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Review of 2013: Top 10 lead acting performances of the year

04/01/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2013, Benedict Cumberbatch, Blue Jasmine, Captain Phillips, Cate Blanchett, Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Good Vibrations, Gravity, Lincoln, Mia Wasikowska, Naomi Watts, Review of 2013, Richard Dormer, Sandra Bullock, Saving Mr Banks, Simon Pegg, Stoker, The Fifth Estate, The Impossible, The World's End, Tom Hanks, Top Ten

Review of 2013 continues with this list of the ten best lead acting performances of the year, featuring an iconic president and a stranded astronaut.

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Review of 2013: Top 10 pleasant movie surprises of the year

31/12/2013 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2013, Alexandra Roach, Anna Faris, Antonia Thomas, Asa Butterfield, Brad Pitt, Channing Tatum, Dan Mazer, Dexter Fletcher, Ender's Game, Evil Dead, Fede Alvarez, George MacKay, Harrison Ford, I Give It a Year, James Corden, James Wan, Jamie Foxx, Juan Antonio Bayona, One Chance, Rafe Spall, Review of 2013, Roland Emmerich, Rose Byrne, Sunshine On Leith, The Conjuring, The Impossible, The Kings of Summer, Top Ten, White House Down, World War Z

The Popcorn Muncher’s Review of 2013 continues with the top ten films that have been pleasant surprises over the past year, from singing Scots to warring children.

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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 5: Best Films of 2013 so Far

14/07/2013 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 2013, Django Unchained, Side Effects, Star Trek Into Darkness, The Impossible, Top Five, Wreck-It Ralph

My list of the top five films released in 2013. Will an auteur like Tarantino or Soderbergh hit the top spot, or will it be one of this year’s mega budget summer blockbusters?

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2013 Oscars Predictions

24/02/2013 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 85th Academy Awards, Alan Arkin, Amour, Amy Adams, Ang Lee, Anne Hathaway, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Ben Affleck, Benh Zeitlin, Bradley Cooper, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Day-Lewis, David O Russell, Denzel Washington, Django Unchained, Emmanuelle Riva, Flight, Helen Hunt, Hugh Jackman, Jacki Weaver, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Joaquin Phoenix, John Gatins, Kathryn Bigelow, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Mark Boal, Michael Haneke, Moonrise Kingdom, Naomi Watts, Oscars, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Quentin Tarantino, Quvenzhane Wallis, Robert De Niro, Roman Coppola, Sally Field, Seth MacFarlane, Silver Linings Playbook, Steven Spielberg, The Impossible, The Master, The Sessions, Tom Hooper, Tommy Lee Jones, Wes Anderson, Zero Dark Thirty

My predictions for the 2013 Oscars, including Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress.

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Review: The Impossible

13/01/2013 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2013, 85th Academy Awards, Certificate: 12, Drama, Ewan McGregor, Juan Antonio Bayona, Naomi Watts, Oscars, Rating: 10/10, The Impossible, Tom Holland

Review of 2013 drama The Impossible, directed by Juan Antonio Bayona and starring Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor and Tom Holland.

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