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Lady Bird – The Popcorn Muncher

Saoirse Ronan and Beanie Feldstein in coming-of-age comedy Lady Bird

The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 95 – Is Lady Bird the best coming-of-age movie in years?

08/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Greta Gerwig, I Tonya, Kristen Wiig, Lady Bird, Laurie Metcalf, Lewis Gilbert, Margot Robbie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Podcast, Quentin Tarantino, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Saoirse Ronan, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, The Spy Who Loved Me, Wonder Woman 1984

Greta Gerwig’s delightfully charming teen tale is the main topic of conversation on this week’s Popcorn Muncher Podcast.

Saoirse Ronan stars in coming-of-age comedy Lady Bird

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Review – Saoirse Ronan and Greta Gerwig work overwhelmingly emotional magic in ‘Lady Bird’

02/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Beanie Feldstein, Certificate: 15, Comedy, February 2018, Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird, Laurie Metcalf, Lucas Hedges, Odeya Rush, Rating: Pop, Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet, Tracy Letts

The coming-of-age comedy gets a powerful twist in Greta Gerwig’s stunning Oscar nominee Lady Bird.

The Oscars 2018 will take place on March 4 at Dolby Theater in Los Angeles

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Oscars 2018 – The Big Best Picture Row

02/03/201802/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2018, Call Me By Your Name, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Get Out, Lady Bird, Oscars 2018, Phantom Thread, The Big Best Picture Row, The Post, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

A team of guest writers fight it out to decide which of this year’s Best Picture contenders should emerge victorious at the Oscars 2018.

Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf in Lady Bird

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Oscars 2018 – Best Picture Power Rankings (Awards Week)

28/02/201802/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2018, Call Me By Your Name, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Get Out, Lady Bird, Oscars, Oscars 2018, Oscars Power Rankings 2018, Phantom Thread, The Post, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

It’s the week of the Oscars 2018, but who is in pole position to bag the coveted award for Best Picture?

Fionn Whitehead plays a soldier stranded on a French beach in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk

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Oscars 2018 – Best Picture Power Rankings (Feb 21)

21/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2018, Call Me By Your Name, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Get Out, Lady Bird, Oscars, Oscars 2018, Oscars Power Rankings 2018, Phantom Thread, The Post, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

The BAFTAs were a good night for some of the Oscar nominees and may have marked an end for the chances of others.

Sally Hawkins stars in Guillermo del Toro monster movie The Shape of Water

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Oscars 2018 – Best Picture Power Rankings (Feb 14)

14/02/201813/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2018, Call Me By Your Name, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Get Out, Lady Bird, Oscars, Oscars 2018, Oscars Power Rankings 2018, Phantom Thread, The Post, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

The WGA Awards have seen one film go soaring right into the mix on this week’s Oscars 2018 power rankings.

Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer in romantic drama Call Me By Your Name

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Oscars 2018 – Best Picture Power Rankings (Feb 7)

07/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2018, Call Me By Your Name, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Get Out, Lady Bird, Oscars, Oscars 2018, Oscars Power Rankings 2018, Phantom Thread, The Post, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

It’s all change in the Oscars 2018 race for Best Picture this week, as a couple of minor candidates have suddenly entered the game.

Woody Harrelson and Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

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Oscars 2018 – Best Picture Power Rankings (Jan 31)

31/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2018, Call Me By Your Name, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Get Out, Lady Bird, Oscars, Oscars 2018, Oscars Power Rankings 2018, Phantom Thread, The Post, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The Shape of Water continue to be the clear frontrunners to win Best Picture at the Oscars 2018.

Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams in Get Out

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Oscars 2018 – Best Picture Power Rankings (Jan 24)

24/01/201824/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2018, Call Me By Your Name, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Get Out, Lady Bird, Oscars 2018, Oscars Power Rankings 2018, Phantom Thread, The Post, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

The Oscar nominations are in, so here’s a first look at where the Best Picture contenders stand at the beginning of the race.

Marvel's top heroes unite to battle Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War

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News Round-up – Avengers: Infinity War trailer, Lady Bird leads awards season charge, Mulan casting and more

03/12/201706/12/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Anna Kendrick, Avengers: Infinity War, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Evans, Chris Morris, Courage, Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Garth Davis, Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Lady Bird, Liu Yifei, Marvel, Mary Magdalene, Matthew Vaughn, Meryl Streep, Mulan, News, News Round-up, Niki Caro, Rooney Mara, Saoirse Ronan, Steven Spielberg, The Aeronauts, The Post, Tom Hanks

Marvel laid its royal flush on the table with an epic first trailer for the unbelievably massive Avengers: Infinity War. There was some other news as well… apparently.