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Chris Pratt is back as the voice of Emmet in The Lego Movie 2

The Popcorn Muncher Podcast – “Branagh has a huge prosthetic nose; Rosa Salazar has big CGI eyes”

18/02/201917/02/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alita: Battle Angel, All is True, Awards Season 2019, BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2019, Barry Jenkins, Chris Miller, Danny Boyle, Frozen 2, If Beale Street Could Talk, James Cameron, Kenneth Branagh, Oscars, Oscars 2019, Phil Lord, Podcast, Richard Curtis, Rosa Salazar, The Lego Movie, The Lego Movie 2, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Yesterday

On the latest Popcorn Muncher Podcast, we review a blockbuster double bill of The Lego Movie 2 and Alita: Battle Angel.

Taron Egerton stars as the iconic hero Robin Hood in a new 2018 reboot

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 128 – “This is like the Batman Begins of Robin Hood”

03/12/201802/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alfonso Cuarón, Artemis Fowl, Awards Season 2019, Ben Mendelsohn, Candyman, Claire Foy, Green Book, Jordan Peele, Kenneth Branagh, Nia DaCosta, Robin Hood, Roma, Taron Egerton, The Girl in the Spider's Web, The Rider

Reviews on this week’s podcast of the odd satire Assassination Nation, The Girl in the Spider’s Web and the latest take on Robin Hood.

DC's finest superheroes have assembled for blockbuster team-up Justice League

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 83 – Is Justice League strong enough to keep DC on track?

30/11/201707/12/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment A Wrinkle in Time, Aubrey Plaza, Ava DuVernay, Ben Affleck, Captain Marvel, Channing Tatum, DC, Gambit, Henry Cavill, Ingrid Goes West, Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond, Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Justice League, Kenneth Branagh, Lizzy Caplan, Murder on the Orient Express, Podcast, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Zack Snyder

Superheroes join forces and Aubrey Plaza stalks Elizabeth Olsen on social media in this week’s new releases.

Kenneth Branagh as detective Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 81 – Where did Kenneth Branagh find that wonderful moustache?

16/11/201707/12/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment A Bad Moms Christmas, All the Money in the World, Colin Farrell, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Spacey, Meryl Streep, Mila Kunis, Murder on the Orient Express, Podcast, Rian Johnson, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, The Post, Tom Hanks, Yorgos Lanthimos

Kenneth Branagh’s facial fuzz takes centre stage on this week’s Popcorn Muncher Podcast

Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express

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Review – Murder on the Orient Express

14/11/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Certificate: 12, Crime, Daisy Ridley, Derek Jacobi, Drama, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Leslie Odom Jr, Lucy Boynton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Murder on the Orient Express, Mystery, November 2017, Olivia Colman, Penelope Cruz, Rating: Pop, Thriller, Tom Bateman, Willem Dafoe

Kenneth Branagh – and more importantly, his moustache – board a luxury train, where a murder promptly takes place in this Agatha Christie adaptation.

Christopher Nolan attends the premiere of Inception in 2010

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Analysis – Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk and prioritising puzzles over people

09/09/2017 Tom Beasley 1 Comment Analysis, Anne Hathaway, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk, Fionn Whitehead, Harry Styles, Hugh Jackman, Inception, Jessica Chastain, Kenneth Branagh, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Matthew McConaughey, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, The Prestige, Tom Hardy

Is there any humanity to Christopher Nolan? Does it matter that his films focus more on puzzles and mysteries than emotion?

Fionn Whitehead plays the lead role as a soldier desperate to get home in Dunkirk

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Review – Dunkirk

25/07/201724/07/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, Aneurin Barnard, Barry Keoghan, Certificate: 12, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Dunkirk, Fionn Whitehead, Harry Styles, Jack Lowden, James D'Arcy, July 2017, Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance, Rating: Pop, Thriller, Tom Glynn-Carney, Tom Hardy, War

Christopher Nolan mounts a big, ambitious war thriller with Dunkirk, but does it live up to the expectations? And, more importantly, is Harry Styles any good?

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News Round-up – Stars line up for Murder on the Orient Express trailer, Paddington 2 preview and more

04/06/201710/06/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Adam Driver, Adam Wingard, Amy Schumer, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson, Bumblebee, Channing Tatum, Daisy Ridley, Daniel Craig, Godzilla vs. Kong, Hailee Steinfeld, Harry Potter, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Grant, I Feel Pretty, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Kenneth Branagh, Logan Lucky, Michelle Williams, Murder on the Orient Express, News, News Round-up, Paddington, Paddington 2, Peter Capaldi, Steven Soderbergh, Transformers, Travis Knight, Voldemort

Trailers for two big ensemble blockbusters landed this week, as well as a seriously cute animated bear from Peru.

Idris Elba as The Gunslinger in the adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower

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News Round-up – The Dark Tower trailer, Josh Gad teases Penguin role, Bond 25 speculation and more

07/05/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment A Bad Moms Christmas, Bond 25, Cheryl Hines, Christine Baranski, DC, Get Out, Idris Elba, Jordan Peele, Josh Gad, Kathryn Hahn, Kenneth Branagh, Kristen Bell, Matthew McConaughey, Melissa McCarthy, Mila Kunis, Murder on the Orient Express, News, News Round-up, Nikolaj Arcel, Paul McGuigan, Susan Sarandon, The Batman, The Dark Tower, The Happytime Murders, Universal

An action-packed adaptation of one of Stephen King’s most beloved works finally arrived this week in trailer form with The Dark Tower.

Jon Favreau will direct a live-action Lion King for Disney

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News Round-up – Favreau on for Lion King, Fantastic Beasts final trailer, Transformers and more

03/10/201609/10/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alexander Skarsgård, Daisy Ridley, David Yates, Denzel Washington, Disney, Domhnall Gleeson, Duncan Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fences, Johnny Depp, Jon Favreau, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Margot Robbie, Michael Bay, Murder on the Orient Express, Mute, Netflix, News, News Round-up, The Jungle Book, The Lion King, Transformers: The Last Knight, Viola Davis

Jon Favreau is heading back to Disney, Eddie Redmayne is casting spells and Michael Bay has annoyed all of Britain. It’s your movie news round-up.

Soldiers duck for cover in the trailer for Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk

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News Round-up – Dunkirk trailer, Jolie leaves crime thriller, Pets sequel and more

08/08/201618/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment A Wrinkle in Time, Angelina Jolie, Ava DuVernay, Brie Larson, Christopher Nolan, David Yates, Dunkirk, Eddie Redmayne, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Francis Lawrence, Harry Styles, Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance, Murder on the Orient Express, News Round-up, Red Sparrow, The Secret Life of Pets, Tom Hardy, Unicorn Store

Dunkirk has a trailer, Brie Larson has a directing gig and Secret Life of Pets has a sequel. It’s your movie news round-up.

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