Heat (5*): The Crime Committed was Zero Academy Award Nominations.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Heat” (1995). Michael Mann’s (no relation) heist masterpiece doesn’t disappoint. 5/5.
Val Kilmer
One Mann’s Movies: Top 10 of 2022
#onemannsmovies My personal choice of Top 10 Movies of 2022. Includes my 2022 movie montage of all films reviewed in the year.
Val (12): A fascinating video diary like no other.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Val” (2021). Another of my Australia-flight films, “Val” is not the sticky-back-plastic biopic of Valerie Singleton all Brits have longed for, but an intimate and thoughtful autobiography of the actor Val Kilmer. It’s available to stream (e.g. on Amazon Prime). Bob the Movie Man Rating(s): Plot Summary: Actor Val … Read more
Top Gun: Maverick (12A): “Don’t think. Just do.”
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Top Gun: Maverick” (2022). The damned Covid (third time!) has delayed my viewing of “Top Gun: Maverick”. But this was one that I just HAD to experience in the cinema. Bob the Movie Man Rating(s): Plot Summary: Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell (Tom Cruise) remains a captain despite a long and … Read more
Top Gun (12A): An icon of the 80’s through a 2022 lens.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Top Gun” (1986). Ahead of watching “Top Gun: Maverick”, I’ve revisited the original Tony Scott movie, as I suspect many have been doing. I know this is a comfort-movie for many, but I think I’ve only ever seen it once before. How does it stand up to scrutiny through … Read more