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Jared Leto and Margot Robbie as Joker and Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad

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News Round-up – Joker throws DC into chaos, Wahlberg is highest paid actor, Queen casting and more

27/08/201727/08/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Ben Hardy, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bryan Singer, DC, Dwayne Johnson, Emma Stone, Gwilym Lee, James Wan, Jared Leto, Joker, Joseph Mazzello, Margot Robbie, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Scorsese, Netflix, News, News Round-up, Paul Greengrass, Rami Malek, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Conjuring, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper, Todd Phillips, Will Ferrell

Apparently everybody wants to make a movie about the Joker this week, including Scorsese and the dude who made The Hangover.

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Matt Damon returns to his action franchise in Jason Bourne

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Review – Jason Bourne

03/09/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Action, Alicia Vikander, Ato Essandoh, Bourne, Certificate: 12, Jason Bourne, Julia Stiles, July 2016, Matt Damon, Paul Greengrass, Rating: Pop, Riz Ahmed, Spy, Thriller, Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent Cassel

Review of 2016 action thriller Jason Bourne, starring Matt Damon and Alicia Vikander, with Paul Greengrass returning to direct.

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2014 Oscars: The Big Best Picture Row

23/02/201423/02/2017 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 12 Years A Slave, 2014 Oscars, 86th Academy Awards, Alexander Payne, Alfonso Cuarón, American Hustle, Amy Adams, Barkhad Abdi, Best Picture, Bruce Dern, Captain Phillips, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christian Bale, Dallas Buyers Club, David O Russell, George Clooney, Gravity, Her, Jared Leto, Jean-Marc Vallee, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Lawrence, Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Judi Dench, June Squibb, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Scorsese, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Fassbender, Nebraska, Paul Greengrass, Philomena, Rooney Mara, Sandra Bullock, Spike Jonze, Stacy Keach, Steve Coogan, Steve McQueen, The Big Best Picture Row, The Wolf of Wall Street, Tom Hanks, Wil Forte

A team of guest posters argue that each of the nominated films should win the coveted Best Picture award at the 2014 Oscars.

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2014 Oscars: Predicting the Academy Award nominations

15/01/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 12 Years A Slave, 2014 Oscars, 86th Academy Awards, Alexander Payne, Alfonso Cuarón, All Is Lost, American Hustle, Amy Adams, August: Osage County, Barkhad Abdi, Before Midnight, Billy Ray, Blue Jasmine, Bob Nelson, Bradley Cooper, Bruce Dern, Captain Phillips, Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christian Bale, Coen Brothers, Craig Borten, Dallas Buyers Club, Daniel Brühl, David O Russell, Emma Thompson, Enough Said, Eric Singer, Ethan Coen, Ethan Hawke, Gravity, Her, Idris Elba, Inside Llewyn Davis, James Gandolfini, Jared Leto, Jeff Pope, Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Coen, John Ridley, Jonah Hill, Jonas Cuarón, Judi Dench, Julia Roberts, Julie Delpy, June Squibb, Kate Winslet, Labor Day, Lee Daniels, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lupita Nyong'o, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Martin Scorsese, Matthew McConaughey, Melisa Wallack, Meryl Streep, Michael Fassbender, Nebraska, Oprah Winfrey, Paul Greengrass, Philomena, Richard Linklater, Robert Redford, Rush, Sally Hawkins, Sandra Bullock, Saving Mr Banks, Spike Jonze, Steve Coogan, Steve McQueen, Terence Winter, The Butler, The Wolf of Wall Street, Tom Hanks, Tracy Letts, Woody Allen

The Popcorn Muncher starts coverage of the 2014 Oscars by predicting the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards ceremony.

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Review of 2013: 20 best films of the year

28/12/2013 Tom Beasley 7 Comments 2013, A Field in England, Alan Partridge, Alfonso Cuarón, Alpha Papa, Barkhad Abdi, Ben Wheatley, Benedict Cumberbatch, Blue Jasmine, Captain Phillips, Cate Blanchett, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Brühl, Disney, Django Unchained, Eddie Marsan, Edgar Wright, Elysium, Frozen, Good Vibrations, Gravity, Idina Menzel, James Wan, Josh Gad, Joshua Oppenheimer, Juan Antonio Bayona, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Freeman, Matt Damon, Matthew Goode, Mia Wasikowska, Moises Arias, Naomi Watts, Neill Blomkamp, Paddy Considine, Park Chan-wook, Paul Greengrass, Quentin Tarantino, Review of 2013, Richard Dormer, Ron Howard, Rooney Mara, Rush, Sandra Bullock, Sharlto Copley, Side Effects, Simon Pegg, Steve Coogan, Steven Soderbergh, Stoker, The Act of Killing, The Conjuring, The Fifth Estate, The Impossible, The Kings of Summer, The World's End, Tom Hanks, Top 20, Woody Allen, Wreck-It Ralph

The Popcorn Muncher’s Review of 2013 continues with the 20 best films of 2013, including a beautiful outer space masterpiece and Nick Frost wielding a bar stool.

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Top 20: Films to watch for the 2014 Oscars season – Part 4 (5-1)

08/12/2013 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 12 Years A Slave, 2014 Oscars, 86th Academy Awards, Alfonso Cuarón, American Hustle, Amy Adams, August: Osage County, Barkhad Abdi, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt, Bradley Cooper, Captain Phillips, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christian Bale, Comedy, David O Russell, Drama, Gravity, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Michael Fassbender, Paul Greengrass, Sandra Bullock, Sci-Fi, Steve McQueen, Thriller, Tom Hanks, Top Twenty, Tracy Letts

As the year draws to an end, the 2014 Oscars are almost upon us. Over recent weeks, I have been

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Review: Captain Phillips

20/10/2013 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2013, 86th Academy Awards, Action, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Captain Phillips, Certificate: 12, Drama, Faysal Ahmed, Mahat M Ali, Oscars, Paul Greengrass, Rating: Pop, Thriller, Tom Hanks

Review of 2013 Oscar-tipped piracy thriller Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks and directed by Paul Greengrass.

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