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I love Toy Story, but I am dreading Toy Story 4

12/11/2018 Patrick Wilson 1 Comment Animation, Joan Cusack, Pixar, Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4

Patrick Wilson explains why he is worried about Pixar’s Toy Story 4, but not necessarily for the cynical, financial reasons you’d expect.

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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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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 124 – “I think he was Freddie Mercury’s plumber”

05/11/201802/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Amandla Stenberg, An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn, Birds of Prey, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bryan Singer, Deadpool 2, Ewan McGregor, Jim Hosking, Podcast, Possum, Rami Malek, The Hate U Give, The Meg, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

We review the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody on the latest podcast, along with teen drama The Hate U Give.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 123 – “Is it compulsory to say Halloween in the Monster Mash voice?”

29/10/201828/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment A Star Is Born, Bad Times at the El Royale, Bradley Cooper, Damien Chazelle, David Gordon Green, First Man, Halloween, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lady GaGa, Pirates of the Caribbean, Podcast, Ryan Gosling, Star Wars, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

We review the new take on the Halloween franchise, as well as hefty Oscar hopefuls First Man and A Star is Born.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast – LFF 2018 #3 with Kelechi Ehenulo

22/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment BFI London Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival 2018, If Beale Street Could Talk, LFF, Outlaw King, Podcast, Sorry to Bother You, Stan & Ollie, The Favourite, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, The Sisters Brothers, Widows

We look back at the BFI London Film Festival 2018, with reviews of comedy Stan & Ollie, royal comedy The Favourite and If Beale Street Could Talk.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast – LFF 2018 #2 with Sarah Cook

16/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alfonso Cuarón, Beautiful Boy, BFI London Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival 2018, Green Book, LFF, Luca Guadagnino, Podcast, Robert Redford, Roma, Suspiria, The Old Man and the Gun, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

Film critic Sarah Cook joins the podcast to review some new LFF screenings, including Suspiria, Beautiful Boy, Roma and Green Book.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast – LFF 2018 #1 with Alistair Ryder

14/10/201813/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Ben Wheatley, BFI London Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival 2018, Boots Riley, Colette, Happy New Year Colin Burstead, Keira Knightley, LFF, Podcast, Sorry to Bother You, Steve McQueen, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Widows

It’s the first days of the London Film Festival 2018 and there’s already plenty to review with critic Alistair Ryder, including opening movie Widows.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 122 – “Christian Bale has a secret supply of turkey twizzlers”

08/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Anchor and Hope, Carlos Marques-Marcet, Christian Bale, Dexter Fletcher, Lilo & Stitch, Natalia Tena, Oona Chaplin, Podcast, Riz Ahmed, Rocketman, Ruben Fleischer, Sam Rockwell, Taron Egerton, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Tom Hardy, Venom, Vice

We review the surprisingly enjoyable superhero movie Venom, starring Tom Hardy, as well as the excellent romance Anchor and Hope.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 121 – “Crazy Rich Asians is not a Ken Loach film”

01/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment A Simple Favour, Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Cary Fukunaga, Crazy Rich Asians, Eli Roth, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Henry Golding, James Bond, Kingsman, Lenny Abrahamson, Paul Feig, Podcast, The House With a Clock In Its Walls, The Little Stranger, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

We review Paul Feig’s A Simple Favour, family horror The House With a Clock In Its Walls and box office phenomenon Crazy Rich Asians.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 120 – “I’d watch Tom Hardy as Mary Poppins”

24/09/201823/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Captain Marvel, Climax, Gaspar Noé, Harry Dean Stanton, King of Thieves, Lucky, Mary Poppins Returns, Olivia Munn, Podcast, Shane Black, Stan & Ollie, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, The Predator

We review Climax, Lucky, King of Thieves and The Predator, as well as looking at trailers for Captain Marvel and Mary Poppins Returns.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 119 – Is there anything scary about The Nun?

17/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment American Animals, Bart Layton, Captive State, Dave Bautista, DC, Final Score, Henry Cavill, Jon Hamm, Podcast, Rupert Wyatt, Superman, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, The Nun, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

We review the bland Conjuring universe horror movie The Nun, as well as mad action movie Final Score and The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

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