*Everything, Everywhere, All At Once. A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Smashing Machine” (2025, 2*, 15). I’m still desperately trying to stay in touch, during the LFF, with at least the major new release each week. As such, I went to see Dwayne Johnson’s foray into ‘proper’ acting with “The Smashing Machine”: a film … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Bad Apples” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 4*, ’15’). Presumably scheduled at random, I watched two films at the LFF in sequence (this one and “Good Boy” – review to follow) that could have been called “Bad Apples” and “Bad Apples 2”, such is the similarity in … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Untamable” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 3*, ’15’). Original Title: Indomptables. We next head to Cameroon for an unusual police drama. Directed, co-written and starring Thomas Ngijol, we head behind a detective’s difficult family life while he tries to progress a high-profile murder investigation. One Mann’s Movies … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” (2025, 1.5*, 15). “Do you want to go on a big, bold, beautiful journey”? Well, after seeing the trailer for this, the honest answer was “Yes, I did”. What’s not to love? An intriguing Narnia-esque plot; Two attractive looking and personable stars; Some heart-rending … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Dreamers” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 3*, ’15’). As I mentioned in my review of “Promised Sky“, on my first day of LFF films, that film dealt with one aspect of the UK immigration problem…. immigrants arriving at their ‘first stop’ of Tunis in their journey from … Read more