One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Love and Mercy (2015)
During “Love and Mercy”, the new biopic on the life of Brian Wilson of Beach Boys fame, the words of my old maths teacher Mr Green came wafting through the…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Ted 2 (2015)
“Ted” divided most audiences: some loved it; some hated it; with few holding a middle ground. “Ted 2” is much of the same style of humour, so if easily offended…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Get Hard (2015)
Get Hard was a film I really wasn’t expecting to like much, but it was significantly funnier than I expected it to be. Will Ferrell’s films have had a tendency…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Terminator Genisys (2015)
“Old… not obsolete” – finally an Arnie catchphrase I can relate to! The Terminator is back, older, wiser and post Governorship. Arnold Schwarzenegger returns – against all the odds –…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Jurassic World (2015)
A close family member invites two young relatives to enjoy the delights of a fully-populated prehistorically themed island, whilst meanwhile others with darker hearts have different plans for the revolutionary…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: San Andreas (2015)
In recent years Roland Emmerich has been the king of destruction on a worldwide scale with films like “The Day After Tomorrow”, “2012” and “Independence Day” (now – bizarrely and…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Now that 3D is becoming somewhat passé, I know some cinemas have been experimenting with 4D effects: moving seats, smells, effects, etc. Mad Max: Fury Road would be an excellent…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
Although I’m a “man man man man manly man”… I must confess to really liking the original “Pitch Perfect”. Tuneful, funny, quirky and with a knock-out cup routine (that took…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Age of Adaline (2015)
(First of all, let me add that there is a minor plot-spoiler in this review, which I have left ‘til the penultimate paragraph: I point that out since I normally…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Far From The Madding Crowd (2015)
X-rated for Sheep. Based on Thomas Hardy’s classic novel (which I much shamefully admit I have never read), Far From the Madding Crowd tells the tale of Bathsheba Everdene’s rags-to-riches…