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…
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…