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Emma Thompson and Fionn Whitehead in The Children Act

Review – McEwan adaptation ‘The Children Act’ never reaches the dramatic heights of its courtroom segments

08/09/201809/09/2018 Tom Beasley 2018, August 2018, Ben Chaplin, Certificate: 12, Drama, Eileen Walsh, Emma Thompson, Fionn Whitehead, Ian McEwan, Jason Watkins, Rating: Pop, Stanley Tucci, The Children Act

Emma Thompson delivers one of her best performances in The Children Act, but the narrative around her crumbles.

Ludacris and Stanley Tucci voice pampered pooches in Show Dogs

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Review – ‘Show Dogs’ is the tale of man’s most irritating friend

29/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Alan Cumming, Certificate: PG, Comedy, Gabriel Iglesias, Jordin Sparks, Ludacris, May 2018, Natasha Lyonne, Raja Gosnell, Rating: Poop, RuPaul, Shaquille O'Neal, Show Dogs, Stanley Tucci, Will Arnett

If you want to see dogs dabbing and actors counting their pay packets on screen, you should see Show Dogs. Otherwise, take a walk in the other direction.

Mark Wahlberg returns for action sequel Transformers: The Last Knight

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Review – Transformers: The Last Knight

30/06/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, Anthony Hopkins, Certificate: 12, Jim Carter, John Goodman, John Turturro, Josh Duhamel, June 2017, Laura Haddock, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Bay, Peter Cullen, Rating: Poop, Stanley Tucci, Transformers, Transformers: The Last Knight

Michael Bay brings his metal-smashing mayhem back for a fifth entry in the seemingly endless franchise.

Emma Watson and Kevin Kline in the Disney remakr of Beauty and the Beast

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Review – Beauty and the Beast

04/04/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Audra McDonald, Beauty and the Beast, Bill Condon, Certificate: PG, Dan Stevens, Disney, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Ewan McGregor, Fantasy, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, Josh Gad, Kevin Kline, Luke Evans, March 2017, Musical, Rating: Pop, Romance, Stanley Tucci

The tale as old as time gets a modern, glitzy makeover with Emma Watson and Dan Stevens.

Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo star in Spotlight

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Review – Spotlight

14/02/201613/03/2016 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 2016, Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Certificate: 15, Drama, January 2016, Liev Schreiber, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Rating: Pop, Spotlight, Stanley Tucci, Tom McCarthy

Review of 2016 journalism drama Spotlight, starring Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams and Michael Keaton.

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Review – A Little Chaos

08/06/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, A Little Chaos, Alan Rickman, April 2015, Certificate: 12, Drama, Helen McCrory, Historical, Jennifer Ehle, Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Rating: Pop, Stanley Tucci

Review of 2015 period drama A Little Chaos, starring Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts and Alan Rickman.

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Review – Wild Card

25/04/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, Action, Certificate: 15, Crime, Dominik Garcia-Lorido, Hope Davis, Jason Statham, March 2015, Michael Angarano, Milo Ventimiglia, Rating: Poop, Remake, Simon West, Sofia Vergara, Stanley Tucci, Thriller, Wild Card

Review of 2015 action thriller Wild Card, which stars Jason Statham as a Vegas gambling addict.

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Review – Transformers: Age of Extinction

29/07/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2014, Action, Certificate: 12, Fantasy, Jack Reynor, July 2014, Kelsey Grammer, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Bay, Nicola Peltz, Rating: Poop, Sci-Fi, Stanley Tucci, TJ Miller, Transformers, Transformers 4, Transformers: Age of Extinction

Review of 2014 sci-fi blockbuster Transformers: Age of Extinction, directed by Michael Bay and starring Mark Wahlberg.

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Review – Mr Peabody & Sherman

16/02/2014 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 2014, Allison Janney, Animated, Animation, Certificate: U, Comedy, Craig Wright, February 2014, Leslie Mann, Max Charles, Mel Brooks, Mr Peabody & Sherman, Patrick Warburton, Rating: Pop, Rob Minkoff, Stanley Tucci, Stephen Colbert, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ty Burrell

Review of 2014 animated comedy Mr Peabody & Sherman, which stars Ty Burrell and Max Charles as an intelligent dog and his adopted human son.

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Review – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

21/11/2013 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 2013, Action, Adventure, Catching Fire, Certificate: 12, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Banks, Francis Lawrence, Jena Malone, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Lenny Kravitz, Liam Hemsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rating: Pop, Sam Claflin, Sci-Fi, Stanley Tucci, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, Toby Jones, Woody Harrelson

Review of 2013 action-adventure sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, based on Suzanne Collins’s book and starring Jennifer Lawrence as hero Katniss Everdeen.