Rowan Joffe

Ballad of a Small Player (5*): I Personally Found Edward Berger’s Conclave Follow-Up Stunning.

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A One Mann’s Movies review of “Ballad of a Small Player” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 5*, ’15’). I really can’t see how I can avoid it. But my Top 10 for 2025 looks destined to have TWO films with the title “Ballad of” in the title (with the other of course being … Read more

28 Weeks Later (4*): How A Kiss of Death Provokes Disaster.

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One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “28 Weeks Later” (2007). A recap for me on the zombie classic before the brainless return this week. 4/5.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Before I Go To Sleep (2014)

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“Before I Go To Sleep” is an effective psychological thriller. Nicole Kidman plays Christine Lucas, someone who if she saw “50 First Dates” wouldn’t remember it the morning afterwards!  She wakes as a forty-something ‘housewife’ in her suburban home every morning with Ben (Colin Firth) in bed next to her.  However, she can remember little … Read more