A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Banshees of Inisherin” (2022). Do you have some embarrassing gaps in your film watching history? Movies that you really think you should have watched but never got around to? One of those on my personal list is “In Bruges” (2008) – the directorial feature debut of director Martin … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Emily” (2022). I wasn’t particularly impressed by the trailer for this one. And on understanding that actress Frances O’Connor had written and directed this as her debut feature film, my first thought was “uh, uh – here comes a vanity-project disaster”. But nothing could be further from the truth. … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Avatar” (2009 – 2022 re-release). “Avatar” was a BIG film. THE BIGGEST in fact, since still holds the record for the highest grossing movie of all time. So it’s odd that I’d only ever seen it once, at the cinema on first release. After seeing it in glorious 3D … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Lost King” (2022). “The Lost King” is based on the true story of one woman’s personal quest to discover the burial place of the disgraced and discredited British King, Richard III, who died on the battlefield of Bosworth field in 1485. Although based on real events, the movie’s … Read more
The 94th Academy Awards are tomorrow night, March 27th 2022. Yes folks, it’s time for me to stick my semi-learned neck out again and face either glory or perpetual scorn with my 2022 Oscars predictions! In my previous efforts, and normally based on predicting the 19 main categories, I correctly estimated: 73% in 2021 68% … Read more