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Review – Bizarre drama ‘Welcome to Marwen’ piles on the whimsy

15/01/201915/01/2019 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2019, Certificate: 12, Diane Kruger, Drama, Eiza González, Gwendoline Christie, Janelle Monáe, January 2019, Leslie Mann, Merritt Wever, Neil Jackson, Rating: Pop, Robert Zemeckis, Steve Carell, Welcome to Marwen

Steve Carell plays an assault victim who retreats into a fantasy world in Robert Zemeckis’s strange drama Welcome to Marwen.

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Review – Climbing doc ‘Free Solo’ is scarier than 99% of horror movies

09/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Alex Honnold, Certificate: 12, December 2018, Documentary, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Free Solo, Jimmy Chin, Rating: Pop, Sanni McCandless, Tommy Caldwell

Climber and professional holder of a death wish Alex Honnold is the subject of the terrifying documentary Free Solo.

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Review – ‘Mortal Engines’ is an exercise in snoozepunk

23/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Adventure, Certificate: 12, Christian Rivers, December 2018, Fantasy, Hera Hilmar, Hugo Weaving, Jihae, Leila George, Mortal Engines, Patrick Malahide, Peter Jackson, Rating: Poop, Robert Sheehan, Ronan Raftery, Stephen Lang

Peter Jackson writes and produces YA adaptation Mortal Engines, in which Hugo Weaving gets villainous at the helm of a predator city.

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Review – ‘Aquaman’ goes straight in as a top-end DC film

22/12/201821/12/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Action, Amber Heard, Aquaman, Certificate: 12, DC, December 2018, Dolph Lundgren, Fantasy, James Wan, Jason Momoa, Julie Andrews, Nicole Kidman, Patrick Wilson, Rating: Pop, Superhero, Temuera Morrison, Willem Dafoe, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Aquaman, directed by horror maestro James Wan, is a mad and unhinged superhero blockbuster, but it’s up there with the best of DC.

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Review – ‘Three Identical Strangers’ discusses nature vs. nurture with a shocking true story

21/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Bobby Shafran, Certificate: 12, David Kellman, Documentary, Eddy Galland, November 2018, Rating: Pop, Three Identical Strangers, Tim Wardle

Three Identical Strangers tells the unbelievable true tale of three complete strangers who discovered they were actually identical triplets.

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Review – Even without Ryan Coogler, ‘Creed 2’ packs a serious punch

20/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 12, Creed, Creed 2, Dolph Lundgren, Drama, Florian Munteanu, Michael B Jordan, November 2018, Phylicia Rashad, Rating: Pop, Steven Caple Jr, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris

Michael B Jordan’s powerhouse movie star charisma helps Creed 2 to sequel success, despite the absence of director Ryan Coogler.

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Review – Technically stunning ‘Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle’ lacks identity

18/12/201821/12/2018 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2018, Adventure, Andy Serkis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Certificate: 12, Christian Bale, December 2018, Eddie Marsan, Fantasy, Mowgli, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, Naomie Harris, Peter Mullan, Rating: Poop, Rohan Chand, Tom Hollander

Andy Serkis’s long-gestating take on The Jungle Book has finally arrived, but Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle has a great deal of problems.

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Review – The latest ‘Robin Hood’ is a bizarre update of the classic tale

12/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, Ben Mendelsohn, Certificate: 12, Eve Hewson, F Murray Abraham, Jamie Dornan, Jamie Foxx, November 2018, Otto Bathurst, Paul Anderson, Rating: Poop, Robin Hood, Taron Egerton, Tim Minchin

Taron Egerton dons a hood and wields a bow and arrow as the iconic outlaw Robin Hood in this weird new take on the material.

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Review – ‘Nae Pasaran’ tells a compelling story of intercontinental solidarity

23/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Bob Fulton, Certificate: 12, Documentary, Felipe Bustos Sierra, John Keenan, Nae Pasaran, November 2018, Rating: Pop, Robert Somerville, Stuart Barrie

Nae Pasaran tells the story of Scottish factory workers who fought against a Chilean military coup by withholding plane engines.

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Review – ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ is as frustrating as it is spectacular

20/11/201820/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Adventure, Alison Sudol, Callum Turner, Certificate: 12, Dan Fogler, David Yates, Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Fantasy, Harry Potter, JK Rowling, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Katherine Waterston, November 2018, Rating: Pop, Zoe Kravitz

JK Rowling’s Wizarding World is back in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, which brings in Jude Law and Johnny Depp.

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Review – Messy Queen biopic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ rocks hard enough to keep fans happy

16/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Aidan Gillen, Allen Leech, Ben Hardy, Biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bryan Singer, Certificate: 12, Dexter Fletcher, Drama, Gwilym Lee, Joseph Mazzello, Lucy Boynton, Mike Myers, Music, October 2018, Rami Malek, Rating: Pop, Tom Hollander

Rami Malek is terrific as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, which traces the story of the iconic British rockers Queen.

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