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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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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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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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Michael Myers is back again for slasher sequel Halloween

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Review – ‘Halloween’ has slasher flair, but lacks proper horror

09/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Andi Matichak, Certificate: 18, David Gordon Green, Halloween, Haluk Bilginer, Horror, James Jude Courtney, Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Nick Castle, October 2018, Rating: Pop, Will Patton

David Gordon Green takes on iconic slasher villain Michael Myers and Halloween, with the blessing of original creator John Carpenter.

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Jeremy Ray Taylor stars in horror sequel Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

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Review – ‘Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween’ is a scare-free sequel

09/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Ari Sandel, Caleel Harris, Certificate: PG, Chris Parnell, Fantasy, Goosebumps, Goosebumps 2, Horror, Jack Black, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Ken Jeong, Madison Iseman, Mick Wingert, October 2018, Rating: Poop, Wendi McLendon-Covey

The enjoyable family-friendly horror Goosebumps gets a bland and unimaginative follow-up with Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween.

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Channing Tatum and James Corden have voice roles in Smallfoot

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Review – ‘Smallfoot’ squanders its thematic smarts with generic kiddie action

02/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Animation, Certificate: U, Channing Tatum, Comedy, Common, Danny DeVito, Gina Rodriguez, James Corden, Karey Kirkpatrick, LeBron James, Musical, October 2018, Rating: Poop, Smallfoot, Zendaya

Channing Tatum and Zendaya lead the cast of Smallfoot, which is more famous for the Zendaya is Meechee meme than for its actual story.

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Michael Moore is, of course, front and centre in his latest documentary Fahrenheit 11/9

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Review – Michael Moore preaches to the converted in ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’, but he preaches well

01/11/201801/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Documentary, Fahrenheit 11/9, Michael Moore, October 2018, Rating: Pop

Michael Moore is back and he’s targeting the White House once again with documentary Fahrenheit 11/9, which takes on Donald Trump.

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