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Owen Wilson and Ed Helms in road trip comedy Father Figures

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.

Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot take on evil in DC blockbuster Justice League

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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.

Michael Fassbender plays a Norwegian detective in thriller The Snowman

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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.

Mark Wahlberg stars in Boston Marathon drama film Patriots Day

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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.

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone star in musical drama La La Land

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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?

Ben Affleck stars in action thriller The Accountant

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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.

Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman play voice roles in Zootropolis

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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.

Jack Black returns as Po in Kung Fu Panda 3

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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.

Miles Teller and JK Simmons verbally spar in Whiplash

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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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Oscars 2015 – Predicting the Academy Awards: Acting

17/02/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, 87th Academy Awards, Birdman, Boyhood, Eddie Redmayne, JK Simmons, Michael Keaton, Oscars, Oscars 2015, Patricia Arquette, The Theory of Everything, Whiplash

The Popcorn Muncher predicts the likely winners of the acting prizes at the Oscars 2015.

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