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Alden Ehrenreich plays the title character in Solo: A Star Wars Story

The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 107 – Has Han Solo managed to sink Star Wars?

04/06/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alden Ehrenreich, Boba Fett, Christopher Robin, Ian McKellen, James Mangold, Jamie Foxx, McKellen: Playing the Part, Podcast, Show Dogs, Solo, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Spawn, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Todd McFarlane, Will Arnett

Alden Ehrenreich’s take on space outlaw Han Solo has already become divisive. Surprisingly, the same is true of kid-friendly CGI fest Show Dogs.

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News Round-up – Gyllenhaal to play Spider-Man villain, Boyle confirmed for Bond 25, Mowgli trailer and more

27/05/201828/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Andy Serkis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Boba Fett, Bond 25, Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Craig, Danny Boyle, F Gary Gray, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Idris Elba, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Bond, James Mangold, Liam Neeson, Marvel, Men In Black, Michael Bay, Mowgli, Netflix, News, News Round-up, Rohan Chand, Ryan Reynolds, Simon Kinberg, Six Underground, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Star Wars, Stephen Daldry, Tessa Thompson, Tom Holland

Jake Gyllenhaal is set to play Mysterio, Danny Boyle is definitely directing Daniel Craig in Bond 25 and James Mangold is circling the Boba Fett movie.

Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo in spin-off Solo: A Star Wars Story

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News Round-up – Solo and Venom trailers, Phoenix set for Joker role, Action Man and more

12/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Action Man, Alden Ehrenreich, Christian Bale, David Benioff, David Leitch, DB Weiss, Donald Glover, Dwayne Johnson, Emilia Clarke, Fast & Furious, James Bobin, James Mangold, Jason Statham, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Matt Damon, Michelle Williams, News, News Round-up, Riz Ahmed, Ron Howard, Ruben Fleischer, Simon Farnaby, Solo, Todd Phillips, Tom Hardy, Venom

This week yielded trailers for two big blockbusters as we got our first glimpses of Star Wars spin-off Solo and Sony’s Venom.

Ben Mendelsohn at the premiere of Killing Them Softly in 2012

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News Round-up – Mendelsohn could be Marvel villain, DC casts its Shazam, Phantom Thread trailer and more

29/10/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Anna Boden, Ben Mendelsohn, Brie Larson, Captain Marvel, Dafne Keen, Daniel Day-Lewis, David F Sandberg, DC, Deathstroke, Dora the Explorer, Dwayne Johnson, Gareth Evans, Greta Gerwig, James Mangold, Joe Manganiello, Lady Bird, Laurie Metcalf, Logan, Lucas Hedges, Marvel, Michael Bay, News, News Round-up, Nicholas Stoller, Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread, Ryan Fleck, Saoirse Ronan, Shazam, Zachary Levi

There’s some big superhero casting news from Marvel and DC and we have our first look at Daniel Day-Lewis’s acting swansong.

Hugh Jackman appears as Wolverine for the final time in action blockbuster Logan

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Review – Logan

19/03/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, Boyd Holbrook, Certificate: 15, Dafne Keen, Eriq La Salle, Hugh Jackman, James Mangold, Logan, March 2017, Patrick Stewart, Richard E Grant, Stephen Merchant, Superhero, X-Men

Hugh Jackman bids farewell to Wolverine, with arguably the most thematically complex superhero movie ever made.

Hugh Jackman is Wolverine once again in the trailer for Logan

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 46 – Does Logan show Wolverine at his blood-soaked best?

16/03/201716/03/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Certain Women, Charlie Day, Deadpool 2, Fist Fight, Hugh Jackman, Ice Cube, James Mangold, Kelly Reichardt, Logan, Margot Robbie, Marian, Pixar, Podcast, Ryan Reynolds, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, X-Men

Hugh Jackman is back and, in other news, Ice Cube and Charlie Day had a punch-up. It was hideous.

Hugh Jackman and Dafne Keen appear in edgy X-Men movie Logan

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast – Logan Spoiler Discussion

14/03/201711/06/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Dafne Keen, Hugh Jackman, James Mangold, Logan, Patrick Stewart, Podcast, Spoiler Discussion, Superhero, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, X-Men

Hugh Jackman hacks and slashes his way through his final film as Wolverine, which is a compelling and violent take on the most exciting of the X-Men.

Elizabeth Banks as alien villain Rita Repulsa in Power Rangers

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News Round-up – Power Rangers and Logan get new trailers, Patrick Stewart as a poop, Goosebumps 2 and more

22/01/201724/01/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Anne Hathaway, Black Adam, Dafne Keen, DC, Dean Israelite, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dwayne Johnson, Elizabeth Banks, Goosebumps 2, Hugh Jackman, Jack Black, James Mangold, Julia Roberts, Logan, Netflix, News, News Round-up, Patrick Stewart, Power Rangers, Rebel Wilson, Ridley Scott, Rob Letterman, Shazam, Smurfs: The Lost Village, The Emoji Movie, The Wailing

The new Power Rangers movie actually looks good and Patrick Stewart is playing a turd. It has been an odd week.

Rocket and Groot are back in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

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News Round-up – Guardians of the Galaxy trailer, Donald Glover is Lando, Logan and more

23/10/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alden Ehrenreich, Alec Baldwin, Deadpool 2, Donald Glover, Gene Wilder, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Han Solo, Hugh Jackman, James Gunn, James Mangold, Joss Whedon, Logan, Marvel, News, News Round-up, Ryan Reynolds, Star Wars, The Boss Baby, Tim Miller, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

Wolverine and the Guardians get new trailers, the Han Solo movie gets its Lando and Mary Poppins gets Colin Firth. It’s your movie news round-up.

Reviews

Review: The Wolverine

14/08/2013 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 2013, Action, Certificate: 12, Famke Janssen, Haruhiko Yamanouchi, Hugh Jackman, James Mangold, Marvel, Rating: 8/10, Rila Fukushima, Superhero, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Tao Okamoto, The Wolverine, X-Men

Review of 2013 James Mangold superhero film The Wolverine, starring Hugh Jackman as the title member of the X-Men.