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Review – Bizarre drama ‘Welcome to Marwen’ piles on the whimsy

15/01/201915/01/2019 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2019, Certificate: 12, Diane Kruger, Drama, Eiza González, Gwendoline Christie, Janelle Monáe, January 2019, Leslie Mann, Merritt Wever, Neil Jackson, Rating: Pop, Robert Zemeckis, Steve Carell, Welcome to Marwen

Steve Carell plays an assault victim who retreats into a fantasy world in Robert Zemeckis’s strange drama Welcome to Marwen.

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Review – ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ celebrates the character’s rich legacy

23/12/201823/12/2018 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2018, Action, Animation, Bob Persichetti, Brian Tyree Henry, Certificate: PG, Comedy, December 2018, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, John Mulaney, Kathryn Hahn, Kimiko Glenn, Liev Schreiber, Lily Tomlin, Mahershala Ali, Nicolas Cage, Peter Ramsey, Phil Lord, Rating: Pop, Rodney Rothman, Shameik Moore, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Superhero, Zoe Kravitz

The madness of Marvel’s comic book multi-verses is brought to the fore in superhero animation Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

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Review – ‘Aquaman’ goes straight in as a top-end DC film

22/12/201821/12/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Action, Amber Heard, Aquaman, Certificate: 12, DC, December 2018, Dolph Lundgren, Fantasy, James Wan, Jason Momoa, Julie Andrews, Nicole Kidman, Patrick Wilson, Rating: Pop, Superhero, Temuera Morrison, Willem Dafoe, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Aquaman, directed by horror maestro James Wan, is a mad and unhinged superhero blockbuster, but it’s up there with the best of DC.

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Review – Technically stunning ‘Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle’ lacks identity

18/12/201821/12/2018 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2018, Adventure, Andy Serkis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Certificate: 12, Christian Bale, December 2018, Eddie Marsan, Fantasy, Mowgli, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, Naomie Harris, Peter Mullan, Rating: Poop, Rohan Chand, Tom Hollander

Andy Serkis’s long-gestating take on The Jungle Book has finally arrived, but Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle has a great deal of problems.

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DVD Review – ‘The Equalizer 2’ is a flat, jumbled action sequel

18/12/2018 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2018, Action, Antoine Fuqua, Ashton Sanders, Bill Pullman, Certificate: 15, December 2018, Denzel Washington, DVD, Melissa Leo, Orson Bean, Pedro Pascal, Rating: Poop, Sakina Jaffrey, The Equalizer, The Equalizer 2, Thriller

Denzel Washington stars in his first ever sequel with Equalizer 2, but leaves you wondering why this caused him to break his golden rule.

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Review – Western anthology ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ shows every shade of the Coens

11/12/2018 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2018, Bill Heck, Brendan Gleeson, Certificate: 15, Clancy Brown, Coen Brothers, Ethan Coen, Harry Melling, James Franco, Joel Coen, Liam Neeson, Netflix, November 2018, Rating: Pop, Stephen Root, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Tim Blake Nelson, Tom Waits, Western, Zoe Kazan

The Coen Brothers head out West for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, which is a Netflix anthology of western tales.

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DVD Review – ‘The Littlest Reindeer’ is a perfectly acceptable kids’ film for Christmas

22/11/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Animation, Certificate: PG, Christmas, DVD, Jeff Dunham, Jennifer Westcott, John Cleese, Josh Hutcherson, Martin Short, Morena Baccarin, October 2018, Rating: Pop, Samantha Bee, The Littlest Reindeer

Josh Hutcherson and Samantha Bee star in family-friendly Christmas film The Littlest Reindeer, which is out on DVD in the UK now.

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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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Review – Rowan Atkinson’s charm has limits in ‘Johnny English Strikes Again’

29/10/2018 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2018, Adam James, Amit Shah, Ben Miller, Certificate: PG, Comedy, David Kerr, Emma Thompson, Jake Lacy, Johnny English, Johnny English Strikes Again, October 2018, Olga Kurylenko, Rating: Poop, Rowan Atkinson

Rowan Atkinson returns as the titular hapless spy in Johnny English Strikes Again, which feels as curiously outdated as its protagonist.

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Review – ‘First Man’ is a sophisticated masterpiece about a human triumph

26/10/201826/10/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Biopic, Certificate: 12, Claire Foy, Corey Stoll, Damien Chazelle, Drama, First Man, Historical, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Lukas Haas, October 2018, Pablo Schreiber, Rating: Pop, Ryan Gosling

Damien Chazelle directs Ryan Gosling to a terrific take on Neil Armstrong and the journey to the moon in historical biopic First Man.

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Review – ‘An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn’ is silliness in search of meaning

24/10/2018 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2018, An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn, Aubrey Plaza, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Craig Robinson, Emile Hirsch, Jemaine Clement, Jim Hosking, Maria Bamford, Matt Berry, October 2018, Rating: Poop, Sam Dissanayake, Sky Elobar

Jim Hosking follows up The Greasy Strangler with offbeat comedy An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn, which is oddly even stranger.

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