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Bill Barretta plays a puppet detective in The Happytime Murders
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Review – This world let Brian Henson make ‘The Happytime Murders’ and it must be stopped

08/09/201808/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, August 2018, Bill Barretta, Brian Henson, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Dorien Davies, Elizabeth Banks, Joel McHale, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, Rating: Poop, The Happytime Murders

Sweary puppets star in The Happytime Murders, which would be innovative had it not been done a million times before.

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Melissa McCarthy stars in comedy film Life of the Party
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Review – Melissa McCarthy experiments with pure awfulness in ‘Life of the Party’

21/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Ben Falcone, Certificate: 12, Comedy, Gillian Jacobs, Jacki Weaver, Julie Bowen, Life of the Party, Matt Walsh, May 2018, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, Molly Gordon, Rating: Poop, Stephen Root

As a middle-aged woman deciding to go back to college, Melissa McCarthy is strange and terrible in the truly bizarre Life of the Party.

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TJ Miller and James Corden in animated comedy The Emoji Movie
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Review – The Emoji Movie

11/08/201710/08/2017 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2017, Animation, Anna Faris, August 2017, Certificate: U, Comedy, Jake T Austin, James Corden, Jennifer Coolidge, Maya Rudolph, Patrick Stewart, Steven Wright, The Emoji Movie, TJ Miller, Tony Leondis

Critics are prophesying doom and damning the state of humanity in the wake of The Emoji Movie, but can it really be that bad?

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Smartphone game adaptation The Angry Birds Movie
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Review – The Angry Birds Movie

04/06/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Animation, Bill Hader, Certificate: U, Clay Kaytis, Comedy, Danny McBride, Fergal Reilly, Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, May 2016, Maya Rudolph, Peter Dinklage, Rating: Poop, Sean Penn, The Angry Birds Movie, Video Games

Review of 2016 animation The Angry Birds Movie, based on the incredibly popular smartphone game.

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Review – Inherent Vice

03/03/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, Benicio del Toro, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Eric Roberts, Inherent Vice, January 2015, Jena Malone, Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Katherine Waterston, Maya Rudolph, Owen Wilson, Paul Thomas Anderson, Rating: Pop, Reese Witherspoon

Review of 2015 crime-comedy Inherent Vice, which stars Joaquin Phoenix and is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

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Review – Big Hero 6

19/02/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, Animated, Animation, Big Hero 6, Certificate: PG, Chris Williams, Comedy, Damon Wayans Jr, Disney, Don Hall, Génesis Rodríguez, Jamie Chung, January 2015, Maya Rudolph, Rating: Pop, Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, TJ Miller

Review of 2015 animated superhero film Big Hero 6, from Disney Animation Studios.

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Review – The Nut Job

24/08/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2014, Animated, Animation, August 2014, Brendan Fraser, Certificate: U, Comedy, Heist, Katherine Heigl, Liam Neeson, Maya Rudolph, Peter Lepeniotis, Rating: Poop, The Nut Job, Will Arnett

Review of 2014 animated comedy The Nut Job, starring Will Arnett and Katherine Heigl.

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Review: The Way Way Back

07/09/2013 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 2013, Allison Janney, AnnaSophia Robb, Certificate: 12, Comedy, Jim Rash, Liam James, Maya Rudolph, Nat Faxon, Rating: 8/10, Sam Rockwell, Steve Carell, The Way Way Back, Toni Collette

Review of 2013 comedy The Way Way Back, written and directed by Nat Faxon and Community’s Jim Rash.

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Review: Grown Ups 2

16/08/2013 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2013, Adam Sandler, Certificate: 12, Chris Rock, David Spade, Dennis Dugan, Grown Ups, Grown Ups 2, Kevin James, Maya Rudolph, Rating: 1/10, Salma Hayek, Steve Buscemi, Taylor Lautner

Review of awful 2013 comedy film Grown Ups 2, starring an ensemble cast including Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Chris Rock.

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Review – Taron Egerton shines as the glitter fades in ‘Rocketman’

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With the shadow of Bohemian Rhapsody looming, Taron Egerton plays pop icon Elton John in the fantastical musical biopic Rocketman.

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast – “Incels have invaded Simpsons meme accounts”
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Review Round-up – Dumbo, Lords of Chaos, Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast – “The Avengers of Cornwall”
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Scottish zombie comedy ‘Anna and the Apocalypse’ is a joyous exercise in musical splatter
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Scottish zombie comedy ‘Anna and the Apocalypse’ is a joyous exercise in musical splatter

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