One Mann's Movies Film Review: Life (2017)
Life after Gravity. Mankind is on the verge of a major milestone. The “Pilgrim” probe is returning from Mars containing soil samples that might spell the discovery of the first…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Tail as old as Kline. With the Disney marketing machine in full swing, its hard to separate the hype from the movie reality in this latest live-action remake of one…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Viceroy's House (2017)
The 80:20 Rule. India, 1947. Churchill’s government has sent Lord Grantham – – sorry — Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville, “The Monuments Men“) as the new Viceroy. His…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Logan (2017)
“When the man comes around” At last – a superhero movie with real heart… (and not just the chunks over the knuckle blades!). Logan is a bit of a revelation.…
On this day in movie history: 14th March 1975
In 1975 Monty Python tried to make a proper movie (unlike their first film in 1971 which was just a loosely coupled revamp of some of their TV sketches). Everyone…
On this day in movie history: March 9th 2006
On March 9th 2006, the epic free-running crane scene from “Casino Royale” was filmed. By this point in the film we had already had Daniel Craig’s brutal black and white…
On this day in movie history – March 8th 1998
On March 8th 1998, the Screen Actor’s Guild Awards gave a lifetime achievement award to Elizabeth Taylor, star of such classic films as “National Velvet”, “Butterfield 8”, Cleopatra and “Who’s…
One Mann's Movies: Comment on "Movies That Made Me"
Movie joy I found recently was a series of interviews called “Movies That Made Me” that Radio 1’s Ali Plumb has done with movie stars reviewing their past works. Some…
On this day in movie history…March 6th, 1927
On this day in 1927, Fritz Lang’s extraordinary film “Metropolis” was first shown in the US. “Metropolis” can claim to be the first feature length science fiction film. Set in…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Patriot's Day (2017)
A Marathon Investigation. While there are predictable social media conspiracy theories that the “whole thing was a hoax”, the two bombs that went off near the finish line of the…