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Taron Egerton stars as Elton John in the musical biopic Rocketman

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Review – Taron Egerton shines as the glitter fades in ‘Rocketman’

23/05/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2019, Biopic, Bryce Dallas Howard, Certificate: 15, Dexter Fletcher, Elton John, Jamie Bell, May 2019, Musical, Rating: Pop, Richard Madden, Rocketman, Stephen Graham, Steven Mackintosh, Taron Egerton

With the shadow of Bohemian Rhapsody looming, Taron Egerton plays pop icon Elton John in the fantastical musical biopic Rocketman.

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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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Ryan Gosling stars as Neil Armstrong in biopic First Man

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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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David Tennant plays psychiatrist RD Laing in biopic Mad To Be Normal

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VOD Review – ‘Mad To Be Normal’ is a muddled 60s biopic with David Tennant

05/08/201805/08/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, August 2018, Biopic, Certificate: 15, David Tennant, Drama, Elisabeth Moss, Gabriel Byrne, Mad To Be Normal, Michael Gambon, Olivia Poulet, Rating: Poop, Robert Mullan, VOD

David Tennant stars as psychiatrist RD Laing in biopic Mad To Be Normal, which follows a psychiatric experiment in the 1960s.

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Domhnall Gleeson, Will Tilston and Margot Robbie in Goodbye Christopher Robin

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Review – Goodbye Christopher Robin

13/10/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Alex Lawther, Biopic, Certificate: PG, Domhnall Gleeson, Drama, Goodbye Christopher Robin, Kelly Macdonald, Margot Robbie, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Rating: Poop, September 2017, Simon Curtis, Will Tilston

AA Milne gets the sentimental biopic treatment in buttoned-up Britflick Goodbye Christopher Robin, which is a sepia-toned postcard of a movie.

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Demetrius Shipp Jr as hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur in biopic All Eyez On Me

Review – All Eyez On Me

09/07/201713/07/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, All Eyez On Me, Annie Ilonzeh, Benny Boom, Biopic, Certificate: 15, Danai Gurira, Demetrius Shipp Jr, Dominic L Santana, Drama, Hill Harper, Jamal Woolard, Jarrett Ellis, June 2017, Kat Graham, Music, Rating: Poop

Tupac Shakur gets the biopic treatment courtesy of an uncanny performance from Demetrius Shipp Jr in the epic drama All Eyez On Me.

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Natalie Portman stars as Jackie Kennedy in historical biopic Jackie

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Review – Jackie

31/01/201701/02/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Awards Season 2017, Billy Crudup, Biopic, Caspar Phillipson, Certficate: 15, Drama, Greta Gerwig, Jackie, January 2017, John Hurt, Natalie Portman, Pablo Larraín, Peter Sarsgaard, Rating: Pop, Richard E Grant

Natalie Portman lights up the screen as one of America’s most memorable first ladies.

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Review – Straight Outta Compton

28/09/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, Aldis Hodge, August 2015, Biopic, Certificate: 15, Corey Hawkins, Drama, F Gary Gray, Jason Mitchell, Music, Neil Brown Jr, O'Shea Jackson Jr, Paul Giamatti, R Marcos Taylor, Rating: Pop, Straight Outta Compton

Review of 2015 music biopic Straight Outta Compton, which stars Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins and O’Shea Jackson Jr.

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Review – The Theory of Everything

24/01/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, Biopic, Certificate: 12, David Thewlis, Drama, Eddie Redmayne, Emily Watson, Felicity Jones, Harry Lloyd, James Marsh, January 2015, Maxine Peake, Rating: Pop, The Theory of Everything

Review of 2015 biopic The Theory of Everything, which stars Eddie Redmayne as world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking.

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Review – The Imitation Game

03/12/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2014, Benedict Cumberbatch, Biopic, Certificate: 12, Charles Dance, Drama, Historical, Keira Knightley, Mark Strong, Matthew Goode, Morten Tyldum, November 2014, Rating: Pop, Rory Kinnear, The Imitation Game, Thriller

Review of 2014 historical drama The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as wartime codebreaker Alan Turing.

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Review – Mr Turner

26/11/2014 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 2014, Biopic, Certificate: 12, Dorothy Atkinson, Drama, Historical, Joshua McGuire, Lesley Manville, Marion Bailey, Mike Leigh, Mr Turner, October 2014, Paul Jesson, Rating: Pop, Ruth Sheen, Timothy Spall

Review of 2014 historical biopic Mr Turner, directed by Mike Leigh and starring Timothy Spall as the iconic British painter JMW Turner.

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