Io Capitano (15): The Painful Journey to a “Better Life”.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Io Capitano” (2024). Italy’s nomination for last year’s International Film Oscar, “Io Capitano” is as topical as hell in charting the perils faced by…
Tarot (15): It’s Written In The Stars That You Should Wait For Streaming With This One.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Tarot” (2024). The new horror film “Tarot” looked from the trailer like a paint-by-numbers teen slasher. And so it turned out to be. Bob…
IF (U): Splashes of Spielbergian Magic But Trying Too Hard To Please All Audiences.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “IF” (2024). “IF” stands for “Imaginary Friend”. If in a year or twos time you are a parent picking a DVD for a sleepover,…
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (12): In Search of “Instant E-VO-LUTION”!
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” (2024). I always thought it would be a good pub trivia question: name the films in the…
Evil Does Not Exist (12): Dead Slow Burn Before a WTF Finale.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Evil Does Not Exist” (2023). Original title: Aku wa sonzai shinai “Evil Does Not Exist” from Japanese director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi is very much an…
Damsel (12): All Sweetness and Light for 30 Minutes… Until Things Turn Grimm!!!
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Damsel” (2024). Whoever thought in the 60’s that reading kids some of the classic Grimm Fairy Tales before they went to bed was a…
Love Lies Bleeding (15): Rose Glass confidently smashes her ‘difficult second album’.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Love Lies Bleeding” (2024). Writer/director Rose Glass stunned everyone with her 2020 debut film “Saint Maud“. Despite being low-budget and set in Scarborough, it…
The Fall Guy (12): Popcorn Nonsense… That is Simply Brilliant Entertainment!
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Fall Guy” (2024). The casting dream of Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in a stunt-filled action/comedy based on the 80’s TV series “The…
Abigail (18): Well… “that was f*****g… WHOAH!”
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Abigail” (2024). Imagine it’s 1999 and you’ve just made a film called “The Sixth Sense”. You pass it across to the Spyglass Entertainment marketing…
The First Omen (15): The Prequel Nobody Asked For Is Little More Than So-So.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The First Omen” (2024). 1976’s “The Omen” is a horror classic, starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick and featuring a phenomenally scary soundtrack by…