I have got to see all but one of the Best Animated Short Oscar nominees for the 2026 Oscars and once again there are some real crackers in the list. There are links to where you may be able to find them (subject to change of course) within each review. The nominees for Best Animated … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die”. (2026, 3*, 15). “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” is an oddity of a film. It’s trying SOOOO hard to be this year’s “Everything, Everywhere, All at Once” but really not getting there. It also plagiarises concepts from so many different films that … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Mother’s Pride”. (2026, 4*, 15). There is a certain je ne sais quoi in a cinema audience after a really good film has finished. A sense of smug satisfaction that, just for once, as a paying cinema-going customer, have actually chosen well and picked a good ‘un. It happened … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Sound of Falling” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2026, 3*, 18). Original title: In die Sonne schauen This was the very first film I saw at last year’s London Film Festival, but I found it to be a confusingly ‘arty’ film that didn’t set me off in the … Read more
As always, I try to see as many of the Live Action Short Oscar-nominated Films as I can before the big night. Short films are wonderful! If you haven’t engaged in the magic of them, do yourself a favour and try and catch some of these ones. There are links to where you may be … Read more