One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Into the Storm (2014)
There are bad movies that are just intolerable to sit through. And then there’s “Into the Storm”. Jan de Bont’s 1996 “Twister” came into cinemas like – and excuse the…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
I admit to having a very negative view of both Marvel and DC movie properties of late. These seem to range from the massively over-recycled fayre of Batman, Superman and…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
There are some films you go to see with low expectations and back in 2011 Rupert Wyatt’s “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” was one of those. After the…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Jersey Boys (2014)
Biopics, especially musical biopics, often tell the blood sweat and tears story of singers/songwriters rising from deprived childhoods or troubled backgrounds (queue ‘X-factor’ style soulful music) before finding fortune and…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
Comedy westerns have a strong legacy through classics like Mel Brooks’ “Blazing Saddles”, “Support your Local Sheriff/Gunfighter” (with James Garner), “Paleface” and “Son of Paleface” (with Bob Hope and Jane…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Maleficent (2014)
I’m always a sucker for a good story, and you have to admit that – at their hearts – some of the fairy tales are corkers. Sleeping Beauty is a…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
“They say we’re young and we don’t know. Won’t find out unit-ii-l we grow.” This line of Sonny and Cher immediately takes me back to Bill Murray waking up over…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Godzilla (2014)
A terrifying creature is approaching the coast and Brody – half crazed with fear and loss – is trying to convince sceptical authorities of the impending disaster without success. And…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
OK, OK…. so if I’m not exactly the last person (who wanted) to see this at the cinema to actually go and see it then I must be NEARLY the…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Two Faces of January (2014)
(All work and no play makes the Fad a very poor film reviewer! My apologies to my regular blog followers for the lack of recent posts). The Two Faces of…