(Due to the Oscar-mayhem, I’ve been remiss in writing up reviews for a whole bunch of classic films that I’ve been seeing as “Everyman Throwback” showings over the last couple of months (God bless them). So I will be dripping out these shortened reviews over the next few weeks as I get to them. ) … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Send Help”. (2026, 4*, 15). Sam Raimi has delivered us a fair share of memorable films, from 1981’s classic “The Evil Dead”; to 1998’s “A Simple Plan”; through the original Spider-Man trilogy; to his last Marvel outing, and before this, last film – 2022’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Mean Girls” (2024). Mark Water’s “Mean Girls” is 20 years old and was a classic of its time. That starred Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams in the roles of Cady Heron and Regina George. It became a firm teen favourite that a generation (my daughters included) fondly look … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret” (2023). As I ultimately discovered, through the excellent documentary on Amazon Prime “Judy Blume Forever“, Judy Blume was a force-of-nature in teen-literature in the 1970’s for producing ‘real’ books about the experiences and worries of kids in and around puberty. She tackled … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (2022). Like London buses, you wait for months for a film about the multiverse and then two turn up at once! By a strange fate of scheduling I went to see “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” during the day and … Read more