One Mann's Movies Film Review: Atomic Blonde (2017)
A Nuclear Blast of a Movie. Ever wanted to know how many punches and kicks a Russian thug can take and still get up again? Ever wanted to find a…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Detroit (2017).
The Detroit Sinners. Katheryn Bigelow’s new film should make you angry. It made me angry. As this year’s Selma (on steroids) the film is an ode to how incidents can…
One Mann's Movies Special for "The Alfred Hitchcock Blogathon": Rear Window (1954)
“Hmm… must have splattered a lot”. Maddy at Maddy Loves Her Classic Films is hosting The Alfred Hitchcockblogathon. A fine idea, celebrating the life and works of the “Master of…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: 47 Metres Down (2017)
Down Down, Deeper and Down. It’s summer again; it’s a shark movie. Lisa and Kate are two sisters on holiday in Mexico with one grieving a lost relationship and the…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: The Big Sick (2017).
Just what the doctor ordered: a charming and thoughtful summer comedy. Romance and comedy work together beautifully on film: love is innately ridiculous after all! But mix in a dramatic…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Dunkirk (2017)
A war vehicle running low on fuel. The words “Christopher Nolan” and “disappointment” are not words I would naturally associate… but for me, they apply where “Dunkirk” is concerned. It…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Spider-Man – Homecoming (2017)
When I heard the news last year that Spider-Man was going to be rebooted yet again, I was like “are you freaking serious”? After the successful Toby Maguire trilogy (though…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
Putting the “ape” in “The Great Esc-ape”. 2011’s “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” was the one of the big movie surprises for me of that year. With staggeringly…
One Mann's Movies Film Review: Alone in Berlin (2017)
Small Rebellions. Once again, World War II turns up another true story of quiet valour to turn into a motion picture. At a time when Trump is pontificating about so…
One Mann's Movies Review: The Mummy (2017)
Crushingly Mediocre I’d read the bad reviews, but thought “Hey, it’s Tom Cruise – how bad could it be?” The answer is, “Pretty bad”. It’s an ominous sign when a…