Author: Tom Beasley

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VOD Review – ‘Videoman’ is a tired giallo homage with scarce thrills

24/02/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2019, Carolin Stoltz, Certificate: 18, February 2019, Horror, Kristian A Söderström, Lena Nilsson, Morgan Alling, Stefan Sauk, Thriller, Victor von Schirach, Videoman, VOD

Swedish thriller Videoman plays as an homage to giallo horror and the world of obscure VHS collectors, but it misses the mark.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast – “Branagh has a huge prosthetic nose; Rosa Salazar has big CGI eyes”

18/02/201917/02/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alita: Battle Angel, All is True, Awards Season 2019, BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2019, Barry Jenkins, Chris Miller, Danny Boyle, Frozen 2, If Beale Street Could Talk, James Cameron, Kenneth Branagh, Oscars, Oscars 2019, Phil Lord, Podcast, Richard Curtis, Rosa Salazar, The Lego Movie, The Lego Movie 2, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Yesterday

On the latest Popcorn Muncher Podcast, we review a blockbuster double bill of The Lego Movie 2 and Alita: Battle Angel.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast – “You don’t see Viggo Mortensen’s full penis”

11/02/201910/02/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Adam Robitel, Alfonso Cuarón, Anya Taylor-Joy, Awards Season 2019, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Dan Gilroy, David Fincher, Dean DeBlois, DGA Awards, Edgar Wright, Escape Room, Green Book, How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jay Baruchel, Last Night in Soho, Mahershala Ali, Marielle Heller, Melissa McCarthy, Peter Farrelly, Podcast, Richard E Grant, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Velvet Buzzsaw, Viggo Mortensen, World War Z, World War Z 2

Reviews of the week’s biggest film releases on The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, including How to Train Your Dragon 3 and Green Book.

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Review Round-up – How to Train Your Dragon 3, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Green Book

05/02/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Adam Robitel, Burning, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Dan Gilroy, Dean DeBlois, Escape Room, Green Book, How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jeon Jong-seo, Lee Chang-dong, Mahershala Ali, Marielle Heller, Melissa McCarthy, Peter Farrelly, Richard E Grant, Steven Yeun, Velvet Buzzsaw, Viggo Mortensen, Yoo Ah-in

Reviews of awards-nominated dramas Can You Ever Forgive Me? and Green Book, as well as animated adventure How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 134 – “Vice is The Big Short 2: West Wing Boogaloo”

04/02/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Adam McKay, Amy Adams, Awards Season 2019, Batman, Ben Affleck, Christian Bale, Clint Eastwood, Destroyer, Hobbs and Shaw, Karyn Kusama, Matt Reeves, Nicole Kidman, Podcast, SAG Awards, The Batman, The Mule, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Vice

We review Dick Cheney biopic Vice, as well as Nicole Kidman thriller Destroyer and Clint Eastwood’s gently enjoyable The Mule.

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Review Round-up – Vice, Destroyer, Love Sonia, The Mule, Second Act

30/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment A Dog's Way Home, Adam McKay, Bryce Dallas Howard, Charles Martin Smith, Christian Bale, Clint Eastwood, Destroyer, Jennifer Lopez, Karyn Kusama, Love Sonia, Mrunal Thakur, Nicole Kidman, Peter Segal, Review Round-up, Second Act, Tabrez Noorani, The Mule, Vanessa Hudgens, Vice

A mixed bag of reviews this week, including Dick Cheney biopic Vice and a transformative Nicole Kidman in crime thriller Destroyer.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 133 – “Turns out I can’t listen to Sarah Paulson read the phone book”

28/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 91st Academy Awards, Beautiful Boy, Bruce Willis, Fyre, Glass, James McAvoy, M Night Shyamalan, Netflix, Oscars, Oscars 2019, Podcast, Samuel L Jackson, Sarah Paulson, Steve Carell, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Timothée Chalamet

We review M Night Shyamalan’s absurd superhero crossover Glass, awards-bothering drama Beautiful Boy and Netflix’s Fyre Festival doc.

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DVD & Blu-ray Featured Reviews 

Blu-ray Review – ‘Dave Made a Maze’ collapses like its made of cardboard

27/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2019, Adam Busch, Adventure, Bill Watterson, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Dave Made a Maze, Fantasy, Frank Caeti, Horror, James Urbaniak, January 2019, John Hennigan, Meera Rohit Kumbhani, Nick Thune, Rating: Poop, Stephanie Allynne

Fantasy-comedy Dave Made a Maze is a strange genre hybrid that never quite lives up to its visual invention and clever central concept.

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Review Round-up – Glass, Mary Queen of Scots, Fyre, Beautiful Boy

22/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2019, Beautiful Boy, Bruce Willis, Chris Smith, David Tennant, Felix van Groeningen, Fyre, Glass, James McAvoy, January 2019, Josie Rourke, M Night Shyamalan, Margot Robbie, Mary Queen of Scots, Review Round-up, Samuel L Jackson, Saoirse Ronan, Sarah Paulson, Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet

Reviews of M Night Shyamalan’s unhinged Glass, the royal biopic Mary Queen of Scots and the Fyre Festival documentary on Netflix.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 132 – “Dominic West loves getting to wear a beard”

21/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Colette, Dominic West, Ghostbusters, Jason Reitman, John C Reilly, John Wick, John Wick 3: Parabellum, Jon S Baird, Keira Knightley, Life Itself, Marvel, Podcast, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Stan and Ollie, Steve Coogan, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

On this week’s Popcorn Muncher Podcast, we review comedy biopic Stan and Ollie and the spiky literary period piece Colette.

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Review Round-up – Stan & Ollie, Colette, The Front Runner, The Upside

15/01/201915/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Bryan Cranston, Colette, Dominic West, Hugh Jackman, Jason Reitman, John C Reilly, Jon S Baird, Keira Knightley, Kevin Hart, Neil Burger, Nina Arianda, Review Round-up, Sara Paxton, Shirley Henderson, Stan & Ollie, Steve Coogan, The Front Runner, The Upside, Wash Westmoreland

Reviews of this week’s film releases, including comedy biopic Stan & Ollie and spiky period drama Colette.

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