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Octavia Spencer and Sally Hawkins in fantasy romance The Shape of Water

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Review – ‘The Shape of Water’ is a mesmerising romance from the maestro of the monster

26/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Doug Jones, Drama, Fantasy, February 2018, Guillermo del Toro, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer, Rating: Pop, Richard Jenkins, Romance, Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water

Guillermo del Toro’s masterpiece of fantasy romance is an intoxicating journey right into the mind of a unique cinematic visionary.

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Avengers: Infinity War and Solo: A Star Wars Story are two of 2018's biggest blockbusters

News Round-up – Avengers: Infinity War and Solo plot details, new Tomb Raider trailer and more

21/01/201823/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alden Ehrenreich, Alicia Vikander, Avengers: Infinity War, Ben Wheatley, Cloud One, Ezra Miller, Flashpoint, Goran Dukic, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, Jessica Chastain, John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, Neil Maskell, News, News Round-up, Octavia Spencer, Rachel Weisz, Roar Uthaug, Ron Howard, Sam Riley, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Steven Spielberg, Tomb Raider, Walton Goggins, West Side Story

Two of the year’s biggest blockbusters were handed incredibly vague plot summaries this week, and Tomb Raider got a new trailer.

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Mckenna Grace stars as a precocious youngster in Gifted

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Review – Gifted

28/06/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Certificate: 12, Chris Evans, Drama, Gifted, Glenn Plummer, Jenny Slate, June 2017, Lindsay Duncan, Marc Webb, Mckenna Grace, Octavia Spencer, Rating: Pop

Captain America goes domestic as the guardian of a precocious child in family drama Gifted.

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Sam Worthington and Octavia Spencer in religious drama The Shack

Review – The Shack

26/06/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Alice Braga, Aviv Alush, Certificate: 12, Drama, June 2017, Octavia Spencer, Radha Mitchell, Rating: Poop, Sam Worthington, Stuart Hazeldine, Sumire, The Shack, Tim McGraw

Octavia Spencer plays God – literally – in The Shack, which is an awful lecture of a film about the therapeutic power of faith.

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Taraji P Henson stars in Oscar-nominated drama Hidden Figures

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Review – Hidden Figures

24/02/201724/02/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Awards Season 2017, Certificate: PG, Drama, February 2017, Glen Powell, Hidden Figures, Janelle Monáe, Jim Parsons, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Mahershala Ali, Octavia Spencer, Rating: Pop, Taraji P Henson, Theodore Melfi

An inspiring tale of the role played by black women in NASA’s 1960s ‘space race’.

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Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman play voice roles in Zootropolis

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Review – Zootropolis

24/04/201624/04/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Animated, Animation, Byron Howard, Certificate: PG, Disney, Ginnifer Goodwin, Idris Elba, Jason Bateman, Jenny Slate, JK Simmons, March 2016, Nate Torrence, Octavia Spencer, Rating: Pop, Rich Moore, Shakira, Zootopia, Zootropolis

Review of 2016 animation Zootropolis, called Zootopia elsewhere in the world, starring Jason Bateman and Idris Elba.

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Shailene Woodley and Theo James in The Divergent Series: Allegiant

Review – The Divergent Series: Allegiant

05/04/201609/04/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Action, Adventure, Allegiant, Ansel Elgort, Certificate: 12, Divergent, Jeff Daniels, March 2016, Miles Teller, Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Rating: Poop, Robert Schwentke, Sci-Fi, Shailene Woodley, The Divergent Series, The Divergent Series: Allegiant, Theo James, Young Adult, Zoe Kravitz

Review of 2016 young adult threequel Allegiant, from the Divergent Series, starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James.

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Review – Insurgent

11/04/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, Action, Ansel Elgort, Certificate: 12, Divergent, Insurgent, Jai Courtney, Kate Winslet, March 2015, Mekhi Phifer, Miles Teller, Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Rating: Pop, Robert Schwentke, Sci-Fi, Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Young Adult, Zoe Kravitz

Review of 2015 young adult sequel Insurgent, which continues the Divergent franchise and stars Shailene Woodley.

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Top 20: Films to watch for the 2014 Oscars season – Part 2 (15-11)

06/11/2013 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 2014 Oscars, 86th Academy Awards, Alan Rickman, Alexander Payne, Anthony Dod Mantle, Bruce Dern, Chris Hemsworth, Comedy, Daniel Brühl, Drama, Forest Whitaker, Fruitvale Station, Judi Dench, Lee Daniels, Michael B Jordan, Nebraska, Octavia Spencer, Oprah Winfrey, Philomena, Robin Williams, Rush, Steve Coogan, The Butler, Top Twenty

My list of the top 20 films to watch in advance of the 2014 Oscars continues, with a true story of police brutality and a black and white road trip.

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