One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Maleficent (2014)
I’m always a sucker for a good story, and you have to admit that – at their hearts – some of the fairy tales are corkers. Sleeping Beauty is a…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
“They say we’re young and we don’t know. Won’t find out unit-ii-l we grow.” This line of Sonny and Cher immediately takes me back to Bill Murray waking up over…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Godzilla (2014)
A terrifying creature is approaching the coast and Brody – half crazed with fear and loss – is trying to convince sceptical authorities of the impending disaster without success. And…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
OK, OK…. so if I’m not exactly the last person (who wanted) to see this at the cinema to actually go and see it then I must be NEARLY the…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Two Faces of January (2014)
(All work and no play makes the Fad a very poor film reviewer! My apologies to my regular blog followers for the lack of recent posts). The Two Faces of…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Double (2014)
The Double is the latest film from UK funny man Richard Ayoade (“Submarine”), and what an utterly depressing tale it is. Set in a dystopian world (future? past? it’s hard…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Non-Stop (2014)
There is something rather compelling about action films set on aircraft. The claustrophobic confinement and obvious dangers of guns, de-compressions and – erm – gravity naturally add to the sense…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Under the Skin (2014)
I was intrigued by this film: the Times reviewer gave it 5 stars; the Sunday Times reviewer gave it 1 star. Such diversity of view has to be investigated! Let’s…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel is the latest from Wes Anderson, and what great fun it is. My review of Monuments Men pointed out that putting the likes of George Clooney,…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Need for Speed (2014)
I’m a child of the 60’s, and to me as a young boy the films of the 60’s and 70’s that really spoke to me were those involving cars doing…