A One Mann’s Movies review of “Nosferatu” (2025, 4*, 15). My first 2025 released film – at least, my first actually first seen in 2025 – is Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu” and what a cracking good start to the year. A real old-school gothic horror. One Mann’s Movies Rating: Plot: Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) has been plagued … Read more
As befits a film that could be subtitled “MI-5”, much of the action that underlies Tom Cruise’s latest outing as IMF agent Ethan Hunt is set in London and concerns shady goings on at British Intelligence. After ruthlessly gunning down a fellow agent in a record shot (the delectable fashion model Hermione Corfield) Ethan Hunt is … Read more
The Theory of Everything is an extremely moving love story concerning the brilliant British scientist Stephen Hawking and his first marriage. Whilst you may need a PhD in Physics to understand the intricacies of Hawking’s theories (which by coincidence I have and – no – it’s not enough) the lack of a GCSE in Physics … Read more
“Demanding is over-rated” said a wise woman, who I also happen to be married to. Woody Allen’s latest film Magic in the Moonlight, is a light and fluffy piece of movie confection set on the photogenic Cote d’Azur that delights the eye but hardly taxes the brain. Set in the 1920’s, Colin Firth plays Charlie … Read more