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Review – Bizarre drama ‘Welcome to Marwen’ piles on the whimsy

15/01/201915/01/2019 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2019, Certificate: 12, Diane Kruger, Drama, Eiza González, Gwendoline Christie, Janelle Monáe, January 2019, Leslie Mann, Merritt Wever, Neil Jackson, Rating: Pop, Robert Zemeckis, Steve Carell, Welcome to Marwen

Steve Carell plays an assault victim who retreats into a fantasy world in Robert Zemeckis’s strange drama Welcome to Marwen.

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Review – ‘Life Itself’ is maudlin nonsense that will exhaust even the most patient of viewers

04/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2019, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas, Certificate: 15, Dan Fogelman, Drama, January 2019, Laia Costa, Life Itself, Olivia Cooke, Olivia Wilde, Oscar Isaac, Rating: Poop, Sergio Peris-Mencheta

Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde and other famous faces slum it in Life Itself, which is an awful drama from This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman.

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Review – ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ has oodles of charm to fill its originality gap

24/12/201823/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Angela Lansbury, Ben Whishaw, Certificate: U, Colin Firth, Comedy, December 2018, Dick Van Dyke, Drama, Emily Blunt, Emily Mortimer, Joel Dawson, Julie Walters, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Returns, Meryl Streep, Musical, Nathanael Saleh, Pixie Davies, Rating: Pop, Rob Marshall

Emily Blunt steps into Julie Andrews’s toe-tapping shoes for Disney’s musical sequel Mary Poppins Returns.

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Review – Lars von Trier shows us his rotten soul in ‘The House That Jack Built’

23/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Bruno Ganz, Certificate: 18, David Bailie, December 2018, Drama, Jeremy Davies, Lars von Trier, Matt Dillon, Rating: Poop, Riley Keough, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Sofie Gråbøl, The House That Jack Built, Thriller, Uma Thurman

Cinema’s top provocateur Lars von Trier delivers something very personal with the distasteful serial killer epic The House That Jack Built.

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Review – Even without Ryan Coogler, ‘Creed 2’ packs a serious punch

20/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 12, Creed, Creed 2, Dolph Lundgren, Drama, Florian Munteanu, Michael B Jordan, November 2018, Phylicia Rashad, Rating: Pop, Steven Caple Jr, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris

Michael B Jordan’s powerhouse movie star charisma helps Creed 2 to sequel success, despite the absence of director Ryan Coogler.

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Review – ‘Disobedience’ is a gripping tale of forbidden romance

18/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Alessandro Nivola, Anton Lesser, Certificate: 15, Disobedience, Drama, November 2018, Rachel McAdams, Rachel Weisz, Rating: Pop, Romance, Sebastián Lelio

Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams are compelling in Disobedience as forbidden lovers in their Orthodox Jewish community.

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Review – Poignant drama ‘Shoplifters’ explores the meaning of family

17/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Drama, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Kairi Jō, Kirin Kiki, Lily Franky, Mayu Matsuoka, Miyu Sasaki, November 2018, Rating: Pop, Sakura Ando, Shoplifters, Sosuke Ikematsu

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters is a moving look at family in all of its differing forms.

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Review – Mike Leigh delivers a violent history lesson with ‘Peterloo’

26/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: PG, Danny Kirrane, Drama, Historical, Karl Johnson, Maxine Peake, Mike Leigh, Nico Mirallegro, November 2018, Peterloo, Rating: Pop, Robert Wilfort, Rory Kinnear, Sam Troughton, Tim McInnerny

Mike Leigh shines a light on a shocking and horrific event in British history with his epic drama Peterloo.

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Review – Messy Queen biopic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ rocks hard enough to keep fans happy

16/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Aidan Gillen, Allen Leech, Ben Hardy, Biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bryan Singer, Certificate: 12, Dexter Fletcher, Drama, Gwilym Lee, Joseph Mazzello, Lucy Boynton, Mike Myers, Music, October 2018, Rami Malek, Rating: Pop, Tom Hollander

Rami Malek is terrific as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, which traces the story of the iconic British rockers Queen.

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Review – Powerful drama ‘The Hate U Give’ hits harder than the average teen movie

16/11/201820/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Algee Smith, Amandla Stenberg, Anthony Mackie, Certificate: 12, Common, Drama, George Tillman Jr, Issa Rae, KJ Apa, October 2018, Rating: Pop, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Sabrina Carpenter, The Hate U Give

Amandla Stenberg finally finds a role worthy of her talents in the fierce, resonant teen drama The Hate U Give.

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Review – Battle rap drama ‘VS.’ finds heart among the multi-syllables

11/11/201815/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Connor Swindells, Drama, Ed Lilly, Emily Taaffe, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Joivan Wade, October 2018, Paige Meade, Rating: Pop, Ruth Sheen, Shotty Horroh, VS.

Newcomer Connor Swindells makes a big impression in British drama VS. as a teen who channels his rage into the world of battle rap.

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