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…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: A Cure for Wellness (2017)
Eels well that ends well. “A Cure for Wellness” is the latest film from Gore Verbinski, who has delivered an entertainingly mixed bag of movie goodies over the years from…
On this day in movie history…March 3rd, 1930
Jean Harlow (b. 1911) was born. An early sex-symbol, “The Blonde Bombshell” was ‘found’ by Howard Hughes and launched into stardom through her appearance in 1930’s “Hell’s Angels”. She later…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: The Great Wall (2017)
Exercising your Damons. Millions of people watching the Oscars would have seen Jimmy Kimmel roasting poor Matt Damon as a part of their long running ‘feud’. At one point he…
One Mann’s Movies Awards Special: 2017 Oscars – Will Win / Should Win / Did Win!
Will Win / Should Win / DID Win It’s time for “the big one” again. The Oscars will be awarded again on Sunday February 26th in LA (LA Land). Hosting…