A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Trouble With Jessica” (2024). One of the movies on my recent Air Egypt flight was “The Trouble With Jessica”. The only problem was that Air Egypt muted any bad language and there is a lot of it in this farcical black comedy! It made for an unintentionally … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Scoop” (2024). It’s a moment in British television history and a journalistic ‘Scoop’ of epic proportions. On November 16th 2019 and, in a Newsnight special, BBC reporter Emily Maitlis engages with Prince Andrew head-to-head. It’s an interview that Andrew hoped would clear his name in regards to the Jeffrey … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Hamlet” (2024). Note that Hamlet will be available on DVD, Blu-ray & Digital Download from 8th April! And the disc cover has my quote on it, as above! The Covid lockdown in 2020 did a lot of damage to the performing arts in the UK, but none more so than to theatres. One of … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” (2024). There are films that make me love cinema. And then again, there are films that make me despair for cinema. Guess which category “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” falls into? Even the title is nonsensical…. what is it supposed to even … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Fast Charlie” (2024). “Fast Charlie”, streaming on Prime Video, attracted me for two reasons*. Firstly, however dire some of his film choices have been, I do like watching Pierce Brosnan on the screen. Secondly, this one was directed by the veteren film director Phillip Noyce who led two of … Read more