It’s nearly Oscar time and I’ve now watched all of the Documentary Short Films before the big event on March 10th. Here are my reviews of the films: The Oscar nominees: The ABCs of Book Banning Bob the Movie Man Rating(s): Plot Summary: US School children review and comment on a set of the books … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Dune: Part 2” (2024). It’s early in the year to be this bold, but I’d say the 2025 Oscars for Sound, Visual Effects and Score all but wrapped up. And I wouldn’t bet against Denis Villeneuve getting Best Director and “Dune: Part 2” winning Best Picture. Because this is … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Madame Web” (2024). The latest Marvel – well, it’s from the rather dodgy Sony Marvel strand that includes the likes of “Venom” and “Morbius” – comes “Madame Web”. Now, I know a lot of Marvel fans tend to dump on the female-led movies (“Captain Marvel“, “WW:1984” and “The Marvels” … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Wicked Little Letters” (2024). It always gives me great joy to walk into a cinema screen and see that virtually every seat in the place is taken. A gasp-inducing joy! That’s what happened to me yesterday afternoon seeing “Wicked Little Letters”. This sweary but lovable tale is hitting a … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Memory” (2023) (from the London Film Festival). This was a film that I saw at the London Film Festival but which is now in UK cinemas. So I’m republishing this review. One of the joys of attending a film festival like this is in not knowing anything about the … Read more