Christmas and New Year Review Round-up: Holmes & Watson, Bumblebee, The Favourite, Welcome to Marwen

John C Reilly and Will Ferrell star in Holmes & Watson

Christmas and New Year Review Round-up: Holmes & Watson, Bumblebee, The Favourite, Welcome to Marwen

11/01/201915/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, 2019, Bumblebee, December 2018, Emma Stone, Etan Cohen, Hailee Steinfeld, Holmes & Watson, January 2019, John C Reilly, John Cena, Leslie Mann, Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, Review Round-up, Rob Brydon, Robert Zemeckis, Steve Carell, The Favourite, Travis Knight, Welcome to Marwen, Will Ferrell, Yorgos Lanthimos

Reviews of some of the films that hit the UK over Christmas, including Oscar-tipped The Favourite and comedy Holmes & Watson.

Emily Blunt takes on the role of the titular nanny in Disney sequel Mary Poppins Returns

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 131 – “So are we seriously still doing this podcast in 2019?”

07/01/201906/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2019, Bumblebee, Emily Blunt, Emma Stone, Hailee Steinfeld, Jordan Peele, Mary Poppins Returns, Olivia Colman, PGA Awards, Podcast, Rachel Weisz, The Favourite, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Travis Knight, Us, Yorgos Lanthimos

On the first podcast of 2019, we take a look at The Favourite, Bumblebee and Disney musical Mary Poppins Returns.

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LFF 2018 – The Favourite, The Fight

19/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alice Lowe, BFI London Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival 2018, Christopher Fairbank, Emma Stone, Jessica Hynes, LFF, Nicholas Hoult, Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Russell Brand, Sally Phillips, Sennia Nanua, Shaun Parkes, The Favourite, The Fight, Yorgos Lanthimos

The London Film Festival delivers Yorgos Lanthimos’s Oscar-tipped The Favourite and Jessica Hynes’s directorial debut The Fight.

Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling connected in musical La La Land

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Perfect Scene – La La Land’s (2016) tortured, beautiful final fantasy

15/08/201809/08/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment Damien Chazelle, Emma Stone, La La Land, Musical, Perfect Scene, Ryan Gosling

The finale of La La Land focuses on a journey into the nostalgic fantasies of its two protagonists, and it brings the movie’s Hollywood homage to a conclusion.

A deadly killing machine returns in Shane Black's take on The Predator

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News Round-up – Predator trailer, Indy 5 in trouble, Little Women remake and more

01/07/201830/06/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Arrow Video FrightFest 2018, Beautiful Boy, Boyd Holbrook, Daniel Espinosa, Emma Stone, Florence Pugh, FrightFest, Greta Gerwig, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones 5, James Marsden, Jared Leto, Jeff Fowler, Jim Carrey, Little Women, Meryl Streep, Morbius, News, News Round-up, Saoirse Ronan, Shane Black, Sonic the Hedgehog, Spider-Man, Steve Carell, Steven Spielberg, The Predator, Timothée Chalamet

We got a new look at Shane Black’s action-horror film Predator this week, while we also learned that Greta Gerwig is lining up an all-star cast.

Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - Fallout

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News Round-up – New Mission: Impossible trailer, first look at Bohemian Rhapsody, Zombieland 2 and more

20/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Adam Driver, Antonio Banderas, BlackKklansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bryan Singer, Cannes Film Festival 2018, Christopher McQuarrie, Dexter Fletcher, Emma Stone, Gary Oldman, Henry Cavill, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Jesse Eisenberg, John David Washington, Lars von Trier, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Dillon, Melissa McCarthy, Meryl Streep, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, News, News Round-up, Rami Malek, Rebecca Ferguson, Shoplifters, Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, The Happytime Murders, The House That Jack Built, The Laundromat, Tom Cruise, Woody Harrelson, Zombieland 2

This week, there are trailers for Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody and puppet comedy Happytime Murders.

Emma Stone and Steve Carell in tennis drama Battle of the Sexes

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 84 – Does tennis drama Battle of the Sexes have Oscar potential?

07/12/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Anna Kendrick, Avengers: Infinity War, Awards Season 2018, Battle of the Sexes, Chris Morris, Coen Brothers, Daddy's Home 2, Emma Stone, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Mel Gibson, Podcast, Steve Carell, Suburbicon, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

Emma Stone and Steve Carell square off, Matt Damon goes Coen Brothers and Mel Gibson gets work… for some reason.

Emma Stone as tennis legend Billie Jean King in Battle of the Sexes

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Review – Battle of the Sexes

06/12/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Andrea Riseborough, Austin Stowell, Battle of the Sexes, Bill Pullman, Certificate: 12, Drama, Elisabeth Shue, Emma Stone, Historical, Jessica McNamee, Jonathan Dayton, November 2017, Rating: Pop, Sarah Silverman, Sport, Steve Carell, Valerie Faris

Emma Stone and Steve Carell excel as warring tennis players in this stirring tale of the fight against 70s misogyny in sport.

Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba face off in Stephen King adaptation The Dark Tower

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 70 – Does The Dark Tower do Stephen King proud?

31/08/201731/08/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Al Gore, An Inconvenient Sequel, DC, Emma Stone, Everything Everything, Idris Elba, Jared Leto, Mark Wahlberg, Matthew McConaughey, Podcast, The Dark Tower, The Hitman's Bodyguard, The Joker, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

We review The Dark Tower, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, An Inconvenient Sequel and Everything, Everything on this week’s packed podcast.

Jared Leto and Margot Robbie as Joker and Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad

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News Round-up – Joker throws DC into chaos, Wahlberg is highest paid actor, Queen casting and more

27/08/201727/08/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Ben Hardy, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bryan Singer, DC, Dwayne Johnson, Emma Stone, Gwilym Lee, James Wan, Jared Leto, Joker, Joseph Mazzello, Margot Robbie, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Scorsese, Netflix, News, News Round-up, Paul Greengrass, Rami Malek, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Conjuring, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper, Todd Phillips, Will Ferrell

Apparently everybody wants to make a movie about the Joker this week, including Scorsese and the dude who made The Hangover.

Alec Guinness and Ewan McGregor have both played Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars

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News Round-up – Obi-Wan Kenobi film planned, Daniel Craig finally confirms Bond return and more

20/08/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alec Guinness, Anya Taylor-Joy, Christopher McQuarrie, Daniel Craig, Emma Stone, Emma Watson, Ewan McGregor, Gal Gadot, James Bond, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Lawrence, La La Land, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible 6, News, News Round-up, Nosferatu, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Patty Jenkins, Robert Eggers, Star Wars, Stephen Daldry, Tom Cruise, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 1984

We learned this week that Obi-Wan is getting his own movie and Daniel Craig is back as Bond.

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