The Phoenician Scheme (4*): At Last… A Wes Anderson That Delivers Style AND Substance.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Phoenician Scheme”. Wes Anderson delivers artfully clever entertainment. 4/5.
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Reviews of the Films in the Oscar Best Live Action Short Category 2024
It’s Oscar night tonight and I’ve finally managed to catch up with all of the Live Action Short Films. Here are my reviews of the films. The nominees: The After Bob the Movie Man Rating(s): Plot Summary: When the world of Dayo (David Oyelowo) suddenly falls apart in a terrorist incident, he wrestles to put … Read more
Asteroid City (12): Explain all of this to me. I dare you.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Asteroid City”. The most Andersonny film imaginable. Gorgeous but disjointed and barmy. 3/5.
See How They Run (12): Like Leo Kopernick, it’s frustratingly lifeless.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “See How They Run” (2022). Being a big fan of “Knives Out“, I was looking forward to “See How They Run” as a comedy whodunnit. But ultimately, I came out disappointed from this one. It’s “OK”… but I thought that it was no better than “OK”. Bob the Movie … Read more
The French Dispatch (15): So many 5* moments, but the pudding is over-egged.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The French Dispatch” (2021). (Full title “The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun“). As another viewing on my recent trans-Atlantic plane ride, I caught up with Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch”: a movie I managed to miss due to one of my (many!) Covid infections. All of … Read more