Martin Scorsese

DVD & Blu-ray Featured Reviews 

Blu-ray Review – The Age of Innocence (1993)

21/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 1993, 2018, Blu-ray, Certificate: PG, Daniel Day-Lewis, Drama, March 2018, Martin Scorsese, Michelle Pfeiffer, Miriam Margolyes, Rating: Pop, Richard E Grant, Romance, Stuart Wilson, The Age of Innocence, Winona Ryder

Daniel Day-Lewis stars in this lavish period piece, which is certainly a very different brand of Martin Scorsese movie.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 75 – Is there any bite to spy sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle?

05/10/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alex Garland, Annihilation, Artemis, Channing Tatum, Chris Miller, Colin Firth, Kingsman, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Matthew Vaughn, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Phil Lord, Podcast, Roosevelt, Taron Egerton, The Maze Runner, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

The gentleman spies of Kingsman are back on this week’s podcast, with a side order of controversy and misogyny.

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Articles Featured News 

News Round-up – DiCaprio and Scorsese to tell presidential tale, Annihilation trailer and more

01/10/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alex Garland, Angelina Jolie, Annihilation, Artemis, Charlie's Angels, Chris Miller, Cleopatra, Denis Villeneuve, Elizabeth Banks, JJ Abrams, Kristen Stewart, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lupita Nyong'o, Makoto Shinkai, Martin Scorsese, Michelle Williams, Natalie Portman, News, News Round-up, Oscar Isaac, Phil Lord, Roosevelt, The Martian, Tom Hardy, Venom, Your Name

Hollywood’s most impressive dream team is back, with Scorsese and DiCaprio taking on a project that has awards pedigree written all over it.

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News Round-up – Leo to be the Joker?, Skrein leaves Hellboy over whitewashing and more

03/09/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Adam McKay, Amy Adams, Ant-Man and the Wasp, BFI, BFI London Film Festival, Christian Bale, Ed Skrein, Evangeline Lilly, Guillermo del Toro, Hellboy, Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen, Joker, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Collins, Lord of the Flies, Martin Scorsese, Marvel, News, News Round-up, Nicholas Hoult, Paddy Considine, Paul Rudd, Sam Rockwell, Steve Carell, Todd Phillips, Tolkien

Leo is thrust into the centre of the movie world’s biggest rumour mill this week, with the suggestion he could portray the Joker.

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News Round-up – Joker throws DC into chaos, Wahlberg is highest paid actor, Queen casting and more

27/08/201727/08/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Ben Hardy, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bryan Singer, DC, Dwayne Johnson, Emma Stone, Gwilym Lee, James Wan, Jared Leto, Joker, Joseph Mazzello, Margot Robbie, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Scorsese, Netflix, News, News Round-up, Paul Greengrass, Rami Malek, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Conjuring, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper, Todd Phillips, Will Ferrell

Apparently everybody wants to make a movie about the Joker this week, including Scorsese and the dude who made The Hangover.

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Featured Reviews 

Review – Silence

11/01/201718/01/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Adam Driver, Andrew Garfield, Awards Season 2017, Certificate: 15, Ciarán Hinds, Drama, Historical, Issey Ogata, January 2017, Liam Neeson, Martin Scorsese, Rating: Pop, Silence, Tadanobu Asano, Yōsuke Kubozuka

Martin Scorsese questions faith in this epic historical drama of religious persecution and horrible violence.

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Golden Globes Nominations – Oscar’s cooler cousin yields its fair share of surprises

12/12/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Awards Season 2017, Damien Chazelle, Deadpool, Emma Stone, Fences, Golden Globes, Golden Globes 2017, Hailee Steinfeld, John Carney, La La Land, Love and Friendship, Martin Scorsese, Moonlight, Nocturnal Animals, Oscars 2017, Ryan Gosling, Ryan Reynolds, Silence, Sing Street, Sully, Tom Bennett, Tom Hanks

No Tom Hanks, Aaron Taylor-Johnson with a dodgy beard and a surprise slice of Deadpool.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 31 – Magic and mystery as Rowling returns

01/12/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Anime, Cars 3, David Yates, Eddie Redmayne, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, James Cameron, Makoto Shinkai, Martin Scorsese, Pixar, Podcast, Silence, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Your Name

A new franchise behemoth and an anime sensation are reviewed in this week’s film podcast.

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News Round-up – Silence trailer, first look at Cars 3, 2016 film flops and more

27/11/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Adam Driver, Alien, Alien: Covenant, Andrew Garfield, Ben Wheatley, Cars 3, David Lynch, Dune, Grimsby, Hard Boiled, Liam Neeson, Martin Scorsese, News, News Round-up, Owen Wilson, Pixar, Ridley Scott, Silence, Snowden, Tom Hiddleston, Vince Vaughn, Wedding Crashers, Wedding Crashers 2

Scorsese unveils his latest epic and Forbes reveals the year’s biggest film flops.

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Reviews 

Review – Life Itself

04/12/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment AO Scott, Certificate: 15, Chaz Ebert, Documentary, Gene Siskel, Life Itself, Marlene Siskel, Martin Scorsese, Ramin Bahrani, Rating: Pop, Roger Ebert, Steve James, Werner Herzog

Review of 2014 documentary Life Itself, which tells the story of Roger Ebert – the most influential film critic of all time.

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Articles Guest Posts 

2014 Oscars: The Big Best Picture Row

23/02/201423/02/2017 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 12 Years A Slave, 2014 Oscars, 86th Academy Awards, Alexander Payne, Alfonso Cuarón, American Hustle, Amy Adams, Barkhad Abdi, Best Picture, Bruce Dern, Captain Phillips, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christian Bale, Dallas Buyers Club, David O Russell, George Clooney, Gravity, Her, Jared Leto, Jean-Marc Vallee, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Lawrence, Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Judi Dench, June Squibb, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Scorsese, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Fassbender, Nebraska, Paul Greengrass, Philomena, Rooney Mara, Sandra Bullock, Spike Jonze, Stacy Keach, Steve Coogan, Steve McQueen, The Big Best Picture Row, The Wolf of Wall Street, Tom Hanks, Wil Forte

A team of guest posters argue that each of the nominated films should win the coveted Best Picture award at the 2014 Oscars.

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