The Outrun (15): Alcoholism Brought to Life by a Fearless Performance from Ronan.
One Mann’s Movies FIlm Review of “The Outrun”. Saoirse Ronan in fine form as a struggling alcoholic. 4/5.
Saoirse Ronan
See How They Run (12): Like Leo Kopernick, it’s frustratingly lifeless.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “See How They Run” (2022). Being a big fan of “Knives Out“, I was looking forward to “See How They Run” as a comedy whodunnit. But ultimately, I came out disappointed from this one. It’s “OK”… but I thought that it was no better than “OK”. Bob the Movie … Read more
The French Dispatch (15): So many 5* moments, but the pudding is over-egged.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The French Dispatch” (2021). (Full title “The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun“). As another viewing on my recent trans-Atlantic plane ride, I caught up with Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch”: a movie I managed to miss due to one of my (many!) Covid infections. All of … Read more
The Courier (12A): A peerless Cumberbatch and a miscast Buckley.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Courier” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: It’s not to be confused with the Olga Kurylenko / Gary Oldman 2019 movie of the same title. But with a fresh Berlin current-day Russian spy scandal in the news this week, seeing the cold war spy drama “The Courier” is … Read more
Little Women (U): “God hasn’t Met My Will Yet”.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Little Women (2019). Greta Gerwig’s fantastically warm and old-fashioned movie that all the family and particularly older viewers will appreciate. Highly recommended. 4.5/5.