One Mann's Movies Film Review of The Lost Bus. Paul Greengrass disaster movie has great special effects but a predictable outcome. 3/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of After the Hunt. Luca Guadagnino's latest explores some interesting cultural areas, but is a bit of a slog. 3/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Roofman". Channing Tatum on the run and making bad decisions. 3/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "It Was Just An Accident". Is a family man innocent or a vicious torturer? A fine Iranian thriller, with some black comedy. 3.5/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "I Swear". A brilliant biopic of a real-life Tourette's sufferer. Highly recommended. 4.5/5.

The Testament of Ann Lee (3*): The Movers and Shakers of 18th Century Religion. A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Testament of Ann Lee” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 3*, '15'). Was I the only one who didn't know that the Quaker movement called the Shakers, that is the subject of…

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Jay Kelly" from the 2025 #LFF. A decent star vehicle for George Clooney, but the script is a bit unfocused. 3.5/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of #Bugonia from the 2025 #LFF. A really fun time at the cinema. 5/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Miroirs No 3" from the 2025 #LFF. A German drama that lacked credibility. 2.5/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Ballad of a Small Player" from the 2025 LFF. Edward Berger's latest is an absolute cracker, but divides opinion. 5/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "The Smashing Machine". The Rock flexes his acting muscles (well) but I found the film dull. 2/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Good Boy" from the 2025 #LFF. Not the one about the dog... but really good. 4/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review for "Bad Apples" from the 2025 #LFF. Saoirse Ronan stars as a teacher on the edge due to a disruptive pupil. Cutting and funny. 4/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery" from the 2025 #LFF. A third helping of Benoit Blanc has a starry cast and is *nearly* as good. 4/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "A Pale View of Hills" from the 2025 #LFF. Visually stunning but with a lacklustre script. 2.5/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Untamable" (Indomptables) from the 2025 #LFF. A decent tale of murder and police investigation in the Cameroon capital. 3/5.

One Mann's Movie's Film Review of "Alpha", a UK Premiere at the #LFF. Julia ('Titane') Ducournau assaults the senses and baffles the mind. 4/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of A Big Bold Beautiful Journey. A journey that proved dull and incredibly tedious. 1.5/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Dreamers" from the 2025 #LFF. Drama set in a UK Immigration centre is timely and well-done. 3/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Fwends" from the 2025 #LFF. A freewheeling buddy movie that failed to click with me. 2/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "The Secret Agent" from the 2025 #LFF. A chaotic shaggy-dog story that charms. 3.5/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Twinless" from the 2025 #LFF. A very funny black comedy from James Sweeney. 4/5.

One Mann's Movies of "Left-Handed Girl" from the 2025 #LFF. A warm and charming slice of family drama from the streets of Taipei. 4/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "A Private Life" from the 2025 #LFF. Jodie Foster in an engaging French-language mystery/comedy. 4/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Life After" from the 2025 #LFF. A riveting documentary on assisted dying and disability. 4.5/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "DJ Ahmet" from the 2025 #LFF. A Feelgood Macedonian Rom-Com! 4/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Sirât". An astonishing rollercoaster of a movie that left me numb. 4.5/5.

One Mann's Movies Review of "One Battle After Another". A rip-roaring comedy thriller that doesn't disappoint. 4/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Romeria" from the 2025 #LFF. Sorry, but I found this one slow and tedious. 2/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Exit 8" from the 2025 #LFF. A fun mystery film set in a supernatural Tokyo subway. Fun stuff. 3.5/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "My Father's Shadow" from the 2025 LFF. Excellent Nigerian-set drama. 4/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Promised Sky" from the #LFF. Immigration issues, Tunisia-style in well made female-led drama. 3.5/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Enzo" from the 2025 LFF. A dreamy coming-of-age drama for a confused little rich kid. 3.5/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Sound of Falling" from the 2025 LFF. Hard work but memorable imagery. 3/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale". Like a big warm sentimental hug. 4/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Sorry, Baby". Eva Victor writes, directs and stars in a loose telling of her past trauma. Dark comedy barely lifts the mood, but well made. 3.5/5.

One Mann's Movies review of "Heads of State". A fun comedy/thriller with Idris Elba, John Cena and Priyanka Chopra Jonas that entertains as a cut above the norm. 3.5/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "The Long Walk". Brutal and violent but a brilliant acting job by Hoffman and Jonsson. 3.5/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "The Da Vinci Code" (2006). Ron Howard's film is lumbered by a script that deviates from the book. 3/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "The Kingdom" ("Le Royaume"). Intelligent Mafia Drama with heart. 3.5/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "The Conjuring: Last Rites". Rounding off the series, it's a overlong and messy mash-up of horror tropes. 2/5.

One Mann's Movies Review of "Nobody 2". A sequel for the fans that sticks to its violent knitting. 3.5/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Honey Don't". Ethan Coen with sex and violence but nothing else. 1.5/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Caught Stealing". An unusually mainstream film from Darren Aronofsky with a NY-set gangster thriller that delights. 4/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "The Roses". Fun marriage disintegration, sadly without the bile of the original. 4/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Together". Aussie newcomer Michael Shanks delivers a truly innovative slice of body horror that made me suitably cringe. 4/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Eddington". Ari Aster's latest is set in Covid times. Brilliant in parts, it goes all over the place and ends up an incoherent mess. 2.5/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Paul and Paulette". A debut feature from Jethro Massey that is sexy, sophisticated and engrossing. 4/5.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "The Thursday Murder Club". A fun caper with frisky pensioners in the big-screen adaptation of Richard Osman's bestseller. 3.5/5.

One Mann's Movies Book Review of Box Office Poison by Tim Robey. Over a hundred years of movie flops reviewed. 4/5.