Speak No Evil (15): There Ain’t Nobody Does “Deranged” better than James McAvoy.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Speak No Evil” (2024). Just back from a very pleasant, but cinema-free, two weeks in Portugal. So I have a bit of catching up…
Jaws (12A): The utterly enthralling Spielberg classic on the big screen again.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Jaws” (1975??). There are a few upsides from the 2023/24 SAG/AFRA actor’s strike. One is that – obviously – the actors have got a…
Hit Man (15): Glen Powell is the new “Fletch” in Richard Linklater’s rom-com thriller.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Hit Man” (2024). I’m late to the game on “Hit Man” (available on Netflix). I saw the director Richard Linklater talking about this film…
Lady Macbeth (15): One of the great monsters of cinema portrayed by a brilliant Florence Pugh.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Lady Macbeth” (2016). How have I lasted 8 years without seeing this wonderful film? Currently available to UK licence holders on iPlayer is William…
Kill (15): One of the best small-scale thrillers I’ve seen this year.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Kill” (2024). (Alternative title: Betrayal) Sometimes a ‘little’ film packs a bigger punch than all of the glossy big-budget Hollywood thrillers that come out.…
Voice of Shadows (’15’): Dodgy possession horror fails to excite.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Voice of Shadows” (2024). “Voice of Shadows” is another movie that I was sent a pre-release screener for. This is an attempt at a…
Widow Clicquot (15): Bubbles with potential but struggles to be a great vintage.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Widow Clicquot” (2024). (Alternative title: La viuda de Clicquot) Sometimes you realise something that makes you feel really stupid. For example, as I came…
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (12A): Great fun, but a strong example of “More is Less”.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (2024). I have a confession. Until the other day, I had never watched Tim Burton’s original “Beetlejuice” film from 1988. It has…
Girls Will Be Girls (15): Sexual Awakening in an Indian Boarding School.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Girls Will Be Girls” (2024). ‘Coming of Age’ and ‘sexual awakening’ films have been done many times before. But Shuchi Talati’s new film, set…
Firebrand (15): One over Parr.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Firebrand” (2024). There have been so many films set around the tumultuous reign of King Henry VIII of England. “Firebrand” is the latest, but…