Spider-Man: No Way Home (12A): The franchise continues to deliver.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: Sorry for the long silence folks: a self-imposed Covid lockdown to protect Christmas has meant it’s been almost a month without cinema trips. There’s a lot to catch up on! Plot Summary: At the end of “Spider-Man: Far From Home” … Read more

House of Gucci (15): An Accent-uated study of family strife.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “House of Gucci” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: As I’m on holiday at the moment in Portugal, this was seen as “Casa de Gucci”. But the soundtrack was English with Portuguese subtitles. At least, I *think* it was English! Plot Summary: Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) is a secretary working … Read more

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (15): Nostalgia alone doesn’t make a great film.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: On our return home from seeing this Ghostbusters sequel, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife”, the illustrious Mrs Movie Man and I realised that none of our grown-up kids was alive when the original Ivan Reitman film – starring Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie … Read more

Mothering Sunday (15): A Society Comprehensively Bereaved.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Mothering Sunday” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: The title “Mothering Sunday” might suggest that this would be a good one to take your ol’ mum to see as ‘a nice treat’. Which indeed you might like to do, as long as you set the expectations first! For this is … Read more

Eternals (12A): For them, it must feel like things go on and on and on and…..

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Eternals” (2021). One Mann’s Movies Rating: I normally like to catch films early in their release, and avoid reading other reviews, so that I can come to my own independent opinion on them. (This sometimes has my feelings about a film wildly at odds with the general consensus, as … Read more