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Bill Barretta plays a puppet detective in The Happytime Murders

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.

Melissa McCarthy in Life of the Party and Johnny Depp in Sherlock Gnomes

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 105 – Is Melissa McCarthy less funny than an animated garden gnome?

21/05/201821/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Bohemian Rhapsody, Coralie Fargeat, Daniel Brühl, Entebbe, Life of the Party, Melissa McCarthy, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Podcast, Revenge, Rosamund Pike, Sherlock Gnomes, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Zombieland 2

Life of the Party is bizarrely terrible, while Sherlock Gnomes is just bizarre. We also review hostage thriller Entebbe and French horror Revenge.

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.

Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - Fallout

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News Round-up – New Mission: Impossible trailer, first look at Bohemian Rhapsody, Zombieland 2 and more

20/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Adam Driver, Antonio Banderas, BlackKklansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bryan Singer, Cannes Film Festival 2018, Christopher McQuarrie, Dexter Fletcher, Emma Stone, Gary Oldman, Henry Cavill, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Jesse Eisenberg, John David Washington, Lars von Trier, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Dillon, Melissa McCarthy, Meryl Streep, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, News, News Round-up, Rami Malek, Rebecca Ferguson, Shoplifters, Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, The Happytime Murders, The House That Jack Built, The Laundromat, Tom Cruise, Woody Harrelson, Zombieland 2

This week, there are trailers for Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody and puppet comedy Happytime Murders.

Craig T Nelson returns in Pixar sequel Incredibles 2

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News Round-up – Incredibles 2 trailer, Paddington director to make Willy Wonka, WGA Awards and more

18/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Andrea Berloff, Blumhouse, Call Me By Your Name, Chris Columbus, DJ Caruso, Ethan Hawke, Five Nights at Freddy's, Get Out, Guillermo del Toro, Incredibles 2, Jason Statham, Jordan Peele, Melissa McCarthy, News, News Round-up, Paddington, Paddington 2, Paul King, Pixar, Robert Zemeckis, Tesla, The Killer's Game, The Kitchen, Tiffany Haddish, Video Game, WGA Awards, WGA Awards 2018, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

There’s a new trailer for the most exciting superhero movie of 2018 (maybe) and the man behind Paddington has Willy Wonka in his sights.

Chadwick Boseman stars in Marvel blockbuster Black Panther

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News Round-up – Black Panther and Coco trailers, Rogen criticises ‘clean’ Sony edits and more

11/06/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment American Made, Andy Serkis, Ben Falcone, Black Panther, Boy Erased, Chadwick Boseman, Coco, Doug Liman, Joel Edgerton, Lee Unkrich, Lucas Hedges, Margie Claus, Marvel, Melissa McCarthy, Michael B Jordan, News, News Round-up, Pixar, Ryan Coogler, Seth Rogen, Sony, The Godfather, Tom Cruise

Trailers for a couple of major blockbusters landed this week, along with a new list of the greatest movies ever made.

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.

Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig and Leslie Jones in Ghostbusters

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Review – Ghostbusters

25/08/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Andy Garcia, Certificate: 12, Charles Dance, Chris Hemsworth, Comedy, Fantasy, Ghostbusters, July 2016, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Neil Casey, Paul Feig, Rating: Pop

Review of 2016 fantasy comedy Ghostbusters, starring Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones.

The new Ghostbusters take on spirits... and sexists

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast – Ghostbusters Spoiler Discussion

21/07/201623/10/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Comedy, Ghostbusters, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Paul Feig, Podcast, Spoiler Discussion, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

So the divisive new take on Ghostbusters, with an all-female cast, has finally arrived. We break down the best and worst of what director Paul Feig has to offer.

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Ghostbusters – 11 reviews that told the misogynists where to go

11/07/201611/07/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Chris Hemsworth, Comedy, Ghostbusters, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Paul Feig

The first reviews for Paul Feig’s all-female Ghostbusters reboot are out and they’re pretty scathing towards the film’s mob of sexist haters.

Paul Feig's all-female Ghostbusters reboot has attracted misogynist hate online

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Trailer Review – Ghostbusters

18/05/2016 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment Chris Hemsworth, Comedy, Ghostbusters, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Paul Feig, Trailer, Trailer Review

There’s a new trailer for the already maligned Ghostbusters reboot. But is it any good?

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