One Mann’s Movies Film Review: American Sniper (2015)
Clint Eastwood has become a highly respected figure in the film industry. His iconic acting would have got him there, but add on his prolific film score composing and the…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Ex Machina (2015)
Ex Machina has a simple story dealing with a deeply complex and philosophical topic: namely what makes humans human. The increasingly omnipresent Oscar Isaac plays billionaire Nathan Bates, genius creator…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Foxcatcher (2015)
Every comedian clearly has a burning desire to be seen as a “serious actor” at least once in their career: Jim Carrey had his “Truman Show”; Steve Coogan wrote himself…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Birdman (2015)
At one point in Birdman “or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)“, Michael Keaton as ‘celebrity turned serious actor’ Riggan Thomson rants at a vicious New York Times critic Tabitha (the…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Taken 3 (2015)
This review could get me into trouble – a lot of trouble: my wife LOVED “Taken”, LOVED the slightly dodgier “Taken 2″ and even LOVED “Taken 2.5: he flies!” (a.k.a.…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Whiplash (2015)
Whiplash is simply astonishing. Miles Teller plays Andrew, a gifted and highly ambitious drummer in his first year at an elite New York music academy. There his talents are spotted…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies (2015)
The Battle of the Armies ends Peter Jackson’s six-film and almost 15-year love affair with the works of Tolkein (ends, that is, unless he starts dredging up some of the…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Woman in Black 2 – The Angel of Death (2015)
The clumsily titled “The Woman in Black 2: The Angel of Death” is a Hammer horror sequel to the very effective 2012 horror vehicle for Daniel Radcliffe, which itself was…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Theory of Everything (2015)
The Theory of Everything is an extremely moving love story concerning the brilliant British scientist Stephen Hawking and his first marriage. Whilst you may need a PhD in Physics to…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Black Sea (2014)
The title of the film – Black Sea – is both descriptive and geographic. Jude Law plays Robinson, a submarine captain put out to graze by his salvage company who…