January 2018

Featured Reviews 

Review – The YA boom limps to a long overdue end in ‘Maze Runner: The Death Cure’

05/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, Aidan Gillen, Certificate: 12, Dylan O'Brien, January 2018, Kaya Scodelario, Ki Hong Lee, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Patricia Clarkson, Rating: Poop, Rosa Salazar, Sci-Fi, The Maze Runner, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Wes Ball, Young Adult

Dylan O’Brien and friends return to bring the Maze Runner franchise to a conclusion almost nobody has been waiting for.

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Review – Aardman returns in ‘Early Man’ with Christmas cracker puns and slapstick

05/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Aardman, Animation, Certificate: PG, Comedy, Early Man, Eddie Redmayne, Gina Yashere, January 2018, Johnny Vegas, Maisie Williams, Mark Williams, Nick Park, Rating: Pop, Richard Ayoade, Rob Brydon, Timothy Spall, Tom Hiddleston

Eddie Redmayne stars as a caveman discovering the world of football in Aardman’s bizarre animation Early Man.

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Review – 12 Strong

01/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 12 Strong, 2018, Action, Certificate: 15, Chris Hemsworth, Elsa Pataky, January 2018, Michael Pena, Michael Shannon, Navid Negahban, Nicolai Fuglsig, Rating: Poop, Rob Riggle, Trevante Rhodes, War, William Fichtner

Chris Hemsworth gets combat ready to tell the tale of the Horse Soldiers in post-9/11 war movie 12 Strong.

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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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Review – Tokyo Ghoul

31/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, Certificate: 15, Fantasy, Fumika Shimizu, Hiyori Sakurada, January 2018, Kentarō Hagiwara, Kunio Marai, Masataka Kubota, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Rating: Pop, Shunya Shiraishi, Tokyo Ghoul, Yo Oizumi, Yû Aoi

A Japanese college student unwittingly becomes a flesh-eating monster in bizarre fantasy actioner Tokyo Ghoul.

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Review – Downsizing

25/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Alexander Payne, Certficate: 15, Christoph Waltz, Downsizing, Drama, Hong Chau, January 2018, Jason Sudeikis, Kristen Wiig, Matt Damon, Rating: Poop, Rolf Lassgård, Sci-Fi, Udo Kier

Alexander Payne takes an enormous high-concept and squanders it with Downsizing – a tale of people living in a miniature utopia.

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Review – The Post

24/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Alison Brie, Bob Odenkirk, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Certificate: 12, Drama, January 2018, Jesse Plemons, Matthew Rhys, Meryl Streep, Michael Stuhlbarg, Rating: Pop, Sarah Paulson, Steven Spielberg, The Post, Tom Hanks, Tracy Letts, Zach Woods

The cinematic Trinity of Spielberg-Hanks-Streep comes together for gripping journalism drama The Post.

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DVD & Blu-ray Reviews 

Blu-ray Review – Wind River (2017)

22/01/201824/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, 2018, Blu-ray, Certificate: 15, Elizabeth Olsen, Gil Birmingham, Graham Greene, January 2018, Jeremy Renner, Jon Bernthal, Kelsey Chow, Mystery, Rating: Pop, Taylor Sheridan, Thriller, Wind River

Taylor Sheridan’s reservation murder-mystery Wind River is out now in the Blu-ray and it gifts Jeremy Renner his best role in years.

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Review – Coco

19/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Adrian Molina, Alanna Ubach, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Animation, Anthony Gonzalez, Benjamin Bratt, Certificate: PG, Comedy, Gael Garcia Bernal, January 2018, Lee Unkrich, Rating: Pop, Renee Victor

Pixar is back and taking on the Day of the Dead in animated musical comedy Coco.

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Review – The Commuter

18/01/201818/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, Certificate: 15, Elizabeth McGovern, Florence Pugh, January 2018, Jaume Collet-Serra, Jonathan Banks, Liam Neeson, Patrick Wilson, Rating: Pop, Sam Neill, The Commuter, Thriller, Vera Farmiga

We’ve had Taken on a plane, now it’s Taken on a train as Liam Neeson goes action man again in The Commuter.

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Review – Insidious: The Last Key

17/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Adam Robitel, Angus Sampson, Bruce Davison, Caitlin Gerard, Certificate: 15, Horror, Insidious, Insidious: The Last Key, January 2018, Kirk Acevedo, Leigh Whannell, Lin Shaye, Rating: Poop, Spencer Locke

Lin Shaye remains a convincing franchise lead, but Insidious: The Last Key betrays a series that ran out of ideas long ago.

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