One Mann’s Movies DVD Review: Black Mass (2016)
The name James Bulger brings a chill to many older British people. For James was the little boy abducted from a shopping centre in 1993 by two older boys, murdered…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Hail Caesar! (2016)
In the Coen Brothers latest “Hail Caesar!” we have exactly the same Hollywood-based mix of communist writers and Hedda Hopper-style gossip columnists as recently seem in “Trumbo”: but the films…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Trumbo (2016)
Most countries have dark parts in their history, and America is no exception. Did you know for example that eugenics was actively practiced in the US during the 1920’s and…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: London Has Fallen (2016)
We’re barely into March, and already I think we’ve found Donald Trump’s favourite film of the year. In “London Has Fallen” the British Prime Minister has died suddenly and world…
One Mann’s Movies DVD Review: Legend (2015)
Tom Hardy is a strange fish as an actor. Famous for being almost incomprehensible in “The Dark Night Rises” and almost equally incomprehensible in his co-starring role in “The Revenant”,…
One Mann’s Movies DVD Review: Sicario (2015)
“This is the land of wolves now”. Sicario (‘Hitman’ in Mexican) is well worth your viewing time. The ever-reliable Emily Blunt excels here as FBI agent and hostage specialist Kate…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Zoolander 2 (2016)
In September 2001, a comedy classic opened in cinemas. Unfortunately, thanks to Al Qaeda, noone went to see it. Albeit coming in second place for box office in its opening…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Deadpool (2016)
How the hell do you review a film like Deadpool? It’s almost in a category of its own. Ryan Reynolds is no stranger to superhero pics: he played the disappointingly…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Dad’s Army (2016)
As someone in his frisky fifties, I am old enough to remember the arrival on our British TV screens of the original Dad’s Army back in 1968. I can still…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Big Short (2016)
The Big Short is not an easy film to watch on a number of levels. At a basic level, and speaking as a pretty well-educated film-goer, it requires quite considerable…