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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 122 – “Christian Bale has a secret supply of turkey twizzlers”

08/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Anchor and Hope, Carlos Marques-Marcet, Christian Bale, Dexter Fletcher, Lilo & Stitch, Natalia Tena, Oona Chaplin, Podcast, Riz Ahmed, Rocketman, Ruben Fleischer, Sam Rockwell, Taron Egerton, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Tom Hardy, Venom, Vice

We review the surprisingly enjoyable superhero movie Venom, starring Tom Hardy, as well as the excellent romance Anchor and Hope.

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News Round-up – Solo and Venom trailers, Phoenix set for Joker role, Action Man and more

12/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Action Man, Alden Ehrenreich, Christian Bale, David Benioff, David Leitch, DB Weiss, Donald Glover, Dwayne Johnson, Emilia Clarke, Fast & Furious, James Bobin, James Mangold, Jason Statham, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Matt Damon, Michelle Williams, News, News Round-up, Riz Ahmed, Ron Howard, Ruben Fleischer, Simon Farnaby, Solo, Todd Phillips, Tom Hardy, Venom

This week yielded trailers for two big blockbusters as we got our first glimpses of Star Wars spin-off Solo and Sony’s Venom.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 88 – Is All the Money in the World scuppered by controversy?

15/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment All the Money in the World, BAFTAs, Ben Stiller, Brad's Status, Christian Bale, Golden Globes, Hostiles, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Williams, Podcast, Quentin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, Scott Cooper, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

We review All the Money in the World, Ben Stiller in Brad’s Status and Christian Bale western Hostiles.

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Review – Hostiles

10/01/201815/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Ben Foster, Certificate: 15, Christian Bale, Hostiles, January 2018, Jesse Plemons, Peter Mullan, Rating: Pop, Rory Cochrane, Rosamund Pike, Scott Cooper, Stephen Lang, Timothée Chalamet, Wes Studi, Western

Christian Bale delivers his best performance in years in Hostiles, which combines brutal violence and a thoughtful approach to the Western.

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Analysis – Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk and prioritising puzzles over people

09/09/2017 Tom Beasley 1 Comment Analysis, Anne Hathaway, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk, Fionn Whitehead, Harry Styles, Hugh Jackman, Inception, Jessica Chastain, Kenneth Branagh, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Matthew McConaughey, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, The Prestige, Tom Hardy

Is there any humanity to Christopher Nolan? Does it matter that his films focus more on puzzles and mysteries than emotion?

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News Round-up – Leo to be the Joker?, Skrein leaves Hellboy over whitewashing and more

03/09/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Adam McKay, Amy Adams, Ant-Man and the Wasp, BFI, BFI London Film Festival, Christian Bale, Ed Skrein, Evangeline Lilly, Guillermo del Toro, Hellboy, Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen, Joker, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Collins, Lord of the Flies, Martin Scorsese, Marvel, News, News Round-up, Nicholas Hoult, Paddy Considine, Paul Rudd, Sam Rockwell, Steve Carell, Todd Phillips, Tolkien

Leo is thrust into the centre of the movie world’s biggest rumour mill this week, with the suggestion he could portray the Joker.

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Review – The Promise

24/05/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, April 2017, Certificate: 12, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale, Daniel Giménez-Cacho, Drama, Historical, Oscar Isaac, Rade Šerbedžija, Rating: Pop, Terry George, The Promise, Tom Hollander

The horror of the Armenian Genocide is brought to the big screen in shocking drama film The Promise.

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Review – The Big Short

07/02/201627/02/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Adam McKay, Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Comedy, Drama, Dramedy, Finn Wittrock, January 2016, John Magaro, Marisa Tomei, Rating: Poop, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, The Big Short

Review of 2016 financial dramedy The Big Short, starring Steve Carell, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt.

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Review – Exodus: Gods and Kings

15/01/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2014, Aaron Paul, Ben Kingsley, Biblical, Certificate: 12, Christian Bale, December 2014, Drama, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Fantasy, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro, María Valverde, Rating: Poop, Ridley Scott

Review of 2014 Biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton.

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2014 Oscars: The Big Best Picture Row

23/02/201423/02/2017 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 12 Years A Slave, 2014 Oscars, 86th Academy Awards, Alexander Payne, Alfonso Cuarón, American Hustle, Amy Adams, Barkhad Abdi, Best Picture, Bruce Dern, Captain Phillips, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christian Bale, Dallas Buyers Club, David O Russell, George Clooney, Gravity, Her, Jared Leto, Jean-Marc Vallee, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Lawrence, Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Judi Dench, June Squibb, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Scorsese, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Fassbender, Nebraska, Paul Greengrass, Philomena, Rooney Mara, Sandra Bullock, Spike Jonze, Stacy Keach, Steve Coogan, Steve McQueen, The Big Best Picture Row, The Wolf of Wall Street, Tom Hanks, Wil Forte

A team of guest posters argue that each of the nominated films should win the coveted Best Picture award at the 2014 Oscars.

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Review – Out of the Furnace

08/02/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2014, Brad Ingelsby, Casey Affleck, Certificate: 15, Christian Bale, Crime, Drama, Forest Whitaker, January 2014, Out of the Furnace, Rating: Pop, Scott Cooper, Thriller, Willem Dafoe, Woody Harrelson, Zoe Saldana

Review of 2014 crime drama Out of the Furnace, which stars Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson and Willem Dafoe.

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