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Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - Fallout

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News Round-up – New Mission: Impossible trailer, first look at Bohemian Rhapsody, Zombieland 2 and more

20/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Adam Driver, Antonio Banderas, BlackKklansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bryan Singer, Cannes Film Festival 2018, Christopher McQuarrie, Dexter Fletcher, Emma Stone, Gary Oldman, Henry Cavill, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Jesse Eisenberg, John David Washington, Lars von Trier, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Dillon, Melissa McCarthy, Meryl Streep, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, News, News Round-up, Rami Malek, Rebecca Ferguson, Shoplifters, Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, The Happytime Murders, The House That Jack Built, The Laundromat, Tom Cruise, Woody Harrelson, Zombieland 2

This week, there are trailers for Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody and puppet comedy Happytime Murders.

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Oprah Winfrey plays a mystical helper in Disney blockbuster A Wrinkle in Time

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 99 – Were critics right to dismiss A Wrinkle in Time as an expensive failure?

02/04/201807/04/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment A Wrinkle in Time, Ava DuVernay, Captain Marvel, Claire Foy, John Boyega, Oprah Winfrey, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Podcast, Robert Downey Jr, Steven Soderbergh, Storm Reid, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Unsane, Voyage of Doctor Dolittle, X-Men

It’s a blockbuster double bill on this week’s podcast, with reviews of Disney sci-fi A Wrinkle in Time and robot fight movie Pacific Rim: Uprising.

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Claire Foy stars in Steven Soderbergh horror movie Unsane

Review – Steven Soderbergh’s iPhone horror ‘Unsane’ is a brilliantly paranoid nightmare

02/04/201804/04/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Amy Irving, Certificate: 15, Claire Foy, Horror, Jay Pharoah, Joshua Leonard, Juno Temple, March 2018, Rating: Pop, Steven Soderbergh, Unsane

Steven Soderbergh shoots an asylum-set horror movie on an iPhone with Unsane, which sees Claire Foy a long way from The Crown.

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Evangeline Lilly in Marvel superhero movie Ant-Man and the Wasp

News Round-up – Ant-Man and the Wasp trailer, MacLaren to direct Cowboy Ninja Viking and more

04/02/201807/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Ant-Man and the Wasp, Awards Season 2018, Chris Pratt, Claire Foy, Cowboy Ninja Viking, Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Evangeline Lilly, F Gary Gray, Hereditary, Jaume Collet-Serra, Jungle Cruise, Kingkiller Chronicle, Lin-Manuel Miranda, London Critics Circle Awards, Marvel, Men In Black, Michael Douglas, Michelle MacLaren, News, News Round-up, Paul Rudd, Peyton Reed, Sam Raimi, Steven Soderbergh, The First Purge, The Purge, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Unsane

Marvel’s first movie with a woman in the title has a proper trailer and there’s more good news, thanks to a big female director announcement.

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Channing Tatum, Riley Keough and Adam Driver are thieving siblings in Logan Lucky

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 71 – Is Logan Lucky a big return worthy of Steven Soderbergh?

07/09/201706/09/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Adam Driver, Adam Wingard, Channing Tatum, Death Note, Detroit, Ed Skrein, Hellboy, Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen, Kathryn Bigelow, Logan Lucky, Matthew McConaughey, Podcast, Riley Keough, Rough Night, Scarlett Johansson, Steven Soderbergh, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Tobe Hooper, Will Poulter

Steven Soderbergh is back with Logan Lucky, Kathryn Bigelow takes on history with Detroit and Adam Wingard takes on fantasy tale Death Note.

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Daniel Craig has a blast as an explosives expert in Logan Lucky

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Review – Logan Lucky

05/09/2017 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2017, Adam Driver, August 2017, Brian Gleeson, Certificate: 12, Channing Tatum, Comedy, Crime, Daniel Craig, Heist, Hilary Swank, Jack Quaid, Katherine Waterston, Katie Holmes, Logan Lucky, Rating: Pop, Riley Keough, Sebastian Stan, Seth MacFarlane, Steven Soderbergh

Steven Soderbergh is back and he’s delivered another wild ensemble heist movie, featuring many of Hollywood’s best and brightest.

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Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express

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News Round-up – Stars line up for Murder on the Orient Express trailer, Paddington 2 preview and more

04/06/201710/06/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Adam Driver, Adam Wingard, Amy Schumer, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson, Bumblebee, Channing Tatum, Daisy Ridley, Daniel Craig, Godzilla vs. Kong, Hailee Steinfeld, Harry Potter, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Grant, I Feel Pretty, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Kenneth Branagh, Logan Lucky, Michelle Williams, Murder on the Orient Express, News, News Round-up, Paddington, Paddington 2, Peter Capaldi, Steven Soderbergh, Transformers, Travis Knight, Voldemort

Trailers for two big ensemble blockbusters landed this week, as well as a seriously cute animated bear from Peru.

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John Cho as Sulu in the new Star Trek trilogy

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News Round-up – Mr Sulu comes out, Radcliffe in Imperium trailer, Pixar plans and more

10/07/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alicia Vikander, Chappaquiddick, Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Ragussis, Ed Helms, Emma Watson, George Takei, Imperium, Inside Out, John Cho, Kate Mara, News, News Round-up, Pixar, Ratatouille, Roar Uthaug, Star Trek, Star Trek Beyond, Steven Soderbergh, The Colony, Tomb Raider, Toni Collette, Wall-E

Pixar is leaving sequels behind, Harry Potter is doing Nazi salutes and Emma Watson can’t make money. Here’s your movie news round-up.

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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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Review: Behind the Candelabra

01/07/2013 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2013, Behind the Candelabra, Biopic, Certificate: 15, Dan Aykroyd, Drama, Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Rating: 8/10, Rob Lowe, Steven Soderbergh

Review of 2013 drama film Behind the Candelabra, directed by Steven Soderbergh. It is a biopic of iconic entertainer Liberace, played by Michael Douglas.

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Review: Side Effects

02/04/2013 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2013, Ann Dowd, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Certificate: 15, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Rating: 9/10, Rooney Mara, Side Effects, Steven Soderbergh, Thriller

Review of 2013 thriller Side Effects, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Rooney Mara and Jude Law.

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