Orlando Bloom

Deep Cover (3.5*): Orlando Bloom – Comedian? Who’d Have Thought It!

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One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Deep Cover”. An enjoyable London-set comedy thriller with Orlando Bloom a revelation. 3.5/5.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (PG): Still brilliant but with uneven pacing.

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One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”. Jackson brilliance again, but the pacing is uneven. 4.5/5.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (PG): A stone cold classic from Peter Jackson.

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One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring”. The 5* classic still wows on the big screen. 5/5.

Gran Turismo (12A): Leveraging Brian Eno-Rage to beat the Grand Pricks.

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A One Mann’s Movies review of “Gran Turismo” (2023). “Grand Prix”; “Le Mans”; “Rush“; “Le Mans ’66” (aka “Ford v Ferrari”). There have been some cracking films based around the sport of motor-racing. And now Neill Blomkamp has added to that list with “Gran Tursimo”. Amazingly, this is based on the true story of Jann … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies (2015)

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The Battle of the Armies ends Peter Jackson’s six-film and almost 15-year love affair with the works of Tolkein (ends, that is, unless he starts dredging up some of the dodgier parts of “The Silmarrilion”).    Having woken Smaug, the fire-breathing dragon, deliciously voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, the beast proceeds to fry the poor residents … Read more