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Joss Whedon speaking at WonderCon in 2013

News Round-up – Whedon leaves Batgirl, Three Billboards leads BAFTAs, Bond 25 and more

25/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Andy Muschietti, BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2018, Batgirl, Bond 25, Born a Crime, Chris McKay, Christopher Nolan, Danny Boyle, Disney, Dungeons and Dragons, It, It: Chapter 2, James Bond, Jessica Chastain, Joss Whedon, Lupita Nyong'o, News, News Round-up, Paul King, Pinocchio, Sophia Lillis, Stephen King, The Lego Batman Movie, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Yann Demange

This week, the BAFTAs marked the last stop on the road to the Oscars and Joss Whedon said goodbye to a major DC role.

Joanna Lumley was the first-time host of the BAFTAs 2018

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BAFTAs 2018 – A lifeless evening of predictable winners, with Britain left to one side

19/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2018, BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2018, Christopher Nolan, Daniel Kaluuya, Dunkirk, Frances McDormand, Guillermo del Toro, Hugh Grant, Joanna Lumley, Paddington 2, Ridley Scott, Sam Rockwell, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

The BAFTAs 2018 was a curiously flat-footed affair, despite the bumper crop of great films and the politically-charged atmosphere.

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BAFTAs 2018 – Final predictions for the UK’s biggest film awards ceremony

18/02/201819/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2018, BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2018, Christopher Nolan, Daniel Kaluuya, Dunkirk, Frances McDormand, Francis Lee, Gary Oldman, Get Out, God's Own Country, Hugh Grant, Joanna Lumley, Lady Macbeth, Lesley Manville, Martin McDonagh, Paddington 2, Phantom Thread, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

The BAFTAs 2018 take place tonight, but which films and performers will be walking away from the Royal Albert Hall with prizes?

Christopher Nolan attends the premiere of Inception in 2010

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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?

Fionn Whitehead plays a soldier stranded on a French beach in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 66 – How does Dunkirk compare to Christopher Nolan’s other films?

03/08/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk, Fionn Whitehead, Harry Styles, Mark Rylance, Podcast, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Tom Hardy

Harry Styles makes his feature film debut in Dunkirk, in which Christopher Nolan mounts an impressive Second World War spectacle. But how does it measure up?

Fionn Whitehead plays the lead role as a soldier desperate to get home in Dunkirk

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Review – Dunkirk

25/07/201724/07/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, Aneurin Barnard, Barry Keoghan, Certificate: 12, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Dunkirk, Fionn Whitehead, Harry Styles, Jack Lowden, James D'Arcy, July 2017, Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance, Rating: Pop, Thriller, Tom Glynn-Carney, Tom Hardy, War

Christopher Nolan mounts a big, ambitious war thriller with Dunkirk, but does it live up to the expectations? And, more importantly, is Harry Styles any good?