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The bear is back for Paddington 2, which is coming to Blu-ray in the UK

VIDEO – Does the sweetness of Paddington 2 hold up on Blu-ray?

10/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Ben Whishaw, Blu-ray, Brendan Gleeson, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Grant, Paddington, Paddington 2, Paul King, Sally Hawkins, Video

Paddington 2 is out on Blu-ray this week and it was my favourite movie of last year. Did it work a second time around?

Joanna Lumley was the first-time host of the BAFTAs 2018

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BAFTAs 2018 – A lifeless evening of predictable winners, with Britain left to one side

19/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2018, BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2018, Christopher Nolan, Daniel Kaluuya, Dunkirk, Frances McDormand, Guillermo del Toro, Hugh Grant, Joanna Lumley, Paddington 2, Ridley Scott, Sam Rockwell, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

The BAFTAs 2018 was a curiously flat-footed affair, despite the bumper crop of great films and the politically-charged atmosphere.

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.

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BAFTAs 2018 – Final predictions for the UK’s biggest film awards ceremony

18/02/201819/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2018, BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2018, Christopher Nolan, Daniel Kaluuya, Dunkirk, Frances McDormand, Francis Lee, Gary Oldman, Get Out, God's Own Country, Hugh Grant, Joanna Lumley, Lady Macbeth, Lesley Manville, Martin McDonagh, Paddington 2, Phantom Thread, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

The BAFTAs 2018 take place tonight, but which films and performers will be walking away from the Royal Albert Hall with prizes?

2017 has been a year of bold and interesting movies at the cinema

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast – The best and worst movies of 2017

18/01/201818/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Best Films of 2017, Get Out, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, La La Land, Logan, mother!, Paddington 2, Podcast, Review of 2017, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Transformers: The Last Knight, Worst Films of 2017

We take a look at the best and worst movies of 2017, from the universally loved Get Out to the divisive madness of mother!

Daniel Kaluuys in racially-themed horror movie Get Out

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Review of 2017 – Best films of the year

02/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Atomic Blonde, Baby Driver, Best Films of 2017, Blade Runner 2049, Call Me By Your Name, Dunkirk, Get Out, God's Own Country, It, Kong: Skull Island, La La Land, Logan, Logan Lucky, Manchester by the Sea, mother!, Okja, Paddington 2, Patti Cake$, Prevenge, Review of 2017, The Florida Project, The Greatest Showman, The Handmaiden, Wonder Woman

It has been a varied year at the cinema, but what was the best film released in UK cinemas?

Ben Whishaw as the eponymous bear in family sequel Paddington 2

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Review – Paddington 2

28/11/201717/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson, Certificate: PG, Comedy, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Grant, Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Madeleine Harris, November 2017, Paddington, Paddington 2, Paul King, Peter Capaldi, Rating: Pop, Sally Hawkins, Samuel Joslin, Simon Farnaby, Tom Conti

Ben Whishaw returns as cinema’s most adorable ursine in comedy sequel Paddington 2, which is a delightfully sweet family adventure.

Ben Whishaw returns as the adorable marmalade-loving bear in Paddington 2

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 82 – Is Paddington 2 the nicest movie ever made?

23/11/201707/12/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Ben Whishaw, Deadpool 2, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Incredibles 2, Johnny Depp, Only the Brave, Paddington 2, Pixar, Podcast, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, Sean Baker, The Florida Project, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

Johnny Depp might be taking over the Fantastic Beasts franchise, but at least Britain’s favourite CGI bear is there to lighten the mood with Paddington 2.

Carla Gugino plays a woman in desperate circumstances in Gerald's Game

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 76 – Has Netflix perfected Stephen King with Gerald’s Game?

12/10/201713/10/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Bride of Frankenstein, Bruce Greenwood, Carla Gugino, Dark Universe, Domhnall Gleeson, Ellen Page, Flatliners, Gerald's Game, Goodbye Christopher Robin, Mike Flanagan, Netflix, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Paddington 2, Podcast, Stephen King, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

After the box office success of It, Netflix provides a Stephen King adaptation with edge in single-location horror Gerald’s Game.

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News Round-up – Bride of Frankenstein delayed, Leto cast as Hefner, Paddington 2 trailer and more

08/10/201707/10/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Angelina Jolie, Avatar, Ben Whishaw, Bill Condon, Bradley Cooper, Brett Ratner, Bride of Frankenstein, Channing Tatum, Dark Universe, Gambit, Gore Verbinski, Hugh Grant, James Cameron, Jared Leto, Javier Bardem, John Boyega, Kate Winslet, News, News Round-up, Pacific Rim, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Paddington 2, Pandemonium, Paul King, Scott Eastwood, Vince McMahon

The ambitious Dark Universe hit a major stumbling block this week, but we also got a look at something fluffier in the trailer for Paddington 2.

Baywatch and Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge are bloated flops

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 58 – Baywatch meets Pirates in battle of the sinking shipwrecks

07/06/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Adam Wingard, Baywatch, Dwayne Johnson, Godzilla vs. Kong, Johnny Depp, Murder on the Orient Express, Paddington 2, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge, Podcast, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Zac Efron

In a battle of the worst of the worst, it’s The Rock doing dick jokes and Johnny Depp acting drunk. What an unfortunate week.

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