One Mann's Movies Film Review: Moonlight (2017)
Waxing or Waning? Seldom do I go to see a movie where I know so little about the plot as this one. I knew it was a “coming of age”…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Split (2017)
“We are what we believe we are”. M. Night Shyamalan fizzed into movie consciousness in 1999 with “The Sixth Sense” which – having rewatched it again recently – still has…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Lion (2017)
Lost in Train-station. As January progresses, the quality Oscar films just keep on coming! India’s vibrant and teeming tapestry of life is a natural gift for film-makers, without a word…
One Mann's Movies: Manchester By The Sea (2017)
Wow! I’d heard all about the Oscar hype surrounding this film but to be honest, while I thought I would be seeing a solid and well-made indie film, I went…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Jackie (2017)
Spoiler! Her husband gets shot. “Jackie” tells the story of the spiralling grief, loss and anger of Jackie Kennedy driven by the assassination of JFK in Dallas in November 1963.…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Live by Night (2017)
“Sleep by day…”. Ben Affleck’s new movie could best be described as “sprawling”. In both directing and writing the screenplay (based on a novel by Dennis Lehane), Affleck has aimed…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: La La Land (2017)
“It’s very nostalgic – will people like it?” A little film. Not sure whether you might have heard of it yet? Damien Chazelle has followed up his astonishingly proficient “Whiplash”…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: A Monster Calls (2017)
“I’ll. Be. Right. Here.” The worst thing about this movie is its title. The second worst thing about this movie is its trailer. Both will either a) put people off…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Passengers (2017)
Guilt trip. “Passengers” is not a film that you can really talk about in much depth without straying into spoiler territory, so I will break my normal tradition of my…
One Mann’s Movies- The Best Films of 2016
(This is a re-publish of the post made on 31st December, but with a much tightened-up video and the text presentation of the top 10 added). I’ve gone video for…