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John C Reilly and Will Ferrell star in Holmes & Watson

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Christmas and New Year Review Round-up: Holmes & Watson, Bumblebee, The Favourite, Welcome to Marwen

11/01/201915/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, 2019, Bumblebee, December 2018, Emma Stone, Etan Cohen, Hailee Steinfeld, Holmes & Watson, January 2019, John C Reilly, John Cena, Leslie Mann, Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, Review Round-up, Rob Brydon, Robert Zemeckis, Steve Carell, The Favourite, Travis Knight, Welcome to Marwen, Will Ferrell, Yorgos Lanthimos

Reviews of some of the films that hit the UK over Christmas, including Oscar-tipped The Favourite and comedy Holmes & Watson.

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Emily Blunt takes on the role of the titular nanny in Disney sequel Mary Poppins Returns

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 131 – “So are we seriously still doing this podcast in 2019?”

07/01/201906/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2019, Bumblebee, Emily Blunt, Emma Stone, Hailee Steinfeld, Jordan Peele, Mary Poppins Returns, Olivia Colman, PGA Awards, Podcast, Rachel Weisz, The Favourite, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Travis Knight, Us, Yorgos Lanthimos

On the first podcast of 2019, we take a look at The Favourite, Bumblebee and Disney musical Mary Poppins Returns.

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Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams star in drama Disobedience

Review – ‘Disobedience’ is a gripping tale of forbidden romance

18/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Alessandro Nivola, Anton Lesser, Certificate: 15, Disobedience, Drama, November 2018, Rachel McAdams, Rachel Weisz, Rating: Pop, Romance, Sebastián Lelio

Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams are compelling in Disobedience as forbidden lovers in their Orthodox Jewish community.

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LFF 2018 – The Favourite, The Fight

19/10/201816/03/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alice Lowe, BFI London Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival 2018, Christopher Fairbank, Emma Stone, Jessica Hynes, LFF, Nicholas Hoult, Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Russell Brand, Sally Phillips, Sennia Nanua, Shaun Parkes, The Favourite, The Fight, Yorgos Lanthimos

The London Film Festival delivers Yorgos Lanthimos’s Oscar-tipped The Favourite and Jessica Hynes’s directorial debut The Fight.

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Colin Firth as sailor Donald Crowhurst in The Mercy

Review – A harrowing true story becomes cosy and British in ‘The Mercy’

17/02/201818/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 12, Colin Firth, David Thewlis, Drama, Eleanor Stagg, February 2018, James Marsh, Ken Stott, Kit Connor, Mark Gatiss, Rachel Weisz, Rating: Pop, Simon McBurney, The Mercy

Colin Firth goes to sea in The Mercy, which is a drama film based on the true story of sailor Donald Crowhurst.

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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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Rachel Weisz stars in period mystery My Cousin Rachel

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Review – My Cousin Rachel

26/06/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Andrew Knott, Certificate: 12, Drama, Holliday Grainger, Iain Glen, June 2017, My Cousin Rachel, Mystery, Poppy Lee Friar, Rachel Weisz, Rating: Pop, Roger Michell, Sam Claflin

Rachel Weisz offers Sam Claflin some questionable cups of tea in mysterious Daphne du Maurier adaptation My Cousin Rachel.

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