The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder (’12’): Whispers from the Grave.
One Mann's Movies Film Review of "The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder". Recollections of the Civil War in Mozambique. 3/5.
My Eternal Summer (15): Quietly and Beautifully Devastating.
One Mann's Movies FIlm Review of "My Eternal Summer" from the #LFF. A beautiful but devastating tale wonderfully told. 4.5/5.
The Convert (’15’): “The Story of My Life… So Far”.
One Mann's Movies FIlm Review of "The Convert". Guy Pearce tries to stop bloodshed in 1830's NZ. Solid adventure film. 4/5.
Megalopolis (15): Utterly Pretentious Nonsense.
One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Megalopolis". Francis Ford Coppola delivers a pretentious dud of unimaginable scale. 1/5.
Never Let Go (15): Above Average Shyamalanny Hokum in the Woods.
One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Never Let Go". Above average forest cabin hokum. Very much in the Shyamalan groove. 3/5.
The Outrun (15): Alcoholism Brought to Life by a Fearless Performance from Ronan.
One Mann's Movies FIlm Review of "The Outrun". Saoirse Ronan in fine form as a struggling alcoholic. 4/5.
Lee (15): A biopic of an amazing woman that really deserves to be a mini-series.
One Mann's Movies FIlm Review of "Lee". Kate Winslet excels in this biopic of war photographer Lee Miller. 4/5.
The Substance (18): Blimey Charley! “Respect the Balance” for God’s sake!
One Mann's Movies Film Review of "The Substance". A fabulously gory body-horror flick with Demi Moore in fine form. Brilliant stuff. 5/5
Speak No Evil (15): There Ain’t Nobody Does “Deranged” better than James McAvoy.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Speak No Evil” (2024). Just back from a very pleasant, but cinema-free, two weeks in Portugal. So I have a bit of catching up…
Jaws (12A): The utterly enthralling Spielberg classic on the big screen again.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Jaws” (1975??). There are a few upsides from the 2023/24 SAG/AFRA actor’s strike. One is that – obviously – the actors have got a…