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Bill Barretta plays a puppet detective in The Happytime Murders

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Review – This world let Brian Henson make ‘The Happytime Murders’ and it must be stopped

08/09/201808/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, August 2018, Bill Barretta, Brian Henson, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Dorien Davies, Elizabeth Banks, Joel McHale, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, Rating: Poop, The Happytime Murders

Sweary puppets star in The Happytime Murders, which would be innovative had it not been done a million times before.

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This week has yielded a tonne of new movie trailers

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News Round-up – Lego Movie 2 trailer, Halloween teaser, Suspiria remake and more

10/06/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment A Star Is Born, Bradley Cooper, Bumblebee, Chris Pratt, Claire Foy, Dakota Johnson, Damien Chazelle, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, Donald Glover, Elizabeth Banks, Fede Alvarez, First Man, Hailee Steinfeld, Halloween, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lady GaGa, Luca Guadagnino, Matthew Vaughn, News, News Round-ip, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Ryan Gosling, Steve McQueen, Suspiria, The Girl in the Spider's Web, The Lego Movie 2, Travis Knight, Viola Davis, Widows, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

This week has yielded a tonne of new trailers for upcoming films, including The Lego Movie 2 and the Halloween reboot.

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News Round-up – Wiig to be Wonder Woman villain, Mary Poppins and Grinch trailers and more

11/03/201813/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Armie Hammer, Ben Whishaw, Benedict Cumberbatch, Call Me By Your Name, Elizabeth Banks, Emily Blunt, Gal Gadot, Greyhound, James Gunn, Kristen Wiig, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Luca Guadagnino, Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Returns, Michael Bay, News, News Round-up, Patty Jenkins, Rob Marshall, Robopocalypse, Stephen Graham, The Grinch, Timothée Chalamet, Tom Hanks, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 1984

Kristen Wiig is now officially a superhero villain and Benedict Cumberbatch is a green curmudgeon. It has been an odd week.

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Anna Kendrick takes centre stage in comedy-musical Pitch Perfect 3

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Review – Pitch Perfect 3

31/12/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Anna Camp, Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Certificate: 12, Comedy, December 2017, Elizabeth Banks, Ester Dean, Hailee Steinfeld, Hana Mae Lee, John Lithgow, John Michael Higgins, Matt Lanter, Musical, Pitch Perfect, Pitch Perfect 3, Rating: Poop, Rebel Wilson, Ruby Rose, Trish Sie

The Barden Bellas return for one last go around as they sing acapella again in musical comedy Pitch Perfect 3.

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese have formed a legendary big screen partnership

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News Round-up – DiCaprio and Scorsese to tell presidential tale, Annihilation trailer and more

01/10/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alex Garland, Angelina Jolie, Annihilation, Artemis, Charlie's Angels, Chris Miller, Cleopatra, Denis Villeneuve, Elizabeth Banks, JJ Abrams, Kristen Stewart, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lupita Nyong'o, Makoto Shinkai, Martin Scorsese, Michelle Williams, Natalie Portman, News, News Round-up, Oscar Isaac, Phil Lord, Roosevelt, The Martian, Tom Hardy, Venom, Your Name

Hollywood’s most impressive dream team is back, with Scorsese and DiCaprio taking on a project that has awards pedigree written all over it.

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Elizabeth Banks in superhero movie reboot Power Rangers

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Review – Power Rangers

09/04/2017 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2017, Action, Becky G, Bill Hader, Bryan Cranston, Certificate: 12, Dacre Montgomery, Dean Israelite, Elizabeth Banks, Ludi Lin, March 2017, Naomi Scott, Power Rangers, Rating: Pop, RJ Cyler, Superhero

The brightly coloured superhero team is back… and this time they’re bringing cow masturbation jokes.

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Elizabeth Banks as alien villain Rita Repulsa in Power Rangers

News Round-up – Power Rangers and Logan get new trailers, Patrick Stewart as a poop, Goosebumps 2 and more

22/01/201724/01/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Anne Hathaway, Black Adam, Dafne Keen, DC, Dean Israelite, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dwayne Johnson, Elizabeth Banks, Goosebumps 2, Hugh Jackman, Jack Black, James Mangold, Julia Roberts, Logan, Netflix, News, News Round-up, Patrick Stewart, Power Rangers, Rebel Wilson, Ridley Scott, Rob Letterman, Shazam, Smurfs: The Lost Village, The Emoji Movie, The Wailing

The new Power Rangers movie actually looks good and Patrick Stewart is playing a turd. It has been an odd week.

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Willy Wonka actor Gene Wilder has died at the age of 83

News Round-up – Gene Wilder dies, Affleck teases Deathstroke, LFF line-up unveiled and more

04/09/201611/09/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alison Brie, Amma Asante, Arrival, Ben Affleck, Ben Wheatley, BFI London Film Festival, Damien Chazelle, DC, Denis Villeneuve, Dwayne Johnson, Elizabeth Banks, Free Fire, Gene Wilder, Jon Favreau, Jumanji, Karen Gillan, La La Land, LFF, News, News Round-up, Pitch Perfect 3, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Trish Sie

Jumanji update, a new director for Pitch Perfect 3 and a sad farewell in this week’s movie news round-up.

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John Boyega speaks at San Diego Comic-Con in 2015

News Round-up – John Boyega joins Pacific Rim 2, Suicide Squad rated PG-13, new Star Wars image and more

12/06/201619/06/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Banks, Fast & Furious 8, John Boyega, Mel Gibson, News Round-up, Ocean's 11, Pacific Rim 2, Rian Johnson, Star Wars, Steven S DeKnight, Suicide Squad, The Grinch, The Passion of the Christ, Warcraft

Will Suicide Squad work with a PG-13 rating? Who will John Boyega play in Pacific Rim 2?

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Felicity Jones will star in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

News Round-up – Rogue One reshoots, Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, new Flash director and more

05/06/201612/06/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alden Ehrenreich, Brie Larson, Captain Marvel, Elizabeth Banks, Emily Blunt, Friday the 13th, Marvel, Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Returns, News Round-up, Pitch Perfect 3, Rick Famuyiwa, Rob Marshall, Rogue One, Sicario, Soldado, Star Wars, Stefano Sollima, The Flash

Should we be worried about Star Wars reshoots? Who will play Captain Marvel? Will Emily Blunt make a good Mary Poppins?

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Review – Love & Mercy

22/08/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, Bill Pohlad, Certificate: 12, Drama, Elizabeth Banks, John Cusack, July 2015, Love & Mercy, Music, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Rating: Pop

Review of 2015 biopic Love & Mercy, which stars Paul Dano and John Cusack as Beach Boys singer Brian Wilson.

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