One Mann’s Movies DVD Review: Triple 9 (2016)
The thin and crooked blue line. Triple 9, set in the gun-ridden streets of Atlanta, is surprisingly well executed and at times impressive to look at. But it does leave…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
A movie with limited magnetic attraction. On the day that Britain voted to leave the European Union it feels fairly appropriate to review a film with “Apocalypse” in the title.…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Money Monster (2016)
Clooney’s TV star is forced to take stock If you are patient enough to sit through end titles you might notice that the MPAA certificate number at the end of…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Nice Guys (2016)
A raucous buddy comedy… and stuff. I’m sure this film is going to divide audiences, in the same way that “Kingsman” did. It’s 1977 Los Angeles. Star Wars has premiered.…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: A Hologram for the King (2016)
H is for Hologram. I is for Inconsistent. J is for Jumble. K is for King. In terms of bankable movie experiences, you can seldom go wrong with a Tom…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
The recent success of the superbly staged BBC production of John Le Carré’s “The Night Manager” with Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie must have been music to the ears of…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Sing Street (2016)
Gregory’s Commitments. Ah, the joy and pain of first love! Young Conor (aka Cosmo, played in his impressive debut by Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) has the smelly end of a shitty stick…
One Mann’s Movies DVD Review: The 5th Wave (2016)
Oh Lord, save us from stupid aliens. As a low-budget sci fi flick, The Fifth Wave starts quite promisingly with a more logical continuation from the opening scenes of “Independence…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
A gently comedic story of love and deceit. Perpetuating little white lies is part of everyday life and keeps society ticking over. But to what point is it acceptable to…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Bastille Day (2016)
‘B’ for ‘Bastille’; ‘B’ for ‘B-movie’ Idris Elba plays “reckless and irresponsible” American CIA operative Sean Briar who is one step ahead of the French police in getting to the…