One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
As befits a film that could be subtitled “MI-5”, much of the action that underlies Tom Cruise’s latest outing as IMF agent Ethan Hunt is set in London and concerns…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Inside Out (2015)
Pixar have always specialised in making multi-layered films that can be enjoyed by both kids and adults in equal measure. They have also developed a truly astonishing ability to tap…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Ant Man (2015)
OK, so I will probably target the wrath of a legion of fanboys but as a PhD Physicist I will categorically state that much of the science in the Marvel…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Love and Mercy (2015)
During “Love and Mercy”, the new biopic on the life of Brian Wilson of Beach Boys fame, the words of my old maths teacher Mr Green came wafting through the…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Ted 2 (2015)
“Ted” divided most audiences: some loved it; some hated it; with few holding a middle ground. “Ted 2” is much of the same style of humour, so if easily offended…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Get Hard (2015)
Get Hard was a film I really wasn’t expecting to like much, but it was significantly funnier than I expected it to be. Will Ferrell’s films have had a tendency…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Terminator Genisys (2015)
“Old… not obsolete” – finally an Arnie catchphrase I can relate to! The Terminator is back, older, wiser and post Governorship. Arnold Schwarzenegger returns – against all the odds –…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Jurassic World (2015)
A close family member invites two young relatives to enjoy the delights of a fully-populated prehistorically themed island, whilst meanwhile others with darker hearts have different plans for the revolutionary…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: San Andreas (2015)
In recent years Roland Emmerich has been the king of destruction on a worldwide scale with films like “The Day After Tomorrow”, “2012” and “Independence Day” (now – bizarrely and…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Now that 3D is becoming somewhat passé, I know some cinemas have been experimenting with 4D effects: moving seats, smells, effects, etc. Mad Max: Fury Road would be an excellent…