Father Mother Sister Brother (3*): Engaging Short-Films, Crudely Glued Together

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Father Mother Sister Brother”. (2026, 3*, 15). Although a celebrated movie auteur, I must admit to being a Jim Jarmusch virgin. Here he returns to a portmanteau approach with “Father Mother Sister Brother”: segments, discrete from each other but all loosely based around siblings meeting up again after a … Read more

Went Up The Hill (3.5*): A Disturbing Take On The Body-Possession Genre.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Went Up The Hill” (2025, 3.5*, ’15’). The thing I like LEAST about “Went Up The Hill” is the title, which is simply a clumsy play on the fact that the two main characters are called Jack and Jill. There isn’t even a hill! But other than that, this … Read more

The Dead Don’t Hurt (15): Romantic Western Drama Whose Timeline Will Have You In a Spin.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Dead Don’t Hurt”. Thoughtful Western drama with Vicky Krieps and Viggo Mortensen. 4/5.

The Three Musketeers: Milady (12): A bodice-ripping Eva Green lights up this swashbuckler.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Three Musketeers: Milady” (2023). Out now, “Milady” is the sequel to “The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan” which came out in April. Both movies were filmed back-to-back over 150 days from August 2021 to June 2022 with an average budget of $39 million each. Will they make their money back? Well, … Read more

The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan (15): Of diamond McGuffins and dodgy dealing in 1627.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan” (2023). “The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan” is the first of a two part film, actually filmed back-to-back, that is a retelling of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel set in and around the court of Louis XIII of France in 1627. And, it’s actually pretty good. The … Read more