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Jason Clarke stars as the title character in The Senator

VOD Review – It takes more than a title change to make ‘The Senator’ work in the UK

12/08/201808/08/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, August 2018, Bruce Dern, Certificate: 12, Chappaquiddick, Clancy Brown, Drama, Ed Helms, Jason Clarke, Jim Gaffigan, John Curran, Kate Mara, Olivia Thirlby, Rating: Poop, The Senator

Jason Clarke plays Ted Kennedy in The Senator, known as Chappaquiddick in the USA, which is a dull, listless political drama.

Jeremy Renner and Jon Hamm star in comedy movie Tag

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Review – Friendship comedy ‘Tag’ finds tenderness amidst the action

09/07/201809/07/2018 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2018, Annabelle Wallis, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Ed Helms, Hannibal Buress, Isla Fisher, Jake Johnson, Jeff Tomsic, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm, June 2018, Leslie Bibb, Rashida Jones, Rating: Pop, Tag

Jeremy Renner and Ed Helms square off as lifelong friends held together by a childhood game in the over-cranked comedy Tag.

Owen Wilson and Ed Helms in road trip comedy Father Figures

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Review – The hideously poor ‘Father Figures’ is a road trip down comedy dead ends

01/03/201803/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Christopher Walken, Comedy, Ed Helms, Father Figures, February 2018, Glenn Close, Harry Shearer, JK Simmons, June Squibb, Lawrence Sher, Owen Wilson, Rating: Poop

Ed Helms and Owen Wilson sleepwalk through their usual comedy beats to tedious effect in Father Figures.

Margot Robbie takes centre stage as figure skater Tonya Harding in I, Tonya

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 94 – Is Margot Robbie skating on thin ice in I, Tonya?

27/02/201801/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2018, BAFTAs 2018, Clio Barnard, Danny Boyle, Dark River, Ed Helms, Father Figures, I Tonya, It: Chapter 2, James Bond, Jessica Chastain, Margot Robbie, Oscars 2018, Owen Wilson, Podcast, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

We take on one of the most divisive films of awards season with Margot Robbie’s I, Tonya, as well as comedy Father Figures and British drama Dark River.

Will Forte stars in Netflix comedy A Futile and Stupid Gesture

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Review – A Futile and Stupid Gesture

01/02/201803/02/2018 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2018, A Futile and Stupid Gesture, Certificate: 15, Comedy, David Wain, Domhnall Gleeson, Ed Helms, January 2018, Joel McHale, John Gemberling, Jon Daly, Martin Mull, Neil Casey, Nelson Franklin, Netflix, Rating: Pop, Will Forte

Netflix takes on the story of National Lampoon in this zany comedy, starring Will Forte and an unrecognisable Domhnall Gleeson.

Ed Helms stars in Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

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Review – Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

27/07/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Animation, Captain Underpants, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, Certificate: U, Comedy, David Soren, DreamWorks, Ed Helms, Jordan Peele, July 2017, Kevin Hart, Kristen Schaal, Nicholas Stoller, Nick Kroll, Rating: Pop, Thomas Middleditch

Sometimes the funniest films come from the most unlikely places and that’s certainly the case with the lavatorial joy of Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie.