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VIDEO – A modest proposal to save British cinema

28/07/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Apostasy, British, Daniel Kokotajlo, Journeyman, Paddy Considine, Video

Apostasy and Journeyman have barely seen the cinema, despite being among the best films of 2018. How can we protect British film?

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast – Interview with East End Film Festival programmer Jonathan Ali

19/04/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment British, East End Film Festival, Festival, Interview, Jonathan Ali, Podcast, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

I sat down with one of the head programmers of the East End Film Festival to chat about independent cinema and creating an atmosphere.

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DVD & Blu-ray Reviews 

Blu-ray Review – We Still Steal the Old Way (2016)

17/04/201717/04/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Billy Murray, Blu-ray, British, Certificate: 18, Christopher Ellison, Crime, Ian Ogilvy, Jonathan Sothcott, Julian Glover, Lysette Anthony, Patrick Bergin, Rating: Poop, Sacha Bennett, Tanya Franks, Tony Denham, We Still Steal the Old Way

There’s a whole bunch of British gangsters here and they’re gonna lamp you right in the boat… or something like that.

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Featured Reviews 

Review – Prevenge

10/02/201709/02/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Alice Lowe, British, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Dan Renton Skinner, February 2017, Gemma Whelan, Horror, Jo Hartley, Kate Dickie, Kayvan Novak, Prevenge, Rating: Pop, Thriller, Tom Davis

For those who want something that’s not quite Fifty Shades this Valentine’s Day…

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Featured Reviews 

Review – A United Kingdom

10/12/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, A United Kingdom, Amma Asante, British, Certificate: 12, David Oyelowo, Drama, Historical, Jack Davenport, Jack Lowden, Nicholas Lyndhurst, November 2016, Rating: Pop, Romance, Rosamund Pike, Terry Pheto, Tom Felton, Vusi Kunene

Amma Asante conjures up a sweeping romance against the backdrop of complex racial politics.

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Review – I, Daniel Blake

19/11/201618/01/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Awards Season 2017, Briana Shann, British, Certificate: 15, Dave Johns, Drama, Dylan McKiernan, Hayley Squires, I Daniel Blake, Kema Sikazwe, Ken Loach, Mick Laffey, October 2016, Rating: Pop

Ken Loach has made one of the most politically powerful movies of all time.

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Featured Guest Posts Reviews 

Review – The Girl With All The Gifts

29/10/2016 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2016, British, Certificate: 15, Colm McCarthy, Fisayo Akinade, Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Horror, Paddy Considine, Rating: Pop, Sennia Nanua, September 2016, The Girl With All the Gifts, Young Adult

Review of 2016 young adult horror movie The Girl With All the Gifts, adapted from a popular novel and set in a dystopian Britain ravaged by zombies.

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Featured Guest Posts Reviews 

Review – Bridget Jones’s Baby

22/10/201629/10/2016 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2016, Bridget Jones's Baby, British, Certificate: 15, Colin Firth, Comedy, Emma Thompson, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Patrick Dempsey, Renee Zellweger, Romcom, Sarah Solemani, September 2016, Sharon Maguire

Review of 2016 romcom threequel Bridget Jones’s Baby, in which Renee Zellweger’s title character is caught between Colin Firth and new beau Patrick Dempsey.

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Review – Brotherhood

15/10/201617/10/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Arnold Oceng, British, Brotherhood, Certificate: 15, Cornell John, Drama, Hood Trilogy, Leeshon Alexander, Noel Clarke, Rating: Poop, Rosa Coduri, September 2016, Shanika Warren-Markland, Stormzy, Thriller, Tonia Sotiropoulou

Review of 2016 urban thriller Brotherhood, which is the final part of Noel Clarke’s ‘Hood’ trilogy.

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Reviews 

Review – Swallows and Amazons

21/09/201603/10/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Adventure, Andrew Scott, August 2016, Bobby McCulloch, British, Certificate: PG, Dane Hughes, Drama, Hannah Jayne Thorp, Kelly Macdonald, Orla Hill, Philippa Lowthorpe, Rafe Spall, Rating: Pop, Seren Hawkes, Swallows and Amazons, Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen

Review of 2016 adventure movie Swallows and Amazons, starring Rafe Spall and Andrew Scott as well as a talented young cast.

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Review – Eddie the Eagle

27/04/201601/05/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, April 2016, British, Certificate: PG, Comedy, Dexter Fletcher, Drama, Eddie the Eagle, Hugh Jackman, Iris Berben, Jim Broadbent, Jo Hartley, Keith Allen, Mark Benton, Rating: Pop, Taron Egerton, Tim McInnerny

Review of 2016 drama Eddie the Eagle, starring Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman in a British underdog sporting tale.

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