A One Mann’s Movies review of “A Pale View of Hills” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 2.5*, 12A). Original title: TĂ´i yama-nami no hikari “A Pale View of Hills” gets it’s UK release today, so I am republishing my original LFF post from October 7th 2025. I’ve also updated the certification information, since … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Holdovers” (2024). Rather irritatingly for a ‘Christmas classic’ we have only just got “The Holdovers” released in the UK. (It seems to be on limited release this week, with more screenings promised from next Friday). But it was worth waiting for. And I can see now why … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Next Goal Wins” (2023). I’ve had something of a love/hate relationship with Taika Waititi’s output. When he is good, he is very good. But I’ve often found – both in his acting roles and in his directorial features (“Thor: Love and Thunder” being particularly heinous) – that he has … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain” (2022). Released in the UK on January 1st of this year, “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain” was one that I missed at the cinema, but caught up on during my recent incarceration on my flight to Aus! But it has also just … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Thor: Love and Thunder” (2022). So the latest episode of the “Take” movie podcast by Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo generated the most heated discussion I’ve yet seen between the generally polite bickering that goes on between the pair. (You can see it on Youtube here.) Mayo thought “Thor: … Read more