Jim Broadbent

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Review – Irish Famine thriller ‘Black 47’ is an intense, if emotionless, adventure

28/09/201828/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Barry Keoghan, Black 47, Certificate: 15, Drama, Freddie Fox, Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Jim Broadbent, Lance Daly, Rating: Pop, September 2018, Stephen Rea, Thriller

Hugo Weaving plays a detective on the hunt for an Irish deserter in the midst of the 19th century famine that gripped the country.

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Review – Crusty crooks fail to inspire in ‘King of Thieves’

22/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Charlie Cox, Crime, Heist, James Marsh, Jim Broadbent, King of Thieves, Michael Caine, Michael Gambon, Paul Whitehouse, Rating: Poop, Ray Winstone, September 2018, Thriller, Tom Courtenay

Michael Caine and Ray Winstone lead an ensemble of old age pilferers in King of Thieves, based on the Hatton Garden heist.

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Review – Studio Ponoc makes its presence felt with ‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower’

04/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Animation, Anime, Certificate: U, Ewen Bremner, Fantasy, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Mary and the Witch's Flower, May 2018, Morwenna Banks, Rating: Pop, Ruby Barnhill

Ponoc is looking to set itself up as the successor to Ghibli with this beautiful England-set anime, focusing on a school for magic.

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Review – Paddington 2

28/11/201717/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson, Certificate: PG, Comedy, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Grant, Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Madeleine Harris, November 2017, Paddington, Paddington 2, Paul King, Peter Capaldi, Rating: Pop, Sally Hawkins, Samuel Joslin, Simon Farnaby, Tom Conti

Ben Whishaw returns as cinema’s most adorable ursine in comedy sequel Paddington 2, which is a delightfully sweet family adventure.

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Review – The Sense of an Ending

06/05/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, April 2017, Billy Howle, Certificate: 15, Charlotte Rampling, Drama, Emily Mortimer, Freya Mavor, Harriet Walter, Jim Broadbent, Joe Alwyn, Matthew Goode, Michelle Dockery, Rating: Pop, Ritesh Batra, The Sense of an Ending

Jim Broadbent shines in a complex, involving tale adapted from a Booker Prize winning novel.

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Featured Guest Posts Reviews 

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 – The Legend of Tarzan

24/08/201625/08/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Action, Adventure, Alexander Skarsgård, Casper Crump, Certificate: 12, Christoph Waltz, David Yates, Djimon Hounsou, Jim Broadbent, July 2016, Margot Robbie, Rating: Poop, Samuel L Jackson, Tarzan, The Legend of Tarzan

Review of 2016 adventure movie The Legend of Tarzan, starring Alexander Skarsgård and Margot Robbie.

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Review – Eddie the Eagle

27/04/201601/05/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, April 2016, British, Certificate: PG, Comedy, Dexter Fletcher, Drama, Eddie the Eagle, Hugh Jackman, Iris Berben, Jim Broadbent, Jo Hartley, Keith Allen, Mark Benton, Rating: Pop, Taron Egerton, Tim McInnerny

Review of 2016 drama Eddie the Eagle, starring Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman in a British underdog sporting tale.

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Review – Big Game

24/06/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, Action, Adventure, Big Game, Certificate: 12, Felicity Huffman, Jalmari Helander, Jim Broadbent, May 2015, Mehmet Kurtuluş, Onni Tommila, Rating: Poop, Ray Stevenson, Samuel L Jackson, Victor Garber

Review of 2015 action-adventure film Big Game, which stars Samuel L Jackson as the President of the United States.

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Review – Get Santa

19/12/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2014, British, Certificate: U, Christmas, Christopher Smith, Comedy, December 2014, Get Santa, Jim Broadbent, Joanna Scanlan, Jodie Whittaker, Kit Connor, Matt King, Nonso Anozie, Rafe Spall, Rating: Pop, Stephen Graham, Warwick Davis

Review of 2014 festive comedy Get Santa, starring Jim Broadbent, Rafe Spall and Joanna Scanlan.

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Review – Paddington

09/12/201422/11/2017 Tom Beasley 2 Comments 2014, Ben Whishaw, British, Certificate: PG, Comedy, Hugh Bonneville, Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Matt Lucas, Michael Gambon, Nicole Kidman, November 2014, Paddington, Paul King, Peter Capaldi, Rating: Pop, Sally Hawkins

Review of 2014 family comedy Paddington, which stars Ben Whishaw as Michael Bond’s well-mannered bear.

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