Christmas

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Review – ‘Anna and the Apocalypse’ is your new favourite blood-soaked Christmas classic

21/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Anna and the Apocalypse, Ben Wiggins, Certificate: 15, Christmas, Christopher Leveaux, Ella Hunt, Horror, John McPhail, Malcolm Cumming, Mark Benton, Marli Siu, Musical, November 2018, Paul Kaye, Rating: Pop, Sarah Swire

If a Scottish zombie musical set at Christmas is right up your street, Anna and the Apocalypse is the only film that can meet your needs.

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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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VOD Review – Festive bloodbath ‘Secret Santa’ is a wild Christmas ride

30/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, A Leslie Kies, Adam Marcus, Certificate: 18, Christmas, Debra Sullivan, December 2018, Drew Lynch, Horror, John Gilbert, Michael Rady, Michelle Renee Allaire, Nathan Hedrick, Pat Destro, Rating: Pop, Ryan Leigh Seaton, Secret Santa, VOD

A group of hugely committed actors swings for the fences, and each other’s necks, in the unhinged Christmas horror Secret Santa.

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Review – ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ is bubblegum balderdash

26/11/201826/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Adventure, Certificate: PG, Christmas, Eugenio Derbez, Fantasy, Helen Mirren, Jayden Fowora-Knight, Joe Johnston, Keira Knightley, Lasse Hallström, Mackenzie Foy, Matthew Macfadyen, Morgan Freeman, November 2018, Rating: Poop, Richard E Grant, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Mackenzie Foy takes the lead in fantasy adventure Nutcracker and the Four Realms, which also stars Keira Knightley and Helen Mirren.

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DVD & Blu-ray Guest Posts Reviews 

DVD Review – ‘The Littlest Reindeer’ is a perfectly acceptable kids’ film for Christmas

22/11/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Animation, Certificate: PG, Christmas, DVD, Jeff Dunham, Jennifer Westcott, John Cleese, Josh Hutcherson, Martin Short, Morena Baccarin, October 2018, Rating: Pop, Samantha Bee, The Littlest Reindeer

Josh Hutcherson and Samantha Bee star in family-friendly Christmas film The Littlest Reindeer, which is out on DVD in the UK now.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 86 – Can Jake Gyllenhaal drama Stronger find heart in the midst of tragedy?

21/12/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Better Watch Out, Blade of the Immortal, Christmas, Golden Globes 2018, Jake Gyllenhaal, Levi Miller, Podcast, Ready Player One, SAG Awards, Steven Spielberg, Stronger, Takashi Miike, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

A solid Jake Gyllenhaal performance anchors drama Stronger and we also review Blade of the Immortal and Better Watch Out.

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Review – Better Watch Out

14/12/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Aleks Mikic, Better Watch Out, Certificate: 15, Chris Peckover, Christmas, Dacre Montgomery, December 2017, Ed Oxenbould, Horror, Levi Miller, Olivia DeJonge, Patrick Warburton, Rating: Pop, Virginia Madsen

A babysitter finds an easy Christmas night’s work can go very wrong when a masked assailant finds his way into the home where she’s working.

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Review – The Man Who Invented Christmas

11/12/201713/12/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Anna Murphy, Bharat Nalluri, Certificate: PG, Christmas, Christopher Plummer, Dan Stevens, December 2017, Drama, Ger Ryan, Jonathan Pryce, Justin Edwards, Miles Jupp, Morfydd Clark, Rating: Poop, Simon Callow, The Man Who Invented Christmas

The bizarre writing process of A Christmas Carol is the subject of Charles Dickens pseudo-biopic The Man Who Invented Christmas.

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Review – Daddy’s Home 2

08/12/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Alessandra Ambrosio, Certificate: 12, Christmas, Comedy, Daddy's Home, Daddy's Home 2, Didi Costine, John Cena, John Lithgow, Linda Cardellini, Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, November 2017, Rating: Poop, Sean Anders, Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg return as dads for a tough Christmas, in which their own parents create difficulty in their relationship.

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Review – A Bad Moms Christmas

21/11/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Certificate: 15, Cheryl Hines, Christine Baranski, Christmas, Comedy, Jay Hernandez, Jon Lucas, Justin Hartley, Kathryn Hahn, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, November 2017, Rating: Poop, Scott Moore, Susan Sarandon

The Bad Moms are back for Christmas… and this time the Bad Moms’ Bad Moms are along for the ride too.

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