A One Mann’s Movies review of “After The Hunt” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 3*, 15). As for “Roofman“, “After The Hunt” is showing at the LFF but actually already out in cinemas! Which feels like a bit of a cheat! I’m afraid I have a love/hate relationship with Luca Guadagnino films… well, … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Challengers” (2024). Is Zendaya the hottest female property in Hollywood at the moment? I think so. In “Challengers” she is portrayed as the “hottest tennis player ever” and who am I to argue? I went into Luca Guadagnino’s new film with middling expectations, but was blown away by the … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Killer” (2023). David Fincher is a film-maker who delivers new material relatively rarely. (His last feature was “Mank” in 2020 and then “Gone Girl” before that in 2014.) So a new Fincher movie is something to make you sit up and take note. Due to a stupid scheduling … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” (2023). The “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” have been trotted out to the cinema for each new generation of kids. Looking at IMDB, there have been films in 1990 (then sequels in 1991 and 1993), 2009, 2014 (and then 2016) and as recently as … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Soul”: a Pixar classic, more for adults than children, covering life, death and “the great before”. A gorgeous effort: great to look and listen to, but which left me slightly unmoved. 4.5/5.