One Mann’s Movies – The Best of 2015
Lists, lists… nothing but bloody lists. It’s that time of the year again, and a chance to look back at the films that have thrilled, moved or excited me during…
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…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Program (2015)
I can see this film dividing opinion, since bike fanatics (of which the UK has a high number) will seek to pick holes in the reality of the story and…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Spectre (2015)
Spectre is premium Bond. But it’s not quite the perfect film that the hype of the 5* reviews might suggest. We learn a few new things: some more of the…
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Lobster (2015)
I can only hope that the creators of “The Lobster” – Greek writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos and his co-writer Efthymis Filippou – find treatment at a good drug-rehabilitation clinic. A black…