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Frances McDormand – The Popcorn Muncher

Bryan Cranston and Koyu Rankin in Isle of Dogs

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Review – Quirky animation ‘Isle of Dogs’ is the most Wes Anderson movie imaginable

07/04/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Animation, April 2018, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Bryan Cranston, Certificate: PG, Comedy, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, Greta Gerwig, Harvey Keitel, Isle of Dogs, Jeff Goldblum, Koyu Rankin, Kunichi Nomura, Liev Schreiber, Rating: Pop, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Wes Anderson

Symmetrical frames and weird line readings are king in Wes Anderson’s oddball animated comedy Isle of Dogs.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast – Oscars 2018 Reaction

05/03/201805/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 90th Academy Awards, Frances McDormand, Get Out, Guillermo del Toro, Jordan Peele, Oscars, Oscars 2018, Podcast, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

The 90th Academy Awards are in the books and we’ve recorded an immediate reaction podcast, discussing every moment of Oscars 2018.

Guillermo del Toro accepts the Oscar for Best Picture for The Shape of Water

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Oscars 2018 – Kimmel’s safe hands suited a night where only Peele and McDormand raised the pulse

05/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 90th Academy Awards, Awards Season 2018, Frances McDormand, Gary Oldman, Get Out, Guillermo del Toro, Jimmy Kimmel, Jordan Peele, Oscars, Oscars 2018, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

It was a fairly pedestrian night at the Academy Awards, though Frances McDormand made the Oscars 2018 her stage.

We are covering the Oscars 2018 live on The Popcorn Muncher

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Oscars 2018 LIVE – Will Three Billboards or Shape of Water take the Best Picture crown?

04/03/201805/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 90th Academy Awards, Allison Janney, Awards Season 2018, Frances McDormand, Oscars 2018, Sam Rockwell, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

It’s the 90th Academy Awards and we’re bringing you live coverage of the Oscars 2018, from winners and losers to red carpet arrivals.

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Oscars 2018 – Final predictions for the 90th Academy Awards

04/03/201805/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 90th Academy Awards, Allison Janney, Awards Season 2018, Darkest Hour, Frances McDormand, Gary Oldman, Guillermo del Toro, I Tonya, Oscars, Oscars 2018, Sam Rockwell, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

It’s Oscars 2018 night, so who are the big winners going to be? It’s Shape of Water vs. Three Billboards in the battle to be named Best Picture.

Joanna Lumley was the first-time host of the BAFTAs 2018

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BAFTAs 2018 – A lifeless evening of predictable winners, with Britain left to one side

19/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2018, BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2018, Christopher Nolan, Daniel Kaluuya, Dunkirk, Frances McDormand, Guillermo del Toro, Hugh Grant, Joanna Lumley, Paddington 2, Ridley Scott, Sam Rockwell, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

The BAFTAs 2018 was a curiously flat-footed affair, despite the bumper crop of great films and the politically-charged atmosphere.

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BAFTAs 2018 – Final predictions for the UK’s biggest film awards ceremony

18/02/201819/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2018, BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2018, Christopher Nolan, Daniel Kaluuya, Dunkirk, Frances McDormand, Francis Lee, Gary Oldman, Get Out, God's Own Country, Hugh Grant, Joanna Lumley, Lady Macbeth, Lesley Manville, Martin McDonagh, Paddington 2, Phantom Thread, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

The BAFTAs 2018 take place tonight, but which films and performers will be walking away from the Royal Albert Hall with prizes?

Frances McDormand stars in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

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Review – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

11/01/201816/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Abbie Cornish, Caleb Landry Jones, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Drama, Dramedy, Frances McDormand, January 2018, John Hawkes, Lucas Hedges, Martin McDonagh, Peter Dinklage, Rating: Pop, Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Woody Harrelson

Frances McDormand and Martin McDonagh have Oscar night in their sights with the brutally funny and inky dark Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.