One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Big Short (2016)
The Big Short is not an easy film to watch on a number of levels. At a basic level, and speaking as a pretty well-educated film-goer, it requires quite considerable…
A Mann on a mission to review movies
The Big Short is not an easy film to watch on a number of levels. At a basic level, and speaking as a pretty well-educated film-goer, it requires quite considerable…
“Spotlight” is the investigative team at the Boston Globe newspaper who focus on ‘big’ issues that they select to pursue – work that can take many months to come to…
Michael “Beyond the Poseidon Adventure” Caine has never been averse to starring in more than his fair share of turkeys. Talking about “Jaws: The Revenge” he once said: “I have…
Room, based on the book by Emma Donoghue, starts on young Jack’s 5th birthday. He gets a birthday cake from his mother (but no candles); a visit from his father;…
I went to see “The Revenant” on the day that it was nominated for 12 Oscars, which certainly sets the expectation that it is going to be good – and…
I always approach a Quentin Tarantino film with a degree of nervous excitement. The nerves arise since the levels of gratuitous violence in his films is about 2 notches above…
As a boxing movie Creed packs a heavyweight punch. Sylvester Stallone (as the film’s producer) has covered a lot of miles with his Rocky legend, most recently with his 2006…
Under the assured direction of David O Russell, “Joy” tells the dramatised tale of the eponymous heroine, loosely based on the true life story of Joy Mangano. Jennifer Lawrence plays…
A Happy New Year from One Mann’s Movies to you all! The new cinema year has got off to a robust start with the new movie from Tom Hooper (“The…