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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast – "You don't see Viggo Mortensen's full penis"
11/02/2019 10/02/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Adam Robitel, Alfonso Cuarón, Anya Taylor-Joy, Awards Season 2019, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Dan Gilroy, David Fincher, Dean DeBlois, DGA Awards, Edgar Wright, Escape Room, Green Book, How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jay Baruchel, Last Night in Soho, Mahershala Ali, Marielle Heller, Melissa McCarthy, Peter Farrelly, Podcast, Richard E Grant, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, Velvet Buzzsaw, Viggo Mortensen, World War Z, World War Z 2
Reviews of the week's biggest film releases on The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, including How to Train Your Dragon 3 and Green Book.
The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 130 – "Exclusive Aquaman podcast with Patrick Wilson… sort of"
21/12/2018 21/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alfonso Cuarón, Amber Heard, Aquaman, Chris Hemsworth, David Harbour, Hellboy, James Wan, Jason Momoa, Lars von Trier, Men In Black, Men in Black: International, Patrick Wilson, Podcast, Roma, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Tessa Thompson, The House That Jack Built, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast
We review superhero blockbusters Aquaman and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, as well as The House That Jack Built and Roma.
The Popcorn Muncher Podcast: Episode 128 – "This is like the Batman Begins of Robin Hood"
03/12/2018 02/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alfonso Cuarón, Artemis Fowl, Awards Season 2019, Ben Mendelsohn, Candyman, Claire Foy, Green Book, Jordan Peele, Kenneth Branagh, Nia DaCosta, Robin Hood, Roma, Taron Egerton, The Girl in the Spider's Web, The Rider
Reviews on this week's podcast of the odd satire Assassination Nation, The Girl in the Spider's Web and the latest take on Robin Hood.
The Popcorn Muncher Podcast – LFF 2018 #2 with Sarah Cook
16/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alfonso Cuarón, Beautiful Boy, BFI London Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival 2018, Green Book, LFF, Luca Guadagnino, Podcast, Robert Redford, Roma, Suspiria, The Old Man and the Gun, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast
Film critic Sarah Cook joins the podcast to review some new LFF screenings, including Suspiria, Beautiful Boy, Roma and Green Book.
LFF 2018 – Roma, Beautiful Boy, The Hummingbird Project
14/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alexander Skarsgård, Alfonso Cuarón, Beautiful Boy, BFI London Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival 2018, Felix van Groeningen, Jesse Eisenberg, Jorge Antonio Guerrero, Kim Nguyen, LFF, Roma, Salma Hayek, Steve Carell, The Hummingbird Project, Timothée Chalamet, Yalitza Aparicio
LFF continues with Alfonso Cuarón's beautiful drama Roma and the intense addiction story Beautiful Boy, starring Timothée Chalamet.
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News Round-up – Star Wars spin-offs on hold, Black Widow directors, Creed 2 trailer and more
24/06/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 1917, Alfonso Cuarón, Amma Asante, Black Widow, Cate Shortland, Creed 2, Eurovision, Guillermo del Toro, Maggie Betts, Michael B Jordan, News, News Round-up, Robert Zemeckis, Ryan Coogler, Sam Mendes, Scarlett Johansson, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Star Wars, Steven Caple Jr, Sylvester Stallone, The Witches, Tom Holland, Will Ferrell
Lucasfilm is putting a pin in the Star Wars spin-offs for a while and Marvel is eyeing female filmmakers for Black Widow.
DVD & Blu-ray Featured Reviews
Blu-ray Review – We are the Flesh (2016)
13/02/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alfonso Cuarón, Arrow Films, Blu-ray, Certificate: 18, Diego Gamaliel, Emiliano Rocha Minter, February 2017, Horror, María Evoli, Noé Hernández, Rating: Poop, We Are the Flesh
This is a surreal Mexican nightmare, with bodily fluids pretty much everywhere.
Top 10: Sequels that were better than the original
23/04/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alfonso Cuarón, Anthony Hopkins, Dawn of the Dead, Empire Strikes Back, Final Destination 2, Gareth Evans, George Romero, Goldfinger, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, James Bond, Jonathan Demme, Muppets Most Wanted, Night of the Living Dead, Pixar, Sean Connery, Sequels, Shrek 2, Star Wars, The Raid 2, The Silence of the Lambs, Top Ten, Toy Story, Toy Story 3
Sometimes, the unthinkable happens and sequels are better than the original films. Here are ten of the best examples.
2014 Oscars: A final go at predicting the winners
02/03/2014 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 12 Years A Slave, 2014 Oscars, 86th Academy Awards, Alfonso Cuarón, American Hustle, Amy Adams, Barkhad Abdi, Blue Jasmine, Captain Phillips, Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dallas Buyers Club, David O Russell, Eric Warren Singer, Frozen, Gravity, Hans Zimmer, Her, Inside Llewyn Davis, Jared Leto, Jeff Pope, John Ridley, John Williams, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Matthew McConaughey, Philomena, Spike Jonze, Steve Coogan, Steve McQueen, Steven Conrad, Steven Price, The Book Thief, The Coen Brothers, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
I've written a lot about the 2014 Oscars on this blog and elsewhere. Last week, eight guest contributors joined
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2014 Oscars: The Big Best Picture Row
23/02/2014 23/02/2017 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 12 Years A Slave, 2014 Oscars, 86th Academy Awards, Alexander Payne, Alfonso Cuarón, American Hustle, Amy Adams, Barkhad Abdi, Best Picture, Bruce Dern, Captain Phillips, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christian Bale, Dallas Buyers Club, David O Russell, George Clooney, Gravity, Her, Jared Leto, Jean-Marc Vallee, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Lawrence, Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Judi Dench, June Squibb, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Scorsese, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Fassbender, Nebraska, Paul Greengrass, Philomena, Rooney Mara, Sandra Bullock, Spike Jonze, Stacy Keach, Steve Coogan, Steve McQueen, The Big Best Picture Row, The Wolf of Wall Street, Tom Hanks, Wil Forte
A team of guest posters argue that each of the nominated films should win the coveted Best Picture award at the 2014 Oscars.
2014 Oscars: Predicting the Academy Award nominations
15/01/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 12 Years A Slave, 2014 Oscars, 86th Academy Awards, Alexander Payne, Alfonso Cuarón, All Is Lost, American Hustle, Amy Adams, August: Osage County, Barkhad Abdi, Before Midnight, Billy Ray, Blue Jasmine, Bob Nelson, Bradley Cooper, Bruce Dern, Captain Phillips, Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christian Bale, Coen Brothers, Craig Borten, Dallas Buyers Club, Daniel Brühl, David O Russell, Emma Thompson, Enough Said, Eric Singer, Ethan Coen, Ethan Hawke, Gravity, Her, Idris Elba, Inside Llewyn Davis, James Gandolfini, Jared Leto, Jeff Pope, Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Coen, John Ridley, Jonah Hill, Jonas Cuarón, Judi Dench, Julia Roberts, Julie Delpy, June Squibb, Kate Winslet, Labor Day, Lee Daniels, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lupita Nyong'o, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Martin Scorsese, Matthew McConaughey, Melisa Wallack, Meryl Streep, Michael Fassbender, Nebraska, Oprah Winfrey, Paul Greengrass, Philomena, Richard Linklater, Robert Redford, Rush, Sally Hawkins, Sandra Bullock, Saving Mr Banks, Spike Jonze, Steve Coogan, Steve McQueen, Terence Winter, The Butler, The Wolf of Wall Street, Tom Hanks, Tracy Letts, Woody Allen
The Popcorn Muncher starts coverage of the 2014 Oscars by predicting the nominations for this year's Academy Awards ceremony.
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