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Tag: Ben Whishaw

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Paddington in Peru Review

November 12, 2024February 7, 2025Kieran FreemantleComment(0)

It has been a long seven-year wait for Paddington’s cinematic return. The third film in the Paddington series sees the lovable bear return to his ancestral home for a big family adventure. Paddington (Ben Whishaw) has become a British citizen. He gets the opportunity to use his British passport when The Reverend Mother of the Home […]

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Britflix: Paddington

November 7, 2024November 7, 2024Kieran FreemantleComment(0)

Paddington Bear is one of the most popular bears in children’s fiction, a status propelled by the live-action film series that started in 2014. In deepest, darkest Peru, a British explorer (Tim Downie) meets and befriends two bears, Pastuzo (Michael Gambon) and Aunt Lucy (Imelda Staunton). He teaches them English and the wonders of London. […]

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Women Talking Review

April 25, 2023October 30, 2023Kieran FreemantleComment(0)

Women Talking is a drama based on a novel by Miriam Toews which was inspired by true events in Bolivia. In an isolated Mennonite colony the girls and women have been the victims of systematic abuse. They have been drugged and raped when they were unconscious. When the perpetrators are arrested the colony elders plan to […]

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Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #29: No Time to Die Review (Spoiler-Filled)

October 21, 2021Kieran FreemantleComment(0)

Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan talk about the latest Bond film, No Time to Die

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No Time to Die Review

October 4, 2021October 4, 2021Kieran FreemantleComment(0)

After 15 years and five films, Daniel Craig’s tenure as James Bond has come to an end. His last film, No Time to Die is set to be a film that will cause debate for years to come. No Time to Die picks up five years after Spectre left off. Bond has gone into retirement, living a quiet life in […]

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Bondathon: Spectre

October 3, 2021October 5, 2021Kieran FreemantleComment(0)

Skyfall was the most successful Bond film. It was the first Bond film to make over $1 billion, has a 92% score on Rotten Tomatoes, and won two Oscars, as well as winning other awards. EON Productions wanted to repeat that success and brought back SPECTRE for the first time since Diamonds Are Forever (or Never Say Never Again if you include […]

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Bondathon: Skyfall

October 3, 2021October 5, 2021Kieran FreemantleComment(0)

Skyfall was the film that marked the Bond film franchise’s 50th Anniversary. The result was one of the best Bond films ever and the most financially successful. A mission in Istanbul goes wrong. A terrorist has escaped with a hard drive containing a list of all undercover NATO agents and Bond has been presumably killed in action. Three months […]

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14 Candidates to Play the Fourteenth Doctor

November 26, 2020September 19, 2023Kieran FreemantleComment(1)

The Doctor is one of the most sought-after roles on British TV. Whenever the role becomes available the British media goes into a fever pitch with speculation over who the next Doctor could be. Actors usually play the Doctor for three seasons so it’s likely the role will be available in the near future. The […]

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The Personal History of David Copperfield Review

February 5, 2020August 30, 2022Kieran FreemantleComment(0)

From the man who created The Thick of It and Veep, Armando Iannucci returns to the world of filmmaking with his comedic take of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield. David Copperfield (Dev Patel) is a man with yo-yoing fortunes. Born to a widow, David suffers at the hands of a crude stepfather (Darren Boyd) – forced to work in a […]

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Mary Poppins Returns Review

January 6, 2019May 13, 2022Kieran FreemantleComment(0)

Disney’s version of Mary Poppins is one of their most beloved family films that has pleased generations. The songs are well known and the film has been spoofed countless times. After 54 years Disney has released a sequel. It has been 20 years since Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt) looked after the Banks children and Britain is suffering from the […]

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