A One Mann’s Movies review of “Don’t Look Up” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: I’m a fan of Adam McKay’s caustically satirical movies, with “The Big Short” (2015) and “Vice” (2018) being movies I can watch multiple times. But with “Don’t Look Up” I was really starting to wonder where he was going…. Plot Summary: … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “West Side Story” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: Spielberg directing a musical remake of the 1961 classic “West Side Story”? Of course, there was that Buzby Berkeley opening number to “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. But that’s really about it. It’s certainly a significant deviation from his … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “tick, tick… BOOM!” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: “Tick, tick, BOOM!” has been out of Netflix for weeks now, and I’ve kept thinking….. “nah”. But, boy oh boy, is this an excellent and engrossing movie. A dark horse for an Oscar best picture perhaps? Plot Summary: Telling the real-life … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Home Sweet Home Alone” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: Last year I put together this listing of my favourite Christmas films of all time, and the original “Home Alone”, directed by Chris Columbus, was top of that list. “Home Alone 2” came close to matching it, but then we … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Red Notice” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: Not to be confused with the dire Sky Movies offering “SAS: Red Notice“, this Netflix hit is glossy escapist nonsense that nonetheless entertains. Plot Summary: Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds) is a notorious art thief on the trail of Cleopatra’s Eggs: three artefacts … Read more