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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 132 – “Dominic West loves getting to wear a beard”

21/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Colette, Dominic West, Ghostbusters, Jason Reitman, John C Reilly, John Wick, John Wick 3: Parabellum, Jon S Baird, Keira Knightley, Life Itself, Marvel, Podcast, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Stan and Ollie, Steve Coogan, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

On this week’s Popcorn Muncher Podcast, we review comedy biopic Stan and Ollie and the spiky literary period piece Colette.

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Review Round-up – Stan & Ollie, Colette, The Front Runner, The Upside

15/01/201915/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Bryan Cranston, Colette, Dominic West, Hugh Jackman, Jason Reitman, John C Reilly, Jon S Baird, Keira Knightley, Kevin Hart, Neil Burger, Nina Arianda, Review Round-up, Sara Paxton, Shirley Henderson, Stan & Ollie, Steve Coogan, The Front Runner, The Upside, Wash Westmoreland

Reviews of this week’s film releases, including comedy biopic Stan & Ollie and spiky period drama Colette.

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LFF 2018 – The Front Runner, Maya

15/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Aarshi Banerjee, Alfred Molina, BFI London Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival 2018, Hugh Jackman, Jason Reitman, JK Simmons, LFF, Maya, Mia Hansen-Løve, Molly Ephraim, Roman Kolinka, Sara Paxton, The Front Runner, Vera Farmiga

The London Film Festival continues with Jason Reitman’s political drama The Front Runner and Mia Hansen-Løve’s romantic drama Maya.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 104 – Has Amy Schumer hit a bum note with I Feel Pretty?

14/05/201814/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Amy Schumer, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Charlize Theron, I Feel Pretty, Jason Reitman, Mackenzie Davis, Mary and the Witch's Flower, Podcast, Shane Black, Strangers: Prey at Night, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, The Predator, Tully

Amy Schumer’s romcom I Feel Pretty is a troubling tale of body image, while Jason Reitman-directed drama Tully takes a look at parenthood.

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Review – ‘Tully’ shows Charlize Theron as the epitome of exasperated parenthood

09/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Asher Miles Fallica, Certificate: 15, Charlize Theron, Comedy, Drama, Dramedy, Jason Reitman, Lia Frankland, Mackenzie Davis, Mark Duplass, May 2018, Rating: Pop, Ron Livingston, Tully

Charlize Theron and Mackenzie Davis deliver widely differing worldviews in this new collaboration between Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody.

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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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Top 20: Films to watch for the 2014 Oscars season – Part 1 (20-16)

04/11/2013 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 86th Academy Awards, Amy Adams, Before Midnight, Carey Mulligan, Coen Brothers, Comedy, Drama, Ethan Hawke, Her, Inside Llewyn Davis, Jason Reitman, Joaquin Phoenix, John Goodman, Josh Brolin, Julie Delpy, Justin Timberlake, Kate Winslet, Labor Day, Oscar Isaac, Oscars, Richard Linklater, Rooney Mara, Scarlett Johansson, Spike Jonze, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Top Twenty

The first part of my round-up of the films to watch out for when the 2014 Oscars come around, featuring Ben Stiller’s fantasies and an escaped convict.

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