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Paddy Considine and Maxine Peake star in Funny Cow

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DVD Review – Stand-up comedy tale ‘Funny Cow’ channels 70s cigarette smoke and dirt

28/08/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Adrian Shergold, Alun Armstrong, August 2018, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Drama, Funny Cow, Hebe Beardsall, Kevin Eldon, Lindsey Coulson, Maxine Peake, Paddy Considine, Rating: Pop, Stephen Graham, Tony Pitts

Maxine Peake delivers a ferocious performance in Funny Cow, as a woman fighting her way up the 1970s stand-up comedy circuit.

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British dramas Apostasy and Journeyman both had limited cinema releases

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VIDEO – A modest proposal to save British cinema

28/07/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Apostasy, British, Daniel Kokotajlo, Journeyman, Paddy Considine, Video

Apostasy and Journeyman have barely seen the cinema, despite being among the best films of 2018. How can we protect British film?

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Jodie Whittaker and Paddy Considine in boxing drama Journeyman

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Blu-ray Review – Boxing drama ‘Journeyman’ packs a bigger punch second time around

27/07/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Anthony Welsh, Blu-ray, Brendan Ingle, Certificate: 15, Drama, Jodie Whittaker, Journeyman, July 2018, Paddy Considine, Paul Popplewell, Rating: Pop, Tony Pitts

Paddy Considine writes, directs and stars in boxing drama Journeyman, which is a compelling study of masculinity and marriage.

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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.

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Paddy Considine stars in boxing drama Journeyman

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Review – Paddy Considine’s boxing story ‘Journeyman’ is a potent drama about masculinity

06/04/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Anthony Welsh, Brendan Ingle, Certificate: 15, Drama, Jodie Whittaker, Journeyman, March 2018, Matt Insley, Paddy Considine, Paul Popplewell, Rating: Pop, Tony Pitts

Seven years after Tyrannosaur, Paddy Considine is back as writer-director with emotionally powerful boxing drama Journeyman.

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Paddy Considine is one of the most versatile performers in the UK

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VIDEO – Top Five Paddy Considine Performances

01/04/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Dead Man's Shoes, Hot Fuzz, Journeyman, Paddy Considine, Pride, The Girl With All the Gifts, The World's End, Top Five, Tyrannosaur, Video

Paddy Considine is one of the most versatile actors in the UK. To celebrate his new film Journeyman, here are the star’s five best performances.

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Leonardo DiCaprio takes to the stage at the 2017 Oscars

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News Round-up – Leo to be the Joker?, Skrein leaves Hellboy over whitewashing and more

03/09/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Adam McKay, Amy Adams, Ant-Man and the Wasp, BFI, BFI London Film Festival, Christian Bale, Ed Skrein, Evangeline Lilly, Guillermo del Toro, Hellboy, Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen, Joker, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Collins, Lord of the Flies, Martin Scorsese, Marvel, News, News Round-up, Nicholas Hoult, Paddy Considine, Paul Rudd, Sam Rockwell, Steve Carell, Todd Phillips, Tolkien

Leo is thrust into the centre of the movie world’s biggest rumour mill this week, with the suggestion he could portray the Joker.

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Sennia Nanua as the lead character in The Girl With All The Gifts

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Review – The Girl With All The Gifts

29/10/2016 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2016, British, Certificate: 15, Colm McCarthy, Fisayo Akinade, Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Horror, Paddy Considine, Rating: Pop, Sennia Nanua, September 2016, The Girl With All the Gifts, Young Adult

Review of 2016 young adult horror movie The Girl With All the Gifts, adapted from a popular novel and set in a dystopian Britain ravaged by zombies.

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Review – Macbeth

02/12/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, Certificate: 15, David Thewlis, Drama, Elizabeth Debicki, Jack Reynor, Justin Kurzel, Macbeth, Marion Cotillard, Michael Fassbender, October 2015, Paddy Considine, Rating: Pop, Sean Harris, War, William Shakespeare

Review of 2015 Shakespeare adaptation Macbeth, starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard.

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Review – Miss You Already

25/11/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, Catherine Hardwicke, Certificate: 12, Dominic Cooper, Drama, Dramedy, Drew Barrymore, Frances de la Tour, Miss You Already, Paddy Considine, Rating: Pop, September 2015, Toni Collette

Review of 2015 drama Miss You Already, which stars Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore as best friends dealing with a cancer diagnosis.

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Review – Child 44

06/06/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, April 2015, Certificate: 15, Child 44, Daniel Espinosa, Drama, Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke, Joel Kinnaman, Noomi Rapace, Paddy Considine, Rating: Poop, Sam Spruell, Thriller, Tom Hardy, Vincent Cassel

Review of 2015 mystery thriller Child 44, starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and Gary Oldman.

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