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Chris Pratt is back as the voice of Emmet in The Lego Movie 2

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.

Emily Blunt takes on the role of the titular nanny in Disney sequel Mary Poppins Returns

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 131 – “So are we seriously still doing this podcast in 2019?”

07/01/201906/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2019, Bumblebee, Emily Blunt, Emma Stone, Hailee Steinfeld, Jordan Peele, Mary Poppins Returns, Olivia Colman, PGA Awards, Podcast, Rachel Weisz, The Favourite, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Travis Knight, Us, Yorgos Lanthimos

On the first podcast of 2019, we take a look at The Favourite, Bumblebee and Disney musical Mary Poppins Returns.

Joss Whedon speaking at WonderCon in 2013

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News Round-up – Whedon leaves Batgirl, Three Billboards leads BAFTAs, Bond 25 and more

25/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Andy Muschietti, BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2018, Batgirl, Bond 25, Born a Crime, Chris McKay, Christopher Nolan, Danny Boyle, Disney, Dungeons and Dragons, It, It: Chapter 2, James Bond, Jessica Chastain, Joss Whedon, Lupita Nyong'o, News, News Round-up, Paul King, Pinocchio, Sophia Lillis, Stephen King, The Lego Batman Movie, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Yann Demange

This week, the BAFTAs marked the last stop on the road to the Oscars and Joss Whedon said goodbye to a major DC role.

Joanna Lumley was the first-time host of the BAFTAs 2018

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BAFTAs 2018 – A lifeless evening of predictable winners, with Britain left to one side

19/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2018, BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2018, Christopher Nolan, Daniel Kaluuya, Dunkirk, Frances McDormand, Guillermo del Toro, Hugh Grant, Joanna Lumley, Paddington 2, Ridley Scott, Sam Rockwell, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

The BAFTAs 2018 was a curiously flat-footed affair, despite the bumper crop of great films and the politically-charged atmosphere.

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BAFTAs 2018 – Final predictions for the UK’s biggest film awards ceremony

18/02/201819/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2018, BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2018, Christopher Nolan, Daniel Kaluuya, Dunkirk, Frances McDormand, Francis Lee, Gary Oldman, Get Out, God's Own Country, Hugh Grant, Joanna Lumley, Lady Macbeth, Lesley Manville, Martin McDonagh, Paddington 2, Phantom Thread, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

The BAFTAs 2018 take place tonight, but which films and performers will be walking away from the Royal Albert Hall with prizes?

Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg negotiate with kidnappers in All the Money in the World

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 88 – Is All the Money in the World scuppered by controversy?

15/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment All the Money in the World, BAFTAs, Ben Stiller, Brad's Status, Christian Bale, Golden Globes, Hostiles, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Williams, Podcast, Quentin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, Scott Cooper, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

We review All the Money in the World, Ben Stiller in Brad’s Status and Christian Bale western Hostiles.

Frances McDormand is hoovering up awards for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

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News Round-up – Golden Globe winners, BAFTA and DGA noms, DiCaprio joins Manson movie and more

15/01/201818/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2018, Channing Tatum, DGA Awards, Ellen Page, Francis Lawrence, Gambit, Gary Oldman, Golden Globes, Golden Globes 2018, Gore Verbinski, Greta Gerwig, Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marvel, News, News Round-up, Oprah Winfrey, Quentin Tarantino, Red Sparrow, Scarlett Johansson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Tim Miller

Awards season is in full swing this week and there’s also a lot of stopping and starting in the world of superheroes.

The PGA and WGA awards nominations have broadened awards season once again

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News Round-up – Guild nominees get awards season moving, Disney to make Merlin, Slender Man trailer and more

07/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2018, BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2018, Bright, Daniel Kaluuya, David Ayer, DC, Disney, Florence Pugh, James Wan, Joel Edgerton, Josh O'Connor, Netflix, News, News Round-up, PGA Awards, Ridley Scott, Slender Man, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Tessa Thompson, Timothée Chalamet, WGA Awards, Will Smith

Awards season is suddenly looking even more open than ever before… and there’s a trailer for Slender Man, which won’t be winning any Oscars.

Woody Harrelson speaking at the Power to the Peaceful Festival in 2005

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News Round-up – Woody joins Star Wars, phones to get cinema mode, Expendables 4 and more

08/01/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alden Ehrenreich, Anya Taylor-Joy, BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2017, Ben Affleck, Cinema, Cinema Audiences, DC, Deadpool, Don't Knock Twice, Game Night, Han Solo, Jason Bateman, La La Land, Moonlight, News Round-up, Rachel McAdams, Ruth Negga, Star Wars, Sylvester Stallone, The Batman, The Expendables 4, Tom Holland, WGA Awards 2017, Woody Harrelson

Phone use could soon be encouraged in cinemas and we’re going to get another Expendables film.

Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling in The Big Short

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BAFTAs 2016 – Predictions for the British Academy Film Awards

14/02/201627/02/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Amy, Awards, Awards Season 2016, BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2016, Bridge of Spies, Carol, Ex Machina, Mad Max: Fury Road, Spotlight, Steve Jobs, The Big Short, The Danish Girl, The Hateful Eight, The Revenant

Tonight, it’s the BAFTAs 2016 and the biggest event of the British cinematic calendar. With the Oscars just around the corner, I predict which films will come out on top. Will it be a good night for The Revenant or Mad Max: Fury Road?

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Top 5: Big surprises from the 2014 BAFTAs

18/02/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 12 Years A Slave, 2014 BAFTAs, 67th British Academy Film Awards, BAFTAs, Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Jared Leto, Jeff Pope, John Ridley, Kelly + Victor, Kieran Evans, Lupita Nyong'o, Philomena, Rush, Steve Coogan, Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street, Top Five, We're The Millers, Will Poulter

The 2014 BAFTAs were a largely predictable, if pleasant, affair. However, lurking amongst the handful of Gravity gongs were a few genuine shocks and surprises.