In Episode 24 of Flickering Dreams I’m joined by Emma Sewell of Emma@TheMovies on Twitter. We review the following films: As we are down to two of us this week, we’ve parked our pick of Danny Boyle films until next week. But in AOB, I look at the box office performance of the big summer … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Run Rabbit Run” (2023). Sarah Snook is a wonderful actress, and she seems to have burst out of the “Succession” gate running. This Australian film, “Run Rabbit Run”, is the second of my movie reviews in succession (no pun intended!) that has featured her. This time she’s in a … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Beanie Bubble” (2023). “The Beanie Bubble” on Apple+ is a very similar movie to the recent “Air“. It follows the fortunes of an American commercial success: the stuffed toy called the Beanie Baby. It’s a really fascinating story, but the structuring of the film makes for a frustrating … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” (2023). The “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” have been trotted out to the cinema for each new generation of kids. Looking at IMDB, there have been films in 1990 (then sequels in 1991 and 1993), 2009, 2014 (and then 2016) and as recently as … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Some Like It Hot” (1959). On my Flickering Dreams podcast, we recently talked about our favorite movies by director Billy Wilder. Emma Sewell chose “Some Like It Hot,” which she had watched in a movie theater. I mentioned that it would be wonderful to watch it on the big … Read more