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Review – Rowan Atkinson’s charm has limits in ‘Johnny English Strikes Again’

29/10/2018 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2018, Adam James, Amit Shah, Ben Miller, Certificate: PG, Comedy, David Kerr, Emma Thompson, Jake Lacy, Johnny English, Johnny English Strikes Again, October 2018, Olga Kurylenko, Rating: Poop, Rowan Atkinson

Rowan Atkinson returns as the titular hapless spy in Johnny English Strikes Again, which feels as curiously outdated as its protagonist.

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Review – McEwan adaptation ‘The Children Act’ never reaches the dramatic heights of its courtroom segments

08/09/201809/09/2018 Tom Beasley 2018, August 2018, Ben Chaplin, Certificate: 12, Drama, Eileen Walsh, Emma Thompson, Fionn Whitehead, Ian McEwan, Jason Watkins, Rating: Pop, Stanley Tucci, The Children Act

Emma Thompson delivers one of her best performances in The Children Act, but the narrative around her crumbles.

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Review – Beauty and the Beast

04/04/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Audra McDonald, Beauty and the Beast, Bill Condon, Certificate: PG, Dan Stevens, Disney, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Ewan McGregor, Fantasy, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, Josh Gad, Kevin Kline, Luke Evans, March 2017, Musical, Rating: Pop, Romance, Stanley Tucci

The tale as old as time gets a modern, glitzy makeover with Emma Watson and Dan Stevens.

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Review – Bridget Jones’s Baby

22/10/201629/10/2016 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2016, Bridget Jones's Baby, British, Certificate: 15, Colin Firth, Comedy, Emma Thompson, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Patrick Dempsey, Renee Zellweger, Romcom, Sarah Solemani, September 2016, Sharon Maguire

Review of 2016 romcom threequel Bridget Jones’s Baby, in which Renee Zellweger’s title character is caught between Colin Firth and new beau Patrick Dempsey.

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Review – Men, Women and Children

17/12/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2014, Adam Sandler, Ansel Elgort, Certificate: 15, Dean Norris, December 2014, Drama, Emma Thompson, Jason Reitman, Jennifer Garner, JK Simmons, Judy Greer, Kaitlyn Dever, Men Women and Children, Olivia Crocicchia, Rating: Poop, Rosemarie DeWitt

Review of 2014 ensemble drama Men, Women and Children, starring Jennifer Garner, Ansel Elgort and Adam Sandler.

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News 

British Independent Film Awards 2014 – The Winners

07/12/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment '71, 2014, Andrew Scott, Awards, Belle, Benedict Cumberbatch, BIFA, British Independent Film Awards, Calvary, Emma Thompson, Frank, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Imelda Staunton, Pride, Yann Demange

A list of the winners at the British Independent Film Awards 2014, held in London. Amongst the winners were Imelda Staunton and Benedict Cumberbatch.

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Review – The Love Punch

30/04/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2014, April 2014, British, Caper, Celia Imrie, Certificate: 12, Comedy, Emma Thompson, Heist, Joel Hopkins, Laurent Lafitte, Pierce Brosnan, Rating: Pop, Romance, Romcom, The Love Punch, Timothy Spall

Review of 2014 romantic comedy The Love Punch, starring Emma Thompson and Pierce Brosnan.

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Lists 

Top 10: Films not to miss in April 2014

09/04/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Andrew Garfield, Anthony Hopkins, Brendan Gleeson, Calvary, Dane DeHaan, Divergent, Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Films Not To Miss, Hammer, Jamie Foxx, Jared Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Jesse Eisenberg, Locke, Logan Lerman, Noah, Pierce Brosnan, Ray Winstone, Richard Ayoade, Russell Crowe, Sam Claflin, Shailene Woodley, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Double, The Love Punch, The Quiet Ones, The Raid 2, Tom Hardy, Top Ten, Transcendence

From YA dystopias to web-slinging heroes and Indonesian fighters, here are ten films not to miss in UK cinemas during April 2014.

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Top 10: Shocking snubs of the 2014 Oscars

20/01/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 12 Years A Slave, 2014 Oscars, 86th Academy Awards, All Is Lost, American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Coen Brothers, Daniel Brühl, Emma Thompson, Idris Elba, Inside Llewyn Davis, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Monsters University, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Redford, Rush, Saving Mr Banks, The Butler, Tom Hanks, Top Ten

The top ten shocking snubs at the 2014 Oscars, featuring those films that seemed made for awards success, including Rush and Inside Llewyn Davis.

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Articles 

2014 Oscars: Predicting the Academy Award nominations

15/01/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 12 Years A Slave, 2014 Oscars, 86th Academy Awards, Alexander Payne, Alfonso Cuarón, All Is Lost, American Hustle, Amy Adams, August: Osage County, Barkhad Abdi, Before Midnight, Billy Ray, Blue Jasmine, Bob Nelson, Bradley Cooper, Bruce Dern, Captain Phillips, Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christian Bale, Coen Brothers, Craig Borten, Dallas Buyers Club, Daniel Brühl, David O Russell, Emma Thompson, Enough Said, Eric Singer, Ethan Coen, Ethan Hawke, Gravity, Her, Idris Elba, Inside Llewyn Davis, James Gandolfini, Jared Leto, Jeff Pope, Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Coen, John Ridley, Jonah Hill, Jonas Cuarón, Judi Dench, Julia Roberts, Julie Delpy, June Squibb, Kate Winslet, Labor Day, Lee Daniels, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lupita Nyong'o, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Martin Scorsese, Matthew McConaughey, Melisa Wallack, Meryl Streep, Michael Fassbender, Nebraska, Oprah Winfrey, Paul Greengrass, Philomena, Richard Linklater, Robert Redford, Rush, Sally Hawkins, Sandra Bullock, Saving Mr Banks, Spike Jonze, Steve Coogan, Steve McQueen, Terence Winter, The Butler, The Wolf of Wall Street, Tom Hanks, Tracy Letts, Woody Allen

The Popcorn Muncher starts coverage of the 2014 Oscars by predicting the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards ceremony.

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Review of 2013: Top 10 lead acting performances of the year

04/01/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2013, Benedict Cumberbatch, Blue Jasmine, Captain Phillips, Cate Blanchett, Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Good Vibrations, Gravity, Lincoln, Mia Wasikowska, Naomi Watts, Review of 2013, Richard Dormer, Sandra Bullock, Saving Mr Banks, Simon Pegg, Stoker, The Fifth Estate, The Impossible, The World's End, Tom Hanks, Top Ten

Review of 2013 continues with this list of the ten best lead acting performances of the year, featuring an iconic president and a stranded astronaut.

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