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.

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.

Evangeline Lilly and Paul Rudd in Ant-Man and the Wasp

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News Round-up – Trailers for Ant-Man and the Wasp, another Robin Hood movie and Gilliam’s Don Quixote

06/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Adam Driver, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Ben Mendelsohn, Blumhouse, Casey Nicholaw, Christopher Landon, Dwayne Johnson, Eric Idle, Evangeline Lilly, Happy Death Day, Happy Death Day 2, Israel Broussard, Jessica Rothe, John Cena, John Woo, Jonathan Pryce, Lupita Nyong'o, Marvel, News, News Round-up, Paul Rudd, Peyton Reed, Robin Hood, Spamalot, Taron Egerton, Terry Gilliam, The Janson Directive, The Killer, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

It’s a week of blockbuster trailers, with Ant-Man and the Wasp, the new Robin Hood movie and Terry Gilliam’s near-mythical Don Quixote project.

Mark Rylance and Tye Sheridan in sci-fi adventure movie Ready Player One

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 100 – Does 80s nostalgia leave Ready Player One looking tired?

11/04/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Blockers, Cannes Film Festival 2018, Colin Trevorrow, Isle of Dogs, John Cena, Journeyman, Jurassic World 3, Kay Cannon, Leslie Mann, Paddy Considine, Podcast, Ready Player One, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Steven Spielberg, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Wes Anderson

We celebrate our 100th episode with reviews of Ready Player One, Journeyman, Blockers and stop-motion animation Isle of Dogs.

John Cena, Leslie Mann and Ike Barinholtz star in comedy Blockers

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Review – ‘Blockers’ is a sex-positive twist on the gross-out comedy, with female desire at its heart

08/04/201812/04/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Blockers, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Geraldine Viswanathan, Gideon Adlon, Ike Barinholtz, John Cena, Kathryn Newton, Kay Cannon, Leslie Mann, March 2018, Rating: Pop

Pitch Perfect writer Kay Cannon’s new movie is a surprisingly feminist twist on the gross-out sex comedy, with added John Cena.

Sally Hawkins stars in Guillermo del Toro monster movie The Shape of Water

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News Round-up – Shape of Water leads Oscar nominations, John Cena to be Duke Nukem, Cloverfield sequel and more

28/01/201826/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Christopher McQuarrie, Cloverfield, Doctor Sleep, Duke Nukem, Dunkirk, Get Out, God Particle, Henry Cavill, JJ Abrams, John Boyega, John Cena, Michael Bay, Mike Flanagan, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Netflix, News, News Round-up, Oscars, Oscars 2018, Pacific Rim, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Sky, Stephen King, The Shape of Water, The Shining, Tom Cruise

It’s all about the Oscars this week as the nominations for the 90th Academy Awards have now been revealed.

John Lithgow and Will Ferrell in Daddy's Home 2

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Review – Daddy’s Home 2

08/12/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Alessandra Ambrosio, Certificate: 12, Christmas, Comedy, Daddy's Home, Daddy's Home 2, Didi Costine, John Cena, John Lithgow, Linda Cardellini, Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, November 2017, Rating: Poop, Sean Anders, Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg return as dads for a tough Christmas, in which their own parents create difficulty in their relationship.

Kumail Nanjiani stars in autobiographical romcom The Big Sick

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 67 – Where does The Big Sick stand as romcom realism?

10/08/201709/08/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 47 Metres Down, Bumblebee, Darren Aronofsky, Girls Trip, Jaume Collet-Serra, Jennifer Lawrence, John Cena, Jungle Cruise, Kumail Nanjiani, mother!, Podcast, The Big Sick, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

Kumail Nanjiani’s autobiographical romcom The Big Sick and the raucous female-led Girls Trip provide the laughs on this week’s podcast.

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.

Roman Reigns was showered with boos on the Raw after WrestleMania 33

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Wrestling Column – Roman Reigns could be WWE’s biggest ever heel if they have the courage to pull the trigger

04/04/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Brock Lesnar, Dwayne Johnson, John Cena, Professional Wrestling, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, The Undertaker, Vince McMahon, WrestleMania, WrestleMania 33, Wrestling, WWE, WWE Raw

He retired The Undertaker at WrestleMania and was showered with boos on Raw the next night, but WWE must allow Roman Reigns to become their next great villain.