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Review – ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ has oodles of charm to fill its originality gap

24/12/201823/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Angela Lansbury, Ben Whishaw, Certificate: U, Colin Firth, Comedy, December 2018, Dick Van Dyke, Drama, Emily Blunt, Emily Mortimer, Joel Dawson, Julie Walters, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Returns, Meryl Streep, Musical, Nathanael Saleh, Pixie Davies, Rating: Pop, Rob Marshall

Emily Blunt steps into Julie Andrews’s toe-tapping shoes for Disney’s musical sequel Mary Poppins Returns.

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Review – Festive sequel ‘Nativity Rocks!’ is an uplifting celebration of Coventry… really

17/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Anna Chancellor, Brian Bartle, Celia Imrie, Certificate: U, Christmas, Comedy, Craig Revel Horwood, Daniel Boys, Debbie Isitt, Helen George, Hugh Dennis, Jessica Hynes, Musical, Nativity, Nativity Rocks!, November 2018, Ramin Karimloo, Rating: Pop, Rupert Turnbull, Ruth Jones, Simon Lipkin

The fourth movie in the Christmas franchise, Nativity Rocks brings a festive talent show to Coventry, with uplifting results.

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Review – ‘The Grinch’ is charmless enough to make misers of us all

11/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Angela Lansbury, Animation, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely, Certificate: U, Christmas, Comedy, November 2018, Pharrell Williams, Rashida Jones, Rating: Poop, Scott Mosier, The Grinch, Yarrow Cheney

Benedict Cumberbatch voices the Christmas-hating title character in Illumination Entertainment’s new animated take on The Grinch.

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Review – ‘Smallfoot’ squanders its thematic smarts with generic kiddie action

02/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Animation, Certificate: U, Channing Tatum, Comedy, Common, Danny DeVito, Gina Rodriguez, James Corden, Karey Kirkpatrick, LeBron James, Musical, October 2018, Rating: Poop, Smallfoot, Zendaya

Channing Tatum and Zendaya lead the cast of Smallfoot, which is more famous for the Zendaya is Meechee meme than for its actual story.

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DVD & Blu-ray Featured Reviews 

Blu-ray Review – Screwball classic ‘My Man Godfrey’ moves like a comedy whirlwind

18/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Alan Mowbray, Alice Brady, Blu-ray, Carole Lombard, Certificate: U, Comedy, Eugene Pallette, Gail Patrick, Gregory La Cava, Jean Dixon, Mischa Auer, My Man Godfrey, Rating: Pop, September 2018, William Powell

Depression-era comedy My Man Godfrey is a powerful class satire that embraces all of the farcical quickstep of the screwball sub-genre.

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Review – Globe-trotting doc ‘Down to Earth’ is refreshingly poignant about our planet

13/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: U, Documentary, Down to Earth, Rating: Pop, Renata Heinen, Rolf Winters, September 2018

A family takes an adventure into the unknown in Down to Earth, which sees them travel the world in search of spiritual leaders.

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Blu-ray Review – ‘Witness for the Prosecution’ marries Wilder and Christie for courtroom thrills

11/09/201813/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Agatha Christie, Billy Wilder, Blu-ray, Certificate: U, Charles Laughton, Drama, Elsa Lanchester, Marlene Dietrich, Norma Varden, September 2018, Thriller, Torin Thatcher, Tyrone Power, Witness for the Prosecution

Billy Wilder adapts Agatha Christie in the classic courtroom drama Witness for the Prosecution, creating a dream team for the ages.

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Review – ‘Luis and the Aliens’ is a colourful animation for undemanding kids only

07/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Animation, August 2018, Callum Maloney, Certificate: U, Christoph Lauenstein, Comedy, Dermot Magennis, Ian Coppinger, Lea Thompson, Lucy Carolan, Luis and the Aliens, Paul Tylak, Rating: Poop, Sean McCormack, Will Forte, Wolfgang Lauenstein

This Euro animation is mostly lost in translation, but has a few nice visual gags and has just enough silliness to keep the kids excited.

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Review – ‘Hotel Transylvania 3’ takes the characters on holiday and leaves the jokes behind

31/07/201805/08/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Animation, Certificate: U, Comedy, David Spade, Fran Drescher, Genndy Tartakovsky, Hotel Transylvania, Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation, Jim Gaffigan, July 2018, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key, Kevin James, Molly Shannon, Rating: Poop, Selena Gomez, Steve Buscemi

The monster hotelier Dracula is lonely and he’s looking for love on a cruise holiday in this bland animated sequel.

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Blu-ray Review – Courtroom drama ‘Inherit the Wind’ features a heavyweight acting clash

15/05/201817/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 1960, 2018, Blu-ray, Certificate: U, Claude Akins, Dick York, Donna Anderson, Drama, Florence Eldridge, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Harry Morgan, Inherit the Wind, May 2018, Rating: Pop, Spencer Tracy, Stanley Kramer

The right to teach evolution is on trial in this compelling courtroom drama based on the true ‘Monkey Trial’ of the 1920s.

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Review – Nobody wanted ‘Sherlock Gnomes’, but the sense of fun is a nice surprise

14/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Adventure, Animation, Ashley Jensen, Certificate: U, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Comedy, Emily Blunt, Gnomeo and Juliet, James McAvoy, Jamie Demetriou, John Stevenson, Johnny Depp, Maggie Smith, Mary J Blige, Matt Lucas, May 2018, Michael Caine, Rating: Pop, Sherlock Gnomes

It’s a sequel to an animated movie that nobody really remembers, but that doesn’t prevent Sherlock Gnomes from being a lovely time at the cinema.

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