One Mann's Movies Film Review: Logan (2017)
“When the man comes around” At last – a superhero movie with real heart… (and not just the chunks over the knuckle blades!). Logan is a bit of a revelation.…
On this day in movie history: 14th March 1975
In 1975 Monty Python tried to make a proper movie (unlike their first film in 1971 which was just a loosely coupled revamp of some of their TV sketches). Everyone…
On this day in movie history…March 6th, 1927
On this day in 1927, Fritz Lang’s extraordinary film “Metropolis” was first shown in the US. “Metropolis” can claim to be the first feature length science fiction film. Set in…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Patriot's Day (2017)
A Marathon Investigation. While there are predictable social media conspiracy theories that the “whole thing was a hoax”, the two bombs that went off near the finish line of the…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: A Cure for Wellness (2017)
Eels well that ends well. “A Cure for Wellness” is the latest film from Gore Verbinski, who has delivered an entertainingly mixed bag of movie goodies over the years from…
On this day in movie history…March 3rd, 1930
Jean Harlow (b. 1911) was born. An early sex-symbol, “The Blonde Bombshell” was ‘found’ by Howard Hughes and launched into stardom through her appearance in 1930’s “Hell’s Angels”. She later…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: The Great Wall (2017)
Exercising your Damons. Millions of people watching the Oscars would have seen Jimmy Kimmel roasting poor Matt Damon as a part of their long running ‘feud’. At one point he…
One Mann's Movies DVD Review: Captain Fantastic (2016)
Dysfunctionally functional. The second of my catch-up films for next Sunday’s Oscars, this time featuring Viggo Mortensen who is up for a Best Actor Oscar. “Captain Fantastic” starts with a…
One Mann's Movies DVD Review: Hell or High Water (2016)
“Sometimes a blind pig finds a truffle”. One of the joys (and stresses) of the run up to the Oscar weekend is to try to catch all the major award…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Fences (2017)
The Last Post. In “Fences” Denzel Washington plays Troy – a bitter, self-centred and selfish man in his mid-fifties who loves the sound of his own voice. They say “empty…