Horizon: An American Saga (Chapter 1) (15): Sprawling Western Spectacle.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Horizon: An American Saga (Part 1)”. Costner’s ambitious multi-part Western is sprawling but good. 3.5/5.
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One Mann's Movies Film Review: Live by Night (2017)
“Sleep by day…”. Ben Affleck’s new movie could best be described as “sprawling”. In both directing and writing the screenplay (based on a novel by Dennis Lehane), Affleck has aimed for a “Godfather” style gangster epic and missed: not missed by a country mile, but missed nonetheless. Morally bankrupted by his experiences in the trenches, … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Selma (2015)
Last year’s “Pride” brilliantly demonstrated how far gay rights have come in the UK in 30 years. Selma does an equally superb job in showing how far racial equality has come in the US in 50 years. The year is 1964 and racial tension is rife in the Southern states, with attacks and murders … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: American Sniper (2015)
Clint Eastwood has become a highly respected figure in the film industry. His iconic acting would have got him there, but add on his prolific film score composing and the fact that American Sniper is his 37th (THIRTY-SEVENTH!) directorial credit and the much over-used epithet “legend” is surely applicable. Given that I was less than … Read more