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Lakeith Stanfield and Tessa Thompson star in satirical comedy Sorry to Bother You

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LFF 2018 – Sorry to Bother You, Colette, Happy New Year Colin Burstead

12/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Armie Hammer, Asim Chaudhry, Ben Wheatley, BFI London Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival 2018, Bill Paterson, Boots Riley, Charles Dance, Colette, David Cross, Denise Gough, Dominic West, Eleanor Tomlinson, Happy New Year Colin Burstead, Hayley Squires, Joe Cole, Keira Knightley, LaKeith Stanfield, LFF, Neil Maskell, Omari Hardwick, Sam Riley, Sorry to Bother You, Steven Yeun, Tessa Thompson, Wash Westmoreland

Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You finally hits UK at LFF, while Ben Wheatley returns with Happy New Year, Colin Burstead.

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John Hurt leads a movie for the final time in That Good Night

Review – ‘That Good Night’ gives John Hurt a poignant final role

12/05/201814/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 12, Charles Dance, Drama, Eric Styles, Erin Richards, John Hurt, Max Brown, May 2018, Noah Jupe, Rating: Pop, Sofia Helin, That Good Night

John Hurt lends real poignancy to this tale of a creative genius watching as his faculties begin to fade away in the wake of illness.

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Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig and Leslie Jones in Ghostbusters

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Review – Ghostbusters

25/08/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Andy Garcia, Certificate: 12, Charles Dance, Chris Hemsworth, Comedy, Fantasy, Ghostbusters, July 2016, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Neil Casey, Paul Feig, Rating: Pop

Review of 2016 fantasy comedy Ghostbusters, starring Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones.

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Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin in romantic drama Me Before You

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Review – Me Before You

31/07/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Brendan Coyle, Certificate: 12, Charles Dance, Drama, Emilia Clarke, Janet McTeer, Jenna Coleman, June 2016, Matthew Lewis, Me Before You, Rating: Pop, Romance, Sam Claflin, Steve Peacocke, Thea Sharrock

Review of 2016 romantic drama Me Before You, starring Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin.

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Sacha Baron Cohen as Nobby in Grimsby

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Analysis – Grimsby and the evolution of Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘working class panic’

04/07/201616/07/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Ali G, Ali G Indahouse, Analysis, Charles Dance, Grimsby, Mark Strong, Sacha Baron Cohen, The Brothers Grimsby

Grimsby sees Sacha Baron Cohen again play a caricature of the worst working class stereotypes. It’s something he has done before…

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Lily James stars in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Review – Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

05/03/201616/03/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Bella Heathcote, Burr Steers, Certificate: 15, Charles Dance, Comedy, Douglas Booth, Drama, February 2016, Horror, Jack Huston, Lena Headey, Lily James, Matt Smith, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Rating: Pop, Sam Riley, Suki Waterhouse

Review of 2016 horror/comedy mash-up Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, starring Lily James and Sam Riley.

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Bond Reloaded – A look back at For Your Eyes Only (1981)

23/08/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 1981, Action, Bond, Bond Reloaded, Carole Bouquet, Chaim Topol, Charles Dance, Desmond Llewelyn, For Your Eyes Only, James Bond, John Glen, John Wyman, Julian Glover, Lois Maxwell, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Roger Moore, Spy, Thriller

A look back at For Your Eyes Only, which is perhaps Roger Moore’s grittiest Bond outing and a conscience return to the ruthless Bond of Sean Connery.

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Review – Woman in Gold

31/05/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, April 2015, Certificate: 12, Charles Dance, Daniel Brühl, Drama, Helen Mirren, Historical, Katie Holmes, Max Irons, Rating: Pop, Ryan Reynolds, Simon Curtis, Tatiana Maslany, Woman in Gold

Review of 2015 drama Woman in Gold, which follows Helen Mirren as an Austrian woman attempting to reclaim a family heirloom.

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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 – Dracula Untold

27/10/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2014, Action, Art Parkinson, Certificate: 15, Charles Dance, Diarmaid Murtagh, Dominic Cooper, Dracula, Dracula Untold, Fantasy, Gary Shore, Horror, Luke Evans, October 2014, Rating: Poop, Sarah Gadon

Review of 2014 fantasy actioner Dracula Untold, starring Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper and Charles Dance.

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