A One Mann’s Movies review of “Ballad of a Small Player” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 5*, ’15’). I really can’t see how I can avoid it. But my Top 10 for 2025 looks destined to have TWO films with the title “Ballad of” in the title (with the other of course being … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The End”. This apocalyptic musical is an overlong odd-fish that didn’t really work for me. 2.5/5.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Room Next Door”. It’s well shot but I’m afraid I found this Almodóvar clunky and contrived. 2.5/5.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Hit Man”. The omnipresent Glen Powell in a Fletch-like caper that fires haphazardly. 3/5.
I first published this in May 2022. But all of the live-action Spider-Man films are being re-released over the next several weeks so this seems an opportune time to re-publish this post. I went to see Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” (2002) yesterday, and it is REALLY TERRIFIC to see this on a big-screen again with great … Read more