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Keanu Reeves stars in crime thriller Siberia

Review – Keanu Reeves snoozes with the audience throughout ‘Siberia’

22/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Ana Ularu, Certificate: 15, Dmitry Chepovetsky, Keanu Reeves, Matthew Ross, Molly Ringwald, November 2018, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Rafael Petardi, Rating: Poop, Siberia, Thriller

Keanu Reeves looks as bored as his audience throughout crime thriller Siberia, which is a chilly and overly serious trudge.

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Eddie Redmayne returns as Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

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Review – ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ is as frustrating as it is spectacular

20/11/201820/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Adventure, Alison Sudol, Callum Turner, Certificate: 12, Dan Fogler, David Yates, Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Fantasy, Harry Potter, JK Rowling, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Katherine Waterston, November 2018, Rating: Pop, Zoe Kravitz

JK Rowling’s Wizarding World is back in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, which brings in Jude Law and Johnny Depp.

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Michael Sheen and Simon Pegg in horror-comedy Slaughterhouse Rulez

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Review – ‘Slaughterhouse Rulez’ skewers boarding school snobbery, but has little horror edge

20/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Asa Butterfield, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Crispian Mills, Finn Cole, Hermione Corfield, Horror, Jo Hartley, Margot Robbie, Michael Sheen, Nick Frost, October 2018, Rating: Poop, Simon Pegg, Slaughterhouse Rulez, Tom Rhys-Harries

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are the producers behind Slaughterhouse Rulez, which is a below par horror-comedy.

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Sean Harris plays the lead role in bleak British horror Possum

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Review – ‘Possum’ owes a debt to cult British horror and sad landscapes

20/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Alun Armstrong, Certificate: 15, Horror, Matthew Holness, October 2018, Possum, Rating: Pop, Sean Harris

Matthew Holness swaps comedy for bleak British horror with Possum, in which a puppeteer deals with trauma in windswept East Anglia.

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Viola Davis and Cynthia Erivo star in heist thriller Widows

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 126 – “Toy Story 4 is a bit like Brexit”

19/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Pine, Detective Pikachu, Florence Pugh, Julius Avery, Outlaw King, Overlord, Podcast, Stan Lee, Steve McQueen, The Grinch, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Toy Story 4, Viola Davis, Widows

On this week’s Popcorn Muncher Podcast, there are reviews of thriller Widows, Netflix epic Outlaw King and Illumination’s The Grinch.

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Rami Malek stars as legendary Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody

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Review – Messy Queen biopic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ rocks hard enough to keep fans happy

16/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Aidan Gillen, Allen Leech, Ben Hardy, Biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bryan Singer, Certificate: 12, Dexter Fletcher, Drama, Gwilym Lee, Joseph Mazzello, Lucy Boynton, Mike Myers, Music, October 2018, Rami Malek, Rating: Pop, Tom Hollander

Rami Malek is terrific as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, which traces the story of the iconic British rockers Queen.

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Amandla Stenberg stars in teen drama The Hate U Give

Review – Powerful drama ‘The Hate U Give’ hits harder than the average teen movie

16/11/201820/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Algee Smith, Amandla Stenberg, Anthony Mackie, Certificate: 12, Common, Drama, George Tillman Jr, Issa Rae, KJ Apa, October 2018, Rating: Pop, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Sabrina Carpenter, The Hate U Give

Amandla Stenberg finally finds a role worthy of her talents in the fierce, resonant teen drama The Hate U Give.

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Gerard Butler stars in submarine thriller Hunter Killer

Review – Submarine thriller ‘Hunter Killer’ is too dull to find campy charm

15/11/201819/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, Alexander Diachenko, Caroline Goodall, Certificate: 15, Common, Donovan Marsh, Gary Oldman, Gerard Butler, Hunter Killer, Linda Cardellini, Michael Nyqvist, Mikhail Gorevoy, October 2018, Rating: Poop, Thriller, Zane Holtz

Gerard Butler plays a rugged, maverick submarine captain trying to avert nuclear war in the big, stupid action thriller Hunter Killer.

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Keira Knightley and Eugenio Derbez star in Nutcracker and the Four Realms

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 125 – “I thought the baby in Twilight was like Yoda”

12/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Keira Knightley, Kingsman, Mackenzie Foy, Matthew Vaughn, Mike Leigh, Paddington, Paul King, Peter Jackson, Peterloo, Podcast, Puss in Boots, Shrek, Slaughterhouse Rulez, Taron Egerton, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, They Shall Not Grow Old

This week’s podcast features reviews of The Nutcracker and the Four Realms and British horror-comedy Slaughterhouse Rulez.

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Peter Jackson has restored hours of First World War footage for They Shall Not Grow Old

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Review – Peter Jackson’s WW1 doc ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ is a poignant achievement of remembrance

11/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Documentary, November 2018, Peter Jackson, Rating: Pop, They Shall Not Grow Old, War

Airing on the BBC for Armistice Day, Peter Jackson’s First World War documentary They Shall Not Grow Old is a great achievement.

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Connor Swindells enters the world of battle rap in VS.

Review – Battle rap drama ‘VS.’ finds heart among the multi-syllables

11/11/201815/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Connor Swindells, Drama, Ed Lilly, Emily Taaffe, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Joivan Wade, October 2018, Paige Meade, Rating: Pop, Ruth Sheen, Shotty Horroh, VS.

Newcomer Connor Swindells makes a big impression in British drama VS. as a teen who channels his rage into the world of battle rap.

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