A One Mann’s Movies review of “Sorry, Baby” (2025, 3.5*, 15). At one point in this, college professor Agnes (Eva Victor) is class-appraising Nabokov’s novel “Lolita”. A male student pipes up that he finds the subject matter distasteful and disturbing and Agnes replies that she understands that “…but what did you think about the writing?”. … Read more
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
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
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Underwater (2020). A soggy K-Stew in deep, deep trouble. Seriously “meh”. 2/5.
Bourne Free. I’ll say straight up that I’m a big fan of Bourne. This is his 4th proper outing as our forgetful hero, if you ignore 2012’s “The Bourne Legacy” with Jeremy Renner and Rachel Weisz: a ‘parallel time-stream’ drama that – rather against the stream of opinion I think – I also quite liked. … Read more