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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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Review – The hideously poor ‘Father Figures’ is a road trip down comedy dead ends

01/03/201803/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Christopher Walken, Comedy, Ed Helms, Father Figures, February 2018, Glenn Close, Harry Shearer, JK Simmons, June Squibb, Lawrence Sher, Owen Wilson, Rating: Poop

Ed Helms and Owen Wilson sleepwalk through their usual comedy beats to tedious effect in Father Figures.

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Review – Justice League

04/12/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, Amy Adams, Ben Affleck, Certificate: 12, Ciarán Hinds, Connie Nielsen, DC, Ezra Miller, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa, Jeremy Irons, JK Simmons, Joss Whedon, Justice League, November 2017, Rating: Pop, Ray Fisher, Superhero, Zack Snyder

DC lays all of its cards on the table with Justice League, which unites all of their superheroes to battle an alien threat.

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Review – The Snowman

25/10/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Certificate: 15, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chloë Sevigny, Crime, James D'Arcy, JK Simmons, Jonas Karlsson, Michael Fassbender, October 2017, Rating: Poop, Rebecca Ferguson, The Snowman, Thriller, Tomas Alfredson, Val Kilmer

Michael Fassbender leads the cast of a mystery thriller that has gone incredibly and bizarrely wrong in The Snowman.

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Review – Patriots Day

18/03/201718/03/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, Alex Wolff, Certificate: 15, Crime, Drama, February 2017, Jimmy O Yang, JK Simmons, John Goodman, Kevin Bacon, Mark Wahlberg, Melissa Benoist, Michelle Monaghan, Patriot's Day, Peter Berg, Rating: Pop, Themo Melikidze, Vincent Curatola

The real life horror of the Boston Marathon bombings gets a sensitive big screen transfer in Patriots Day, in which Peter Berg teams with Mark Wahlberg for a third time.

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Review – La La Land

18/01/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Awards Season 2017, Certificate: 12, Damien Chazelle, Emma Stone, Finn Wittrock, January 2017, JK Simmons, John Legend, La La Land, Musical, Rating: Pop, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling

Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling star in Oscar frontrunner La La Land, but does it match the hype?

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Featured Guest Posts Reviews 

Review – The Accountant

02/12/2016 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2016, Action, Anna Kendrick, Ben Affleck, Certificate: 15, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Gavin O'Connor, JK Simmons, John Lithgow, Jon Bernthal, November 2016, Rating: Poop, The Accountant, Thriller

Ben Affleck crunches some numbers and smashes some heads.

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Review – Zootropolis

24/04/201624/04/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Animated, Animation, Byron Howard, Certificate: PG, Disney, Ginnifer Goodwin, Idris Elba, Jason Bateman, Jenny Slate, JK Simmons, March 2016, Nate Torrence, Octavia Spencer, Rating: Pop, Rich Moore, Shakira, Zootopia, Zootropolis

Review of 2016 animation Zootropolis, called Zootopia elsewhere in the world, starring Jason Bateman and Idris Elba.

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Review – Kung Fu Panda 3

27/03/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Alessandro Carloni, Angelina Jolie, Animation, Bryan Cranston, Certificate: PG, Comedy, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Jennifer Yuh, JK Simmons, Kung Fu Panda, Kung Fu Panda 3, Lucy Liu, March 2016, Rating: Poop, Seth Rogen

Review of 2016 animated threequel Kung Fu Panda 3, starring Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Angelina Jolie and JK Simmons.

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Review – Terminator Genisys

20/08/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, Action, Alan Taylor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Certificate: 12, Courtney B Vance, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, Jason Clarke, JK Simmons, July 2015, Lee Byung-hun, Matt Smith, Rating: Poop, Sci-Fi, Terminator, Terminator: Genisys

Review of 2015 sci-fi franchise reboot Terminator Genisys, starring Emilia Clarke, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jason Clarke.

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Articles 

Analysis – Whiplash and Foxcatcher as studies of male machismo and masculinity

09/03/201516/07/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Analysis, Bennett Miller, Channing Tatum, Damien Chazelle, Foxcatcher, JK Simmons, Mark Ruffalo, Masculinity, Melissa Benoist, Miles Teller, Steve Carell, Vanessa Redgrave, Whiplash

Two of the biggest films of Oscar season – Whiplash and Foxcatcher – focused on male machismo. I analyse the two films’ approach to masculinity.

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