October 2017 | | The Popcorn Muncher

Luke Evans and Rebecca Hall in historical drama Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

Review – Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

22/11/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Angela Robinson, Bella Heathcote, Certificate: 15, Connie Britton, Drama, JJ Feild, Luke Evans, October 2017, Oliver Platt, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, Rating: Pop, Rebecca Hall

The true-ish story of how Wonder Woman was born, with bondage, sadomasochism and the inventor of the lie detector.

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The games return in horror sequel Jigsaw

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Review – Jigsaw

12/11/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Callum Keith Rennie, Certificate: 18, Hannah Emily Anderson, Horror, Jigsaw, Laura Vandervoort, Mandela Van Peebles, Matt Passmore, October 2017, Paul Braunstein, Rating: Poop, Saw, The Spierig Brothers, Tobin Bell

The games begin again and Tobin Bell, somehow, makes yet another return in belated horror sequel Jigsaw.

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Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield in British drama Breathe

Review – Breathe

09/11/201714/11/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Andrew Garfield, Andy Serkis, Breathe, Certificate: 12, Claire Foy, Dean-Charles Chapman, Drama, Historical, Hugh Bonneville, October 2017, Rating: Pop, Romance, Stephen Mangan, Tom Hollander

Andrew Garfield plays a real-life polio sufferer in Andy Serkis’s directorial debut Breathe.

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Timothée Chalamet in romantic drama Call Me By Your Name

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Review – Call Me By Your Name

05/11/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Amira Casar, Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name, Certificate: 15, Drama, Esther Garrel, Luca Guadagnino, Michael Stuhlbarg, October 2017, Rating: Pop, Romance, Timothée Chalamet

To cap off a cracking year for LGBT cinema, Luca Guadagnino has constructed a masterful summer romance in Call Me By Your Name.

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Chris Hemsworth returns as heir to the Asgardian throne in Thor: Ragnarok

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Review – Thor: Ragnarok

04/11/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Certificate: 12, Chris Hemsworth, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Karl Urban, Mark Ruffalo, Marvel, October 2017, Rating: Pop, Superhero, Taika Waititi, Tessa Thompson, Thor, Thor: Ragnarok, Tom Hiddleston

Kiwi director Taika Waititi brings a unique spin to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with bizarre superhero adventure Thor: Ragnarok.

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Gerard Butler in sci-fi disaster movie Geostorm

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Review – Geostorm

03/11/201702/11/2017 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2017, Abbie Cornish, Action, Andy Garcia, Certificate: 12, Dean Devlin, Disaster, Ed Harris, Geostorm, Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, October 2017, Rating: Poop, Robert Sheehan, Sci-Fi, Zazie Beetz

Gerard Butler is a world-class scientist in disastrous disaster movie Geostorm.

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Simon Russell Beale and Jeffrey Tambor in political comedy The Death of Stalin

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Review – The Death of Stalin

31/10/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Andrea Riseborough, Armando Iannucci, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Historical, Jason Isaacs, Jeffrey Tambor, Michael Palin, October 2017, Olga Kurylenko, Paul Whitehouse, Rating: Pop, Rupert Friend, Simon Russell Beale, Steve Buscemi, The Death of Stalin

Armando Iannucci swaps Westminster for the Kremlin in dark-edged Soviet satire The Death of Stalin.

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My Little Pony: The Movie will delight the show's young fanbase

Review – My Little Pony: The Movie

30/10/201702/11/2017 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 2017, Adventure, Andrea Libman, Animation, Ashleigh Ball, Cathy Weseluck, Certificate: U, Emily Blunt, Jayson Thiessen, Kristin Chenoweth, Liev Schreiber, Michael Pena, My Little Pony, My Little Pony: The Movie, October 2017, Rating: Pop, Tabitha St. Germain, Tara Strong, Zoe Saldana

There’s friendship, colour, songs and other hyperactive nonsense in animated adventure My Little Pony: The Movie.

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Jessica Rothe in slasher movie Happy Death Day

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Review – Happy Death Day

29/10/201707/12/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Certificate: 15, Charles Aitken, Christopher Landon, Happy Death Day, Horror, Israel Broussard, Jessica Rothe, October 2017, Rachel Matthews, Rating: Pop, Rob Mello, Ruby Modine

Blumhouse marries the slasher formula with a Groundhog Day time loop in enjoyable horror romp Happy Death Day.

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Timothy Spall in satirical comedy The Party

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Review – The Party

29/10/201702/11/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Bruno Ganz, Certificate: 15, Cherry Jones, Cillian Murphy, Comedy, Drama, Emily Mortimer, Kristin Scott Thomas, October 2017, Patricia Clarkson, Rating: Pop, Sally Potter, The Party, Timothy Spall

Sally Potter constructs a lightly satirical comedy that traps talented actors in a house together before allowing them to flex their muscles.

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Douglas Booth in hand-painted animation Loving Vincent

Review – Loving Vincent

28/10/201729/10/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Aidan Turner, Animation, Certificate: 12, Chris O'Dowd, Dorota Kobiela, Douglas Booth, Drama, Eleanor Tomlinson, Helen McCrory, Hugh Welchman, Jerome Flynn, Loving Vincent, October 2017, Rating: Pop, Robert Gulaczyk, Saoirse Ronan

It’s the first ever entirely oil-painted animated film and Loving Vincent is certainly a visual experiment like nothing you will have seen before.

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