One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Hateful 8 (2016)
I always approach a Quentin Tarantino film with a degree of nervous excitement. The nerves arise since the levels of gratuitous violence in his films is about 2 notches above…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Creed (2016)
As a boxing movie Creed packs a heavyweight punch. Sylvester Stallone (as the film’s producer) has covered a lot of miles with his Rocky legend, most recently with his 2006…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Joy (2016)
Under the assured direction of David O Russell, “Joy” tells the dramatised tale of the eponymous heroine, loosely based on the true life story of Joy Mangano. Jennifer Lawrence plays…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Danish Girl (2016)
A Happy New Year from One Mann’s Movies to you all! The new cinema year has got off to a robust start with the new movie from Tom Hooper (“The…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Star Wars – The Force Awakens (2015)
My intention is always to keep my reviews spoiler-free, and this will be no exception. Since January 2013, when it was announced that J.J. Abrams would take on the onerous…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Carol (2015)
“Carol” rates as one of the most romantic films of 2015. But whereas most romantic movies involve some form of love triangle (as per the recent “Brooklyn”), this film is…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Bridge of Spies (2015)
There are combinations of film makers that make you confident, as you pay your ticket price, that you are not going to be terribly disappointed: Steven Spielberg directing; Tom Hanks…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Steve Jobs (2015)
As someone who has worked in computing for 30 years, I was greatly looking forward to Danny Boyle’s new ‘biopic’ (using the term fairly loosely) about Apple founder Steve Jobs…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Lady in the Van (2015)
When you see vagrants sleeping rough in doorways it is grimly fascinating to wonder how they got there. Was it a gradual descent due to drink or drugs? Or was…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Brooklyn (2015)
Brooklyn tells the riches to riches story of a pampered child growing up in the care of his famous Premier League footballing father (Joe Pasquale) and his undernourished pop-star mother…