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Hugh Skinner and Lily James get musical in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Review – ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ is throwaway fun that never comes close to the original

28/07/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Alexa Davies, Amanda Seyfried, Andy Garcia, Certificate: PG, Cher, Christine Baranski, Colin Firth, Comedy, Dominic Cooper, Hugh Skinner, Jeremy Irvine, Jessica Keenan Wynn, Josh Dylan, Julie Walters, July 2018, Lily James, Mamma Mia, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Meryl Streep, Musical, Ol Parker, Omid Djalili, Pierce Brosnan, Rating: Pop, Romcom, Stellan Skarsgård

The old gang is back, complete with their younger selves in flashback, for another go at Mamma Mia.

A deadly killing machine returns in Shane Black's take on The Predator

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News Round-up – Predator trailer, Indy 5 in trouble, Little Women remake and more

01/07/201830/06/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Arrow Video FrightFest 2018, Beautiful Boy, Boyd Holbrook, Daniel Espinosa, Emma Stone, Florence Pugh, FrightFest, Greta Gerwig, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones 5, James Marsden, Jared Leto, Jeff Fowler, Jim Carrey, Little Women, Meryl Streep, Morbius, News, News Round-up, Saoirse Ronan, Shane Black, Sonic the Hedgehog, Spider-Man, Steve Carell, Steven Spielberg, The Predator, Timothée Chalamet

We got a new look at Shane Black’s action-horror film Predator this week, while we also learned that Greta Gerwig is lining up an all-star cast.

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.

Tom Hanks is newspaper editor Ben Bradlee in The Post

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 90 – Is The Post just Spielberg on auto-pilot?

30/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Coco, Jaume Collet-Serra, Liam Neeson, Meryl Streep, Oscars 2018, Pixar, Podcast, Steven Spielberg, The Commuter, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, The Post, Tom Hanks

Steven Spielberg is back in Oscars contention for The Post and Liam Neeson is punching people in The Commuter. Business as usual.

There is no such thing as Oscar bait, so why do people love talking about it?

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VIDEO – Oscar Bait is Not a Real Thing

29/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2018, Colin Firth, Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman, Jean Dujardin, Meryl Streep, Oscars, Oscars 2018, Steven Spielberg, The Artist, The King's Speech, The Post, Tom Hanks, Video

I examine the idea of Oscar bait and the way the concept is used to talk down about films that do well during the Oscars and awards season generally.

Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep in journalism drama The Post

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Review – The Post

24/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Alison Brie, Bob Odenkirk, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Certificate: 12, Drama, January 2018, Jesse Plemons, Matthew Rhys, Meryl Streep, Michael Stuhlbarg, Rating: Pop, Sarah Paulson, Steven Spielberg, The Post, Tom Hanks, Tracy Letts, Zach Woods

The cinematic Trinity of Spielberg-Hanks-Streep comes together for gripping journalism drama The Post.

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.

Kenneth Branagh as detective Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 81 – Where did Kenneth Branagh find that wonderful moustache?

16/11/201707/12/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment A Bad Moms Christmas, All the Money in the World, Colin Farrell, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Spacey, Meryl Streep, Mila Kunis, Murder on the Orient Express, Podcast, Rian Johnson, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, The Post, Tom Hanks, Yorgos Lanthimos

Kenneth Branagh’s facial fuzz takes centre stage on this week’s Popcorn Muncher Podcast

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson at D23 in 2017

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News Round-up – Rian Johnson to helm new Star Wars trilogy, trailer for Spielberg drama The Post and more

12/11/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment All the Money in the World, Christopher Plummer, Dakota Johnson, Dark Universe, Essie Davis, Fifty Shades Freed, Fifty Shades of Grey, George MacKay, Jamie Dornan, Justin Kurzel, Kevin Spacey, Meryl Streep, Michael B Jordan, News, News Round-up, Nicholas Hoult, Rian Johnson, Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Steven Spielberg, The Mummy, The Post, The Stars Beneath Our Feet, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, True History of the Kelly Gang

There are big plans afoot for Rian Johnson in the Star Wars fold and Steven Spielberg’s new film is eyeing awards glory.

Chris Hemsworth sports a new look in Thor: Ragnarok

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News Round-up – Thor gets a haircut, Baby Driver gets a trailer, Deadpool 2 and more

12/03/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver, Cate Blanchett, Chris Hemsworth, Danny DeVito, Deadpool 2, Dumbo, Edgar Wright, Eva Green, Ferrari, Hugh Jackman, Jeff Goldblum, Kevin Spacey, Margot Robbie, Marian, Marvel, Meryl Streep, Michael Mann, News, News Round-up, Ryan Reynolds, Steven Spielberg, Taika Waititi, The Post, Thor: Ragnarok, Tim Burton, Tom Hanks, Zazie Beetz

This week, the internet mostly went crazy over Chris Hemsworth’s new hair style. Also, Jeff Goldblum is Jeff Goldblum.

Oscars 2017 is the most prestigious night of the year in Hollywood

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Oscars 2017 Preview

24/02/201728/02/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Arrival, Awards Season 2017, Barry Jenkins, Casey Affleck, Damien Chazelle, Emma Stone, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, Meryl Streep, Moonlight, Oscars 2017, Podcast, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

We take a look ahead to this weekend’s Oscars 2017 and predict who will win the big prizes on Hollywood’s most glamorous occasion.

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