Ben Mendelsohn

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Review – The latest ‘Robin Hood’ is a bizarre update of the classic tale

12/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, Ben Mendelsohn, Certificate: 12, Eve Hewson, F Murray Abraham, Jamie Dornan, Jamie Foxx, November 2018, Otto Bathurst, Paul Anderson, Rating: Poop, Robin Hood, Taron Egerton, Tim Minchin

Taron Egerton dons a hood and wields a bow and arrow as the iconic outlaw Robin Hood in this weird new take on the material.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 128 – “This is like the Batman Begins of Robin Hood”

03/12/201802/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alfonso Cuarón, Artemis Fowl, Awards Season 2019, Ben Mendelsohn, Candyman, Claire Foy, Green Book, Jordan Peele, Kenneth Branagh, Nia DaCosta, Robin Hood, Roma, Taron Egerton, The Girl in the Spider's Web, The Rider

Reviews on this week’s podcast of the odd satire Assassination Nation, The Girl in the Spider’s Web and the latest take on Robin Hood.

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News Round-up – Trailers for Ant-Man and the Wasp, another Robin Hood movie and Gilliam’s Don Quixote

06/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Adam Driver, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Ben Mendelsohn, Blumhouse, Casey Nicholaw, Christopher Landon, Dwayne Johnson, Eric Idle, Evangeline Lilly, Happy Death Day, Happy Death Day 2, Israel Broussard, Jessica Rothe, John Cena, John Woo, Jonathan Pryce, Lupita Nyong'o, Marvel, News, News Round-up, Paul Rudd, Peyton Reed, Robin Hood, Spamalot, Taron Egerton, Terry Gilliam, The Janson Directive, The Killer, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

It’s a week of blockbuster trailers, with Ant-Man and the Wasp, the new Robin Hood movie and Terry Gilliam’s near-mythical Don Quixote project.

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Review – ‘Ready Player One’ is a rip-roaring adventure with an injection of pop culture nostalgia

05/04/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Adventure, Ben Mendelsohn, Certificate: 12, Lena Waithe, March 2018, Mark Rylance, Olivia Cooke, Philip Zhao, Rating: Pop, Ready Player One, Sci-Fi, Simon Pegg, Steven Spielberg, TJ Miller, Tye Sheridan, Win Morisaki

Steven Spielberg has distilled an exhausting book into a shot of pure cinema that is genuinely a joy to watch with Ready Player One.

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Review – Darkest Hour

16/01/201816/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Ben Mendelsohn, Certificate: PG, Darkest Hour, Drama, Gary Oldman, January 2018, Joe Wright, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Rating: Poop, Ronald Pickup, Stephen Dillane, War

Gary Oldman dons a tonne of makeup and prosthetics to portray a physically convincing Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 79 – Is Geostorm actually scarier than Happy Death Day?

02/11/201709/11/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Armando Iannucci, Ben Mendelsohn, Captain Marvel, Daniel Day-Lewis, Dora the Explorer, Geostorm, Gerard Butler, Happy Death Day, Jessica Rothe, Michael Bay, My Little Pony: The Movie, Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread, Podcast, The Death of Stalin, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

Blumhouse has delivered your new favourite slasher film, while Gerard Butler is the star of your new least favourite disaster movie.

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News Round-up – Mendelsohn could be Marvel villain, DC casts its Shazam, Phantom Thread trailer and more

29/10/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Anna Boden, Ben Mendelsohn, Brie Larson, Captain Marvel, Dafne Keen, Daniel Day-Lewis, David F Sandberg, DC, Deathstroke, Dora the Explorer, Dwayne Johnson, Gareth Evans, Greta Gerwig, James Mangold, Joe Manganiello, Lady Bird, Laurie Metcalf, Logan, Lucas Hedges, Marvel, Michael Bay, News, News Round-up, Nicholas Stoller, Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread, Ryan Fleck, Saoirse Ronan, Shazam, Zachary Levi

There’s some big superhero casting news from Marvel and DC and we have our first look at Daniel Day-Lewis’s acting swansong.

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11 ridiculously specific, and totally hilarious, Letterboxd movie lists

22/01/201722/01/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Andrew Garfield, Ben Mendelsohn, Letterboxd, Mark Wahlberg

It’s a whole new art form…

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Review – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

24/12/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Alan Tudyk, Ben Mendelsohn, Certificate: 12, December 2016, Diego Luna, Donnie Yen, Felicity Jones, Forest Whitaker, Gareth Edwards, Jiang Wen, Mads Mikkelsen, Rating: Pop, Riz Ahmed, Rogue One, Sci-Fi, Star Wars

Seeing the galaxy far, far away from a whole new angle.

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News Round-up – Nolan unveils Dunkirk trailer, Golden Globes nominations, Fast 8 and more

18/12/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Aquaman, Ben Mendelsohn, Charlize Theron, Chris Evans, Christopher Nolan, David Ayer, DC, Despicable Me 3, Dunkirk, Dwayne Johnson, Fast & Furious 8, Golden Globes 2017, Harry Styles, Jason Momoa, Jekyll, Margot Robbie, News, News Round-up, Patrick Wilson, Robin Hood: Origins, Ruben Fleischer, Steve Carell, The Fate of the Furious, Trey Parker, Vin Diesel

The first major look at Dunkirk has arrived, Vin Diesel is growling about family and minions are back.

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Reviews 

Review – Slow West

01/08/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, Ben Mendelsohn, Caren Pistorius, Certificate: 15, Drama, Edwin Wright, John Maclean, June 2015, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Rating: Pop, Rory McCann, Slow West, Western

Review of 2015 western Slow West, directed by John Maclean and starring Kodi Smit-McPhee and Michael Fassbender.

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