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News Round-up – Wiig to be Wonder Woman villain, Mary Poppins and Grinch trailers and more

11/03/201813/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Armie Hammer, Ben Whishaw, Benedict Cumberbatch, Call Me By Your Name, Elizabeth Banks, Emily Blunt, Gal Gadot, Greyhound, James Gunn, Kristen Wiig, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Luca Guadagnino, Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Returns, Michael Bay, News, News Round-up, Patty Jenkins, Rob Marshall, Robopocalypse, Stephen Graham, The Grinch, Timothée Chalamet, Tom Hanks, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 2

Kristen Wiig is now officially a superhero villain and Benedict Cumberbatch is a green curmudgeon. It has been an odd week.

Tom Hanks is newspaper editor Ben Bradlee in The Post

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 90 – Is The Post just Spielberg on auto-pilot?

30/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Coco, Jaume Collet-Serra, Liam Neeson, Meryl Streep, Oscars 2018, Pixar, Podcast, Steven Spielberg, The Commuter, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, The Post, Tom Hanks

Steven Spielberg is back in Oscars contention for The Post and Liam Neeson is punching people in The Commuter. Business as usual.

There is no such thing as Oscar bait, so why do people love talking about it?

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VIDEO – Oscar Bait is Not a Real Thing

29/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Awards Season 2018, Colin Firth, Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman, Jean Dujardin, Meryl Streep, Oscars, Oscars 2018, Steven Spielberg, The Artist, The King's Speech, The Post, Tom Hanks, Video

I examine the idea of Oscar bait and the way the concept is used to talk down about films that do well during the Oscars and awards season generally.

Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep in journalism drama The Post

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Review – The Post

24/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Alison Brie, Bob Odenkirk, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Certificate: 12, Drama, January 2018, Jesse Plemons, Matthew Rhys, Meryl Streep, Michael Stuhlbarg, Rating: Pop, Sarah Paulson, Steven Spielberg, The Post, Tom Hanks, Tracy Letts, Zach Woods

The cinematic Trinity of Spielberg-Hanks-Streep comes together for gripping journalism drama The Post.

Marvel's top heroes unite to battle Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War

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News Round-up – Avengers: Infinity War trailer, Lady Bird leads awards season charge, Mulan casting and more

03/12/201706/12/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Anna Kendrick, Avengers: Infinity War, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Evans, Chris Morris, Courage, Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Garth Davis, Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Lady Bird, Liu Yifei, Marvel, Mary Magdalene, Matthew Vaughn, Meryl Streep, Mulan, News, News Round-up, Niki Caro, Rooney Mara, Saoirse Ronan, Steven Spielberg, The Aeronauts, The Post, Tom Hanks

Marvel laid its royal flush on the table with an epic first trailer for the unbelievably massive Avengers: Infinity War. There was some other news as well… apparently.

Kenneth Branagh as detective Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 81 – Where did Kenneth Branagh find that wonderful moustache?

16/11/201707/12/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment A Bad Moms Christmas, All the Money in the World, Colin Farrell, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Spacey, Meryl Streep, Mila Kunis, Murder on the Orient Express, Podcast, Rian Johnson, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, The Post, Tom Hanks, Yorgos Lanthimos

Kenneth Branagh’s facial fuzz takes centre stage on this week’s Popcorn Muncher Podcast

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson at D23 in 2017

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News Round-up – Rian Johnson to helm new Star Wars trilogy, trailer for Spielberg drama The Post and more

12/11/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment All the Money in the World, Christopher Plummer, Dakota Johnson, Dark Universe, Essie Davis, Fifty Shades Freed, Fifty Shades of Grey, George MacKay, Jamie Dornan, Justin Kurzel, Kevin Spacey, Meryl Streep, Michael B Jordan, News, News Round-up, Nicholas Hoult, Rian Johnson, Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Steven Spielberg, The Mummy, The Post, The Stars Beneath Our Feet, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, True History of the Kelly Gang

There are big plans afoot for Rian Johnson in the Star Wars fold and Steven Spielberg’s new film is eyeing awards glory.

Chris Hemsworth sports a new look in Thor: Ragnarok

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News Round-up – Thor gets a haircut, Baby Driver gets a trailer, Deadpool 2 and more

12/03/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver, Cate Blanchett, Chris Hemsworth, Danny DeVito, Deadpool 2, Dumbo, Edgar Wright, Eva Green, Ferrari, Hugh Jackman, Jeff Goldblum, Kevin Spacey, Margot Robbie, Marian, Marvel, Meryl Streep, Michael Mann, News, News Round-up, Ryan Reynolds, Steven Spielberg, Taika Waititi, The Post, Thor: Ragnarok, Tim Burton, Tom Hanks, Zazie Beetz

This week, the internet mostly went crazy over Chris Hemsworth’s new hair style. Also, Jeff Goldblum is Jeff Goldblum.

Tom Hanks as heroic pilot Chesley Sullenberger in Sully: Miracle on the Hudson

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 33 – Does Sully do justice to the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’?

15/12/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Auli'i Cravalho, Baywatch, Bleed for This, Christmas, Dwayne Johnson, Miles Teller, Moana, Podcast, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Sully, Sully: Miracle on the Hudson, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Tom Hanks, War for the Planet of the Apes

Hanks in Sully, Teller in Bleed for This and The Rock in Moana.

Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling show off their moves in La La Land

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Golden Globes Nominations – Oscar’s cooler cousin yields its fair share of surprises

12/12/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Awards Season 2017, Damien Chazelle, Deadpool, Emma Stone, Fences, Golden Globes, Golden Globes 2017, Hailee Steinfeld, John Carney, La La Land, Love and Friendship, Martin Scorsese, Moonlight, Nocturnal Animals, Oscars 2017, Ryan Gosling, Ryan Reynolds, Silence, Sing Street, Sully, Tom Bennett, Tom Hanks

No Tom Hanks, Aaron Taylor-Johnson with a dodgy beard and a surprise slice of Deadpool.

Tom Hanks in the title role of heroic pilot Sully

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Review – Sully

11/12/201611/12/2016 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2016, Aaron Eckhart, Ann Cusack, Anna Gunn, Certificate: 12, Clint Eastwood, December 2016, Drama, Holt McCallany, Laura Linney, Mike O'Malley, Rating: Poop, Sully, Tom Hanks

One of the most remarkable human feats of recent years heads to the big screen, with Tom Hanks.

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