeously pointless”). And the gestation of this one has not been without controversy with the casting … Read more