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Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Green Book and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

The Popcorn Muncher Podcast – “You don’t see Viggo Mortensen’s full penis”

11/02/201910/02/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Adam Robitel, Alfonso Cuarón, Anya Taylor-Joy, Awards Season 2019, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Dan Gilroy, David Fincher, Dean DeBlois, DGA Awards, Edgar Wright, Escape Room, Green Book, How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jay Baruchel, Last Night in Soho, Mahershala Ali, Marielle Heller, Melissa McCarthy, Peter Farrelly, Podcast, Richard E Grant, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Velvet Buzzsaw, Viggo Mortensen, World War Z, World War Z 2

Reviews of the week’s biggest film releases on The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, including How to Train Your Dragon 3 and Green Book.

Dragons find romance in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

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Review Round-up – How to Train Your Dragon 3, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Green Book

05/02/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Adam Robitel, Burning, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Dan Gilroy, Dean DeBlois, Escape Room, Green Book, How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jeon Jong-seo, Lee Chang-dong, Mahershala Ali, Marielle Heller, Melissa McCarthy, Peter Farrelly, Richard E Grant, Steven Yeun, Velvet Buzzsaw, Viggo Mortensen, Yoo Ah-in

Reviews of awards-nominated dramas Can You Ever Forgive Me? and Green Book, as well as animated adventure How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

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.

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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