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Michael Caine stars in heist movie King of Thieves

Review – Crusty crooks fail to inspire in ‘King of Thieves’

22/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Charlie Cox, Crime, Heist, James Marsh, Jim Broadbent, King of Thieves, Michael Caine, Michael Gambon, Paul Whitehouse, Rating: Poop, Ray Winstone, September 2018, Thriller, Tom Courtenay

Michael Caine and Ray Winstone lead an ensemble of old age pilferers in King of Thieves, based on the Hatton Garden heist.

David Tennant plays psychiatrist RD Laing in biopic Mad To Be Normal

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VOD Review – ‘Mad To Be Normal’ is a muddled 60s biopic with David Tennant

05/08/201805/08/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, August 2018, Biopic, Certificate: 15, David Tennant, Drama, Elisabeth Moss, Gabriel Byrne, Mad To Be Normal, Michael Gambon, Olivia Poulet, Rating: Poop, Robert Mullan, VOD

David Tennant stars as psychiatrist RD Laing in biopic Mad To Be Normal, which follows a psychiatric experiment in the 1960s.

Bill Murray stars in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

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Blu-ray Review – ‘The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou’ is Wes Anderson under the sea

27/06/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Blu-ray, Cate Blanchett, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Drama, Henry Selick, Jeff Goldblum, June 2018, Michael Gambon, Noah Baumbach, Owen Wilson, Rating: Pop, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, Wes Anderson, Willem Dafoe

Wes Anderson goes underwater, with Henry Selick in tow, for The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, which has a new Criterion Blu-ray.

There have been dozens of inspiring teachers in the history of movies and television

Articles Featured Lists Small Screen

Are these really the best teachers in movies and TV? I asked a real teacher…

24/04/201824/04/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Arnold Schwarzenegger, Glee, Harry Potter, Jack Black, James McAvoy, Kindergarten Cop, Matilda, Matthew Morrison, Michael Gambon, Patrick Stewart, Richard Harris, School of Rock, Teachers, The Simpsons, TV, X-Men

The history of film and TV is littered with examples of inspiring teachers, so I asked a real teacher to analyse the real classroom ability of the most famous examples.

Ali Fazal and Judi Dench in historical drama Victoria & Abdul

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Review – Victoria & Abdul

07/10/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Adeel Akhtar, Ali Fazal, Certificate: PG, Comedy, Drama, Dramedy, Eddie Izzard, Historical, Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Paul Higgins, Rating: Pop, September 2017, Stephen Frears, Tim Pigott-Smith, Victoria & Abdul

Judi Dench makes for a wonderfully curmudgeonly Queen Victoria in the quaint, sweet-natured drama Victoria & Abdul.

Hugh Bonneville stars in period drama Viceroy's House

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Review – Viceroy’s House

25/03/201725/03/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Certificate: 12, Denzil Smith, Drama, Gillian Anderson, Gurinder Chadha, Historical, Hugh Bonneville, Huma Qureshi, Manish Dayal, March 2017, Michael Gambon, Neeraj Kabi, Om Puri, Rating: Poop, Tanveer Ghani, Viceroy's House

This is a cosy British take on a tough, politically contentious story. It’s a Sunday night drama masquerading as cinema.

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News Round-up – Freddie Mercury biopic, Valerian trailer, American Werewolf set for remake and more

13/11/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment American Werewolf in London, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bryan Singer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Cara Delevingne, Chris Pratt, Dane DeHaan, David Yates, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, John Landis, Juan Antonio Bayona, Jurassic World 2, Luc Besson, Max Landis, Michael Gambon, News, News Round-up, Rafe Spall, Rami Malek, Toby Jones, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, X-Men

What has been going on in cinema this week?

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Review – Dad’s Army

25/02/201628/02/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Alison Steadman, Bill Nighy, Bill Paterson, Blake Harrison, British, Caherine Zeta Jones, Certificate: PG, Comedy, Dad's Army, Daniel Mays, Emily Atack, February 2016, Felicity Montagu, Mark Gatiss, Michael Gambon, Oliver Parker, Rating: Poop, Toby Jones, Tom Courtenay, TV, War

Review of 2016 comedy remake Dad’s Army, starring Toby Jones, Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon and Blake Harrison.

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Review – Paddington

09/12/201422/11/2017 Tom Beasley 2 Comments 2014, Ben Whishaw, British, Certificate: PG, Comedy, Hugh Bonneville, Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Matt Lucas, Michael Gambon, Nicole Kidman, November 2014, Paddington, Paul King, Peter Capaldi, Rating: Pop, Sally Hawkins

Review of 2014 family comedy Paddington, which stars Ben Whishaw as Michael Bond’s well-mannered bear.