Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (PG): Aardman does Mission Impossible.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” (2023). Regular followers of this blog should know that stop-motion animation is not an art-form that I particularly appreciate. No, that’s not fair. I do APPRECIATE it, for being a painstaking technical process that creates an impressive moving image on the screen. But … Read more

Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom (12): Even A Soggy Jabba Can’t Energize This Lazy and Dull Sequel.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom” (2023). I have to admit that I was not a fan of the original “Aquaman” in 2018. I didn’t see it on the big screen and after I saw it on streaming I note that I was so unimpressed that I couldn’t even be … Read more

Godzilla Minus One (12): Unbelievably… A Monster Movie With Real Class.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Godzilla Minus One” (2023). Now, in any other week I would have given a Godzilla movie a WIDE berth. Ditto Transformer movies and Kong movies. I just don’t see the point of vacuous, thinly-painted characters battling CGI-realised monsters or – even worse – CGI monsters battling other CGI monsters … Read more

One Life (PG): Hopkins, Bonham-Carter and Flynn Glitter in a Moving Biopic.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “One Life” (2023). “One Life” has been doing the film festival circuit, but I missed it at the London Film Festival. But although it’s not officially released until January 1st, I saw it at a Cineworld Unlimited preview screening this week. It’s excellent, and I’ll be paying a second … Read more

The Three Musketeers: Milady (12): A bodice-ripping Eva Green lights up this swashbuckler.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Three Musketeers: Milady” (2023). Out now, “Milady” is the sequel to “The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan” which came out in April. Both movies were filmed back-to-back over 150 days from August 2021 to June 2022 with an average budget of $39 million each. Will they make their money back? Well, … Read more