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Viola Davis and Cynthia Erivo star in heist thriller Widows

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 126 – “Toy Story 4 is a bit like Brexit”

19/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Pine, Detective Pikachu, Florence Pugh, Julius Avery, Outlaw King, Overlord, Podcast, Stan Lee, Steve McQueen, The Grinch, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Toy Story 4, Viola Davis, Widows

On this week’s Popcorn Muncher Podcast, there are reviews of thriller Widows, Netflix epic Outlaw King and Illumination’s The Grinch.

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Ben Wheatley returns to LFF this year with Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast – LFF 2018 #1 with Alistair Ryder

14/10/201813/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Ben Wheatley, BFI London Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival 2018, Boots Riley, Colette, Happy New Year Colin Burstead, Keira Knightley, LFF, Podcast, Sorry to Bother You, Steve McQueen, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Widows

It’s the first days of the London Film Festival 2018 and there’s already plenty to review with critic Alistair Ryder, including opening movie Widows.

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Michelle Rodriguez, Viola Davis and Elizabeth Debicki in Steve McQueen's Widows

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LFF 2018 – Widows

10/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment BFI London Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival 2018, Bryan Tyree Henry, Colin Farrell, Daniel Kaluuya, Elizabeth Debicki, Gillian Flynn, LFF, Liam Neeson, Michelle Rodriguez, Robert Duvall, Steve McQueen, Viola Davis, Widows

The London Film Festival has officially opened with the Steve McQueen thriller Widows, which is a stylish and engrossing crime tale.

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This week has yielded a tonne of new movie trailers

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News Round-up – Lego Movie 2 trailer, Halloween teaser, Suspiria remake and more

10/06/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment A Star Is Born, Bradley Cooper, Bumblebee, Chris Pratt, Claire Foy, Dakota Johnson, Damien Chazelle, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, Donald Glover, Elizabeth Banks, Fede Alvarez, First Man, Hailee Steinfeld, Halloween, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lady GaGa, Luca Guadagnino, Matthew Vaughn, News, News Round-ip, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Ryan Gosling, Steve McQueen, Suspiria, The Girl in the Spider's Web, The Lego Movie 2, Travis Knight, Viola Davis, Widows, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

This week has yielded a tonne of new trailers for upcoming films, including The Lego Movie 2 and the Halloween reboot.

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Top 5 – Best films of 2014 so far

29/06/2014 Tom Beasley 3 Comments 12 Years A Slave, 2014, Brendan Gleeson, Calvary, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Gareth Evans, Her, Iko Uwais, Jack O'Connell, Joaquin Phoenix, John Michael McDonagh, Jonathan Asser, Lupita Nyong'o, Michael Fassbender, Spike Jonze, Starred Up, Steve McQueen, The Raid, The Raid 2, Top Five

2014 has already been an exciting year in cinema, with some excellent releases hitting theatres. Here are the five best films of the first six months of the year.

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12 moments worth seeing from the 2014 Oscars

03/03/2014 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 12 Years A Slave, 2014 Oscars, 86th Academy Awards, Bill Murray, Brad Pitt, Ellen DeGeneres, Frozen, Harold Ramis, Idina Menzel, Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, John Travolta, Lupita Nyong'o, Matthew McConaughey, Meryl Streep, Pharrell Williams, Pink, Steve McQueen, The Wizard of Oz

The 2014 Oscars went on a bit last night. But I watched all of it so you don’t have to. Here are the 12 best moments.

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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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Review – 12 Years A Slave

18/01/2014 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 12 Years A Slave, 2014, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt, Certificate: 15, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Drama, Historical, January 2014, John Ridley, Lupita Nyong'o, Michael Fassbender, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Steve McQueen

Review of 2014 historical drama 12 Years A Slave, which stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender and is directed by Steve McQueen.

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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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Top 10: Films not to miss in January 2014

01/01/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 12 Years A Slave, 2014, Aaron Eckhart, Action, Alex Gibney, American Hustle, August: Osage County, Benedict Cumberbatch, Carey Mulligan, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christian Bale, Coen Brothers, Comedy, David O Russell, Documentary, Drama, Fantasy, Films Not To Miss, Grudge Match, I Frankenstein, Inside Llewyn Davis, January 2014, Jennifer Lawrence, Jonah Hill, Julia Roberts, Kevin Kline, Last Vegas, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Idris Elba, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Michael Douglas, Michael Fassbender, Morgan Freeman, Oscar Isaac, Robert DeNiro, Steve McQueen, Sylvester Stallone, The Armstrong Lie, The Wolf of Wall Street, Top Ten

As we leave 2013 behind, we look forward to the first cinematic wonders that 2014 has in store. January and

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