A Mann on a mission to review movies
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” (2023). I must admit that after seeing the original Hunger Games film in 2012, and…
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Thanksgiving” (2023). There is virtually nothing novel about Eli Roth’s “Thanksgiving”. We are firmly in teen-slasher territory, with a masked figure terrorising the town…
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Driving Madeleine” (2023). Original title: Une belle course “Driving Madeleine” took me by surprise. When I started watching it, I thought “Oh, another gentle…
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Saltburn” (2023) (from the London Film Festival). “Saltburn” is the follow-up film from Emerald Fennell to “Promising Young Woman“, my number 1 film of…
A One Mann’s Movies review of “May December” (2023) (from the London Film Festival). “May December” is the latest from Todd Haynes who directed, for example, “Carol” and “Dark Waters”.…
A One Mann’s Movies review of “How to Have Sex” (2023). “How to have sex ” is not the instructional film that the title might imply! We delve into (in…
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Anatomy of a Fall” (2023). Original title: Anatomie d’une chute “Anatomy of a Fall” is a murder/mystery that I was highly anticipating and I…
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Killer” (2023). David Fincher is a film-maker who delivers new material relatively rarely. (His last feature was “Mank” in 2020 and then “Gone…
A One Mann’s Movies review of “JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass” (2021). I saw “JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass” advertised on streaming during my recent US holiday. But…
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Dream Scenario” (2023). The phrases “Nicolas Cage” and “under-play” seldom sit comfortably together. But in his latest film – “Dream Scenario” – it’s actually…