Ed Helms

Featured Reviews VOD 

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.

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Featured Guest Posts Reviews 

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.

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Reviews 

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.

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Articles Featured Multimedia Podcast 

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.

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Guest Posts Reviews 

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.

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Featured Reviews 

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.

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Articles Featured News 

News Round-up – Mr Sulu comes out, Radcliffe in Imperium trailer, Pixar plans and more

10/07/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alicia Vikander, Chappaquiddick, Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Ragussis, Ed Helms, Emma Watson, George Takei, Imperium, Inside Out, John Cho, Kate Mara, News, News Round-up, Pixar, Ratatouille, Roar Uthaug, Star Trek, Star Trek Beyond, Steven Soderbergh, The Colony, Tomb Raider, Toni Collette, Wall-E

Pixar is leaving sequels behind, Harry Potter is doing Nazi salutes and Emma Watson can’t make money. Here’s your movie news round-up.

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Reviews 

Review – Vacation

26/09/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, August 2015, Certificate: 15, Chevy Chase, Chris Hemsworth, Christina Applegate, Comedy, Ed Helms, Leslie Mann, National Lampoon, Rating: Poop, Reboot, Skyler Gisondo, Steele Stebbins

Review of 2015 comedy reboot Vacation, starring Ed Helms and Christina Applegate.

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Lists 

Review of 2013: 20 worst films of the year

26/12/2013 Tom Beasley 3 Comments 2013, A Good Day to Die Hard, Adam Sandler, After Earth, Anthony Mackie, Bad Grandpa, Cormac McCarthy, Dark Skies, Diana, Disney, Don Jon, Dwayne Johnson, Ed Helms, Ethan Hawke, Getaway, Grown Ups 2, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Insidious 2, Insidious Chapter 2, Jaden Smith, James Wan, John Goodman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, M Night Shyamalan, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Bay, Movie 43, Naomi Watts, Pain & Gain, Patrick Wilson, Pixar, Planes, R.I.P.D., Review of 2013, Scary Movie 5, Selena Gomez, Seth Rogen, Steve Buscemi, Steve Carell, The Counsellor, The Hangover Part III, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, The Purge, This is the End, Top 20, Will Smith

My Review of the Year begins with the 20 worst films of 2013, including tedious action, unfunny comedies and a whole load of swinging frying pans.

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Reviews 

Review: We’re The Millers

28/08/2013 Tom Beasley 2 Comments 2013, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Ed Helms, Emma Roberts, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Kathryn Hahn, Nick Offerman, Rating: 7/10, Rawson Marshall Thurber, We're The Millers, Will Poulter

Review of 2013 comedy film We’re The Millers, which stars Jennifer Aniston as a stripper and Jason Sudeikis as a small-time drug dealer.

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Reviews 

Review: The Hangover Part III

02/06/2013 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 2013, Bradley Cooper, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Ed Helms, John Goodman, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong, Melissa McCarthy, Rating: 2/10, The Hangover, The Hangover Part III, Todd Phillips, Zach Galifianakis

Review of 2013 comedy sequel The Hangover Part III, starring Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Ken Jeong and John Goodman,

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