One Mann's Movies Film Review: The Magnificent Seven (2016)

A Hornery Exit.           As a big fan of the original – a staple of many Bank Holiday afternoons in my youth – I was prepared to be sniffy about this remake and came to the film on my high-horse (I left that tied to the rail outside the cinema by … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: 12 Years a Slave (2014)

  (Republishing due to wordpress seeming to have thrown away my original post). I love this time of year in the run up to the Oscars when the real power-house films come to the fore.  12 Years a Slave is a case in point:  a hard film to watch, but ultimately a must see.    … Read more