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James Stewart in Vertigo and Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins

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VIDEO – What are your movie fan blindspots?

02/06/201805/06/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alfred Hitchcock, Clint Eastwood, Emily Blunt, James Stewart, Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Returns, Unforgiven, Vertigo, Video

This week, I caught up with two Hitchcock classics and showed Mary Poppins to a friend who hadn’t seen it. What are your own classic movie blindspots?

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Tom Hanks in the title role of heroic pilot Sully

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Review – Sully

11/12/201611/12/2016 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2016, Aaron Eckhart, Ann Cusack, Anna Gunn, Certificate: 12, Clint Eastwood, December 2016, Drama, Holt McCallany, Laura Linney, Mike O'Malley, Rating: Poop, Sully, Tom Hanks

One of the most remarkable human feats of recent years heads to the big screen, with Tom Hanks.

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The Academy has added a whole load of new members, including Idris Elba and Emma Watson

News Round-up – Academy gets more diverse, Spectre gets complaints, Sully trailer and more

03/07/201610/07/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Academy Awards, Alicia Vikander, Barkhad Abdi, BBFC, Blade Runner 2, Clint Eastwood, Denis Villeneuve, Emma Watson, Idris Elba, John Boyega, Michael Cimino, News Round-up, Pacific Rim 2, Peter Jackson, Robin Hardy, Spectre, Steven Spielberg, Sully: Miracle on the Hudson, The Wicker Man, Tom Hanks, Tom Hiddleston, Wreck-It Ralph, Wreck-it Ralph 2

The Academy adds much-needed diversity, Tom Hanks plays a hero pilot and more in this week’s round-up of movie news.

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Review – American Sniper

10/02/2015 Tom Beasley 3 Comments 2015, Action, American Sniper, Bradley Cooper, Certificate: 15, Clint Eastwood, Drama, January 2015, Luke Grimes, Rating: Poop, Sammy Sheik, Sienna Miller, War

Review of 2015 war movie American Sniper, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Bradley Cooper.

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Review – Jersey Boys

12/07/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2014, Certificate: 15, Christopher Walken, Clint Eastwood, Crime, Drama, Erich Bergen, Jersey Boys, John Lloyd Young, June 2014, Michael Lomenda, Mike Doyle, Musical, Rating: Pop, Vincent Piazza

Review of 2014 stage adaptation Jersey Boys, which places a Broadway musical in the directorial hands of Clint Eastwood.

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