Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger (2*) – Fighting the Financial Scum of the Earth.
One Mann’s Movies FIlm Review of “Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger”: Repetitive and forced British sequel. 2/5.
Rory Kinnear
Bank of Dave (12): A feel-good story of levelling-up and class warfare.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Bank of Dave” (2023). “Bank of Dave”, new on Netflix, is a story VERY loosely based around the achievements of Burnley mini-bus-hire owner and businessman Dave Fishwick. In 2011, against all the odds, he set up the first new bank in the UK in 150 years, for the betterment … Read more
Men (15): Garland runs off the rails in the village of the damned misogynists.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Men” (2022). An Alex Garland feature film is to be greatly anticipated. His debut – “Ex Machina” – is a firm favourite and his second movie “Annihilation” certainly had its moments. Indeed, his third feature, “Men”, has a 5* opening, with striking and memorable imagery. But then, oh dear! … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Spectre (2015)
Spectre is premium Bond. But it’s not quite the perfect film that the hype of the 5* reviews might suggest. We learn a few new things: some more of the back history of Bond; that switches in Bond cars don’t always work the way you expect; and that Ralph Fiennes really can’t run very elegantly! … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Imitation Game (2014)
“Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine. “ Few injustices in the world have equalled that meted out to Alan Turing. Where would the world be today without him? He can justly be considered to be the father of modern computing, and yet … Read more