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

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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.

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KiKi Layne and Stephan James in Barry Jenkins's If Beale Street Could Talk

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LFF 2018 – If Beale Street Could Talk, Only You, Benjamin

21/10/201829/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Barry Jenkins, Benjamin, BFI London Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival 2018, Brian Tyree Henry, Colin Morgan, Ed Skrein, Harry Wootliff, If Beale Street Could Talk, Joel Fry, Josh O'Connor, KiKi Layne, Laia Costa, LFF, Only You, Phénix Brossard, Regina King, Simon Amstell, Stephan Jones

Barry Jenkins brings his heartfelt, poetic Moonlight follow-up, If Beale Street Could Talk, to the London Film Festival.

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Moonlight won Best Picture at Oscars 2017 after an on-stage blunder

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In 2017, even the Oscars are fake news

27/02/201720/05/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2017, Barry Jenkins, Casey Affleck, Damien Chazelle, Denzel Washington, Emma Stone, Faye Dunaway, Jimmy Kimmel, La La Land, Mahershala Ali, Moonlight, Oscars, Oscars 2017, Warren Beatty

The 89th Academy Awards ended in confusion as La La Land was mistakenly crowned Best Picture over actual winner Moonlight.

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Moonlight, Fences, La La Land and Manchester by the Sea are all nominated at Oscars 2017

Oscars 2017 – Final predictions for the 89th Academy Awards

25/02/201728/02/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Arrival, Awards Season 2017, Barry Jenkins, Casey Affleck, Damien Chazelle, Denzel Washington, Emma Stone, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, Kenneth Lonergan, La La Land, Lion, Mahershala Ali, Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight, Oscars, Oscars 2017, Viola Davis

Awards night is finally here and it’s time to make some final predictions as to which way the Oscars 2017 are going to go.

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Oscars 2017 is the most prestigious night of the year in Hollywood

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Oscars 2017 Preview

24/02/201728/02/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Arrival, Awards Season 2017, Barry Jenkins, Casey Affleck, Damien Chazelle, Emma Stone, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, Meryl Streep, Moonlight, Oscars 2017, Podcast, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

We take a look ahead to this weekend’s Oscars 2017 and predict who will win the big prizes on Hollywood’s most glamorous occasion.

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Mahershala Ali teaches a young Chiron to swim in Moonlight

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Review – Moonlight

22/02/2017 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2017, Alex Hibbert, André Holland, Ashton Sanders, Awards Season 2017, Barry Jenkins, Certificate: 15, Drama, February 2017, Janelle Monáe, Jharrel Jerome, Mahershala Ali, Moonlight, Naomie Harris, Rating: Pop, Trevante Rhodes

Barry Jenkins’ Oscar contender is a reined-in triumph of low-key American drama.

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