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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 132 – “Dominic West loves getting to wear a beard”

21/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Colette, Dominic West, Ghostbusters, Jason Reitman, John C Reilly, John Wick, John Wick 3: Parabellum, Jon S Baird, Keira Knightley, Life Itself, Marvel, Podcast, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Stan and Ollie, Steve Coogan, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

On this week’s Popcorn Muncher Podcast, we review comedy biopic Stan and Ollie and the spiky literary period piece Colette.

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Review Round-up – Stan & Ollie, Colette, The Front Runner, The Upside

15/01/201915/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Bryan Cranston, Colette, Dominic West, Hugh Jackman, Jason Reitman, John C Reilly, Jon S Baird, Keira Knightley, Kevin Hart, Neil Burger, Nina Arianda, Review Round-up, Sara Paxton, Shirley Henderson, Stan & Ollie, Steve Coogan, The Front Runner, The Upside, Wash Westmoreland

Reviews of this week’s film releases, including comedy biopic Stan & Ollie and spiky period drama Colette.

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LFF 2018 – Stan and Ollie

24/10/201827/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment BFI London Film Festival, Comedy, Danny Huston, John C Reilly, Jon S Baird, LFF, Nina Arianda, Rufus Jones, Shirley Henderson, Stan & Ollie, Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan and John C Reilly close the London Film Festival as stars of Jon S Baird’s Laurel and Hardy biopic – Stan and Ollie.

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Review – The Dinner

04/12/201706/12/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Certificate: 15, Charlie Plummer, Chloë Sevigny, December 2017, Drama, Laura Linney, Miles J Harvey, Oren Moverman, Rating: Poop, Rebecca Hall, Richard Gere, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Steve Coogan, The Dinner

Steve Coogan and Richard Gere play squabbling brothers in this melodramatic, overlong drama set at a fancy restaurant.

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Blu-ray Review – Mindhorn (2017)

29/08/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, Andrea Riseborough, Blu-ray, Certificate: 15, Comedy, David Schofield, Essie Davis, Harriet Walter, Julian Barratt, Mindhorn, Richard McCabe, Russell Tovey, Sean Foley, September 2017, Simon Farnaby, Steve Coogan

Julian Barratt and Simon Farnaby’s joyously silly ode to the campy crime shows of the 1980s is now out on Blu-ray.

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Review – Dying Laughing

11/06/201713/06/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Amy Schumer, Certificate: 15, Chris Rock, Comedy, Documentary, Dying Laughing, Frankie Boyle, Jamie Foxx, Jason Manford, Jerry Seinfeld, June 2017, Kevin Hart, Lloyd Stanton, Paul Toogood, Rating: Pop, Sarah Silverman, Steve Coogan

An array of A-list comedians, from Kevin Hart to Frankie Boyle, tell the story of their creative process and the agony of dying on stage.

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Review – Mindhorn

25/05/201725/05/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Andrea Riseborough, Certificate: 15, Comedy, David Schofield, Essie Davis, Harriet Walter, Julian Barratt, May 2017, Mindhorn, Rating: Pop, Richard McCabe, Russell Tovey, Sean Foley, Simon Farnaby, Steve Coogan

Julian Barratt channels the TV detectives of the 1980s for a madcap comedy set on the Isle of Man.

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Review – Minions

10/08/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, Allison Janney, Animated, Animation, Certificate: U, Comedy, Despicable Me, Geoffrey Rush, Jennifer Saunders, Jon Hamm, June 2015, Kyle Balda, Michael Keaton, Minions, Pierre Coffin, Rating: Pop, Sandra Bullock, Steve Coogan

Review of 2015 animated comedy spin-off Minions, starring Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm and Jennifer Saunders.

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Review – Night at the Museum: Secret of The Tomb

01/01/2015 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 2014, Ben Stiller, Certificate: PG, Comedy, Dan Stevens, December 2014, Night at the Museum: Secret of The Tomb, Night at the Museum. Shawn Levy, Owen Wilson, Rating: Poop, Rebel Wilson, Ricky Gervais, Robin Williams, Steve Coogan

Review of 2014 trilogy-closing comedy Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, starring Ben Stiller and Dan Stevens.

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2014 Oscars: A final go at predicting the winners

02/03/2014 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 12 Years A Slave, 2014 Oscars, 86th Academy Awards, Alfonso Cuarón, American Hustle, Amy Adams, Barkhad Abdi, Blue Jasmine, Captain Phillips, Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dallas Buyers Club, David O Russell, Eric Warren Singer, Frozen, Gravity, Hans Zimmer, Her, Inside Llewyn Davis, Jared Leto, Jeff Pope, John Ridley, John Williams, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Matthew McConaughey, Philomena, Spike Jonze, Steve Coogan, Steve McQueen, Steven Conrad, Steven Price, The Book Thief, The Coen Brothers, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

  I’ve written a lot about the 2014 Oscars on this blog and elsewhere. Last week, eight guest contributors joined

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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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