A Mann on a mission to review movies
Comedy westerns have a strong legacy through classics like Mel Brooks’ “Blazing Saddles”, “Support your Local Sheriff/Gunfighter” (with James Garner), “Paleface” and “Son of Paleface” (with Bob Hope and Jane…
I’m always a sucker for a good story, and you have to admit that – at their hearts – some of the fairy tales are corkers. Sleeping Beauty is a…
“They say we’re young and we don’t know. Won’t find out unit-ii-l we grow.” This line of Sonny and Cher immediately takes me back to Bill Murray waking up over…
A terrifying creature is approaching the coast and Brody – half crazed with fear and loss – is trying to convince sceptical authorities of the impending disaster without success. And…
OK, OK…. so if I’m not exactly the last person (who wanted) to see this at the cinema to actually go and see it then I must be NEARLY the…
(All work and no play makes the Fad a very poor film reviewer! My apologies to my regular blog followers for the lack of recent posts). The Two Faces of…
The Double is the latest film from UK funny man Richard Ayoade (“Submarine”), and what an utterly depressing tale it is. Set in a dystopian world (future? past? it’s hard…
There is something rather compelling about action films set on aircraft. The claustrophobic confinement and obvious dangers of guns, de-compressions and – erm – gravity naturally add to the sense…
I was intrigued by this film: the Times reviewer gave it 5 stars; the Sunday Times reviewer gave it 1 star. Such diversity of view has to be investigated! Let’s…
The Grand Budapest Hotel is the latest from Wes Anderson, and what great fun it is. My review of Monuments Men pointed out that putting the likes of George Clooney,…