One Mann’s Movies DVD Review: Legend (2015)
Tom Hardy is a strange fish as an actor. Famous for being almost incomprehensible in “The Dark Night Rises” and almost equally incomprehensible in his co-starring role in “The Revenant”,…
One Mann’s Movies DVD Review: Sicario (2015)
“This is the land of wolves now”. Sicario (‘Hitman’ in Mexican) is well worth your viewing time. The ever-reliable Emily Blunt excels here as FBI agent and hostage specialist Kate…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Zoolander 2 (2016)
In September 2001, a comedy classic opened in cinemas. Unfortunately, thanks to Al Qaeda, noone went to see it. Albeit coming in second place for box office in its opening…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Deadpool (2016)
How the hell do you review a film like Deadpool? It’s almost in a category of its own. Ryan Reynolds is no stranger to superhero pics: he played the disappointingly…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Dad’s Army (2016)
As someone in his frisky fifties, I am old enough to remember the arrival on our British TV screens of the original Dad’s Army back in 1968. I can still…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Big Short (2016)
The Big Short is not an easy film to watch on a number of levels. At a basic level, and speaking as a pretty well-educated film-goer, it requires quite considerable…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Spotlight (2016)
“Spotlight” is the investigative team at the Boston Globe newspaper who focus on ‘big’ issues that they select to pursue – work that can take many months to come to…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Dirty Grandpa (2016)
Michael “Beyond the Poseidon Adventure” Caine has never been averse to starring in more than his fair share of turkeys. Talking about “Jaws: The Revenge” he once said: “I have…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Room (2016)
Room, based on the book by Emma Donoghue, starts on young Jack’s 5th birthday. He gets a birthday cake from his mother (but no candles); a visit from his father;…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Revenant (2016)
I went to see “The Revenant” on the day that it was nominated for 12 Oscars, which certainly sets the expectation that it is going to be good – and…