Christmas and New Year Review Round-up: Holmes & Watson, Bumblebee, The Favourite, Welcome to Marwen

John C Reilly and Will Ferrell star in Holmes & Watson

Christmas and New Year Review Round-up: Holmes & Watson, Bumblebee, The Favourite, Welcome to Marwen

11/01/201915/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, 2019, Bumblebee, December 2018, Emma Stone, Etan Cohen, Hailee Steinfeld, Holmes & Watson, January 2019, John C Reilly, John Cena, Leslie Mann, Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, Review Round-up, Rob Brydon, Robert Zemeckis, Steve Carell, The Favourite, Travis Knight, Welcome to Marwen, Will Ferrell, Yorgos Lanthimos

Reviews of some of the films that hit the UK over Christmas, including Oscar-tipped The Favourite and comedy Holmes & Watson.

Emily Blunt takes on the role of the titular nanny in Disney sequel Mary Poppins Returns

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 131 – “So are we seriously still doing this podcast in 2019?”

07/01/201906/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment BAFTAs, BAFTAs 2019, Bumblebee, Emily Blunt, Emma Stone, Hailee Steinfeld, Jordan Peele, Mary Poppins Returns, Olivia Colman, PGA Awards, Podcast, Rachel Weisz, The Favourite, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Travis Knight, Us, Yorgos Lanthimos

On the first podcast of 2019, we take a look at The Favourite, Bumblebee and Disney musical Mary Poppins Returns.

The Transformers franchise finds its heart with Bumblebee

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Review – The terrific ‘Bumblebee’ realises Transformers movies are for kids

24/12/201823/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, Adventure, Angela Bassett, Bumblebee, Certificate: PG, December 2018, Dylan O'Brien, Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr, Justin Theroux, Pamela Adlon, Peter Cullen, Rating: Pop, Stephen Schneider, Transformers, Travis Knight

Travis Knight brings warmth and childlike wonder to the Transformers franchise in Bumblebee, which puts character over spectacle.

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.

Daniel Kaluuys in racially-themed horror movie Get Out

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News Round-up – Get Out tops profitable list, Ejiofor could be Scar, mother! teaser and more

06/08/201705/08/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Bumblebee, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colin Trevorrow, Daniel Kaluuya, Darren Aronofsky, Deadpool 2, Dwayne Johnson, Get Out, Hailee Steinfeld, Hugh Jackman, Jack Thorne, Jaume Collet-Serra, Jennifer Lawrence, John Cena, Jon Favreau, Jordan Peele, Josh Brolin, Jungle Cruise, mother!, News, News Round-up, Ryan Reynolds, Star Wars, Star Wars Episode IX, Suicide Squad 2, The Lion King, Travis Knight, Zazie Beetz

Jordan Peele’s brilliantly ambitious horror debut is the most profitable film of the year and Disney is lining up an Oscar nominee to play its next villain.

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.

Ryan Reynolds in the new teaser clip for Deadpool 2

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News Round-up – First look at Deadpool 2, Beauty and the Beast too gay for Alabama, Trolls 2 and more

05/03/201712/03/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Anna Kendrick, Beauty and the Beast, Bumblebee, David Leitch, Deadpool 2, Disney, Emma Stone, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Justin Timberlake, Logan, Marvel, News, News Round-up, Nicholas Hoult, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge, Ryan Reynolds, The Favourite, Travis Knight, Trolls, Trolls 2, Yorgos Lanthimos

Ryan Reynolds has given us a first look at his upcoming superhero sequel and one Alabama cinema has cancelled screenings of Beauty and the Beast.

Art Parkinson voices the title character in Kubo and the Two Strings

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Review – Kubo and the Two Strings

18/10/201617/10/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Animation, Art Parkinson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Certificate: PG, Charlize Theron, George Takei, Kubo and the Two Strings, Laika, Matthew McConaughey, Ralph Fiennes, Rating: Pop, Rooney Mara, September 2016, Travis Knight

Review of 2016 Laika animation Kubo and the Two Strings, starring Charlize Theron and Matthew McConaughey in a visually stunning adventure tale.