Star Trek Into Darkness
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Review: Star Trek Into Darkness lives up to the hype. J.J. Abrams, in many ways a Steven Spielberg 2.0, has managed to do the near-impossible by securing pivotal roles in two of the biggest franchises in Star Trek and now Star Wars, with Star Wars VII in the pipeline. The director and producer is a forerunner for the next Hollywood juggernaut with a collection of noteworthy blockbusters in Mission Impossible III, Super 8 and Star Trek with many more to come.
Star Trek reinvented the series sporting a b...
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Fast & Furious 6
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Review: Fast cars, leggy women, big guns, money and loads of piston-pumping action is the stuff of the Fast & Furious. Six movies in and it's like they're just starting their engines as the flags go down and the winner takes all. Although to be fair, the road has had some twists, veering into new territory with Tyrese Gibson in 2 Fast 2 Furious and then reinventing the series altogether with the third one, Tokyo Drift.
The Fast & Furious franchise has come a long way - peaking with their hybrid...
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Iron Man 3
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Review: Iron Man surpassed expectations, while Iron Man 2 hovered below them. Just when we thought the Iron Man saga needed a bit of oil, The Avengers knocked any signs of rust off the rocket-powered Tin Man with Robert Downey Jr. stealing the show once again (with the Hulk's permission). So the excitement around the May Day release of Iron Man 3 has been building and with Robert Downey Jr. starring, what could possibly go wrong?Iron Man 3 fuses a number of Iron Man comic book storylines together to cre...
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation
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Review: G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra was a cheesy all-out action CGI overload that borrowed from a number of better movies and embarrassed a number of actors in the process. Yet, that didn't stop them from making a sequel, G.I. Joe: Retaliation. HOO-HA!
The G.I. Joe movie franchise has had a complete overhaul. The focus is still on gung-ho action, gun-slinging, bad attitudes, combat vehicles and advanced technology, but they've dropped the tongue-in-cheek tone for serious kick-ass action, beefed up the cast...
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The Last Stand
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Review: "I'll be back." Love or hate him, Arnold Schwarzenegger has managed to become: Mr. Universe, a Hollywood icon, husband to a Kennedy and Governor of California. He set out to become extraordinary and has achieved all of his lofty goals by the age of 65. He wasn't lying when he said those famous words... while it may not be a Tarantino comeback, he's still got the on-screen muscle to pull off an Austrian Sheriff at a Mexican border town.
It's a little far-fetched, but it's Arnie and fans are will...
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A Good Day to Die Hard
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Review: "Bruce Willis is Dead!" It's the title of a Brothers Streep song, but judging from his last (and possibly last ever) Die Hard performance - he's ready to leave the terrorist-infested building. In an ironic and unintentional move, Willis reprises his role in The Sixth Sense by being dead from the get-go. There's only so much life we can squeeze out of our favourite '80s action icons, first launching them as action figurines from rooftops with makeshift parachutes as kids and then forcing stud...
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Skyfall
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Review: Skyfall is the third James Bond film starring Daniel Craig, an actor who has successfully managed to keep himself detached from his Bond status in Hollywood. This can be attributed to his mission, which has seen him play 007 in every anti-Bond formula film since Casino Royale.
The 007 franchise needed a shake-up, and intentions were revealed when Daniel Craig was cast as the new James Bond in Casino Royale, an intense blonde rogue, who replaced Pierce Brosnan's suave Gillette schmarminess with ...
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Dredd 3D
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Review: Hollywood has run out of ideas, which is why they're starting to reboot projects that failed to reach their full potential... like Sylvester Stallone's Judge Dredd. The idea of seeing a second attempt at this comic book hero, wrapped in a 3D bow and sporting a relatively unknown cast was about as appealing as snorting that salt and vinegar popcorn spice. Turns out you may just like Dredd 3D... in both nostrils.In this exciting reboot, Judge Dredd (Urban) takes on a new rookie, whose psychic abil...
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Resident Evil: Retribution
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Review: Resident Evil: Retribution is the latest installment in the longest running video game adaptation series ever. Milla Jovovich reprises her role as Alice and takes on the evil Umbrella Corporation with the help of a resistance movement, in an effort to escape a holding cell and their testing facility. The Resident Evil saga has a loyal zombie following and has created a new film subgenre... action ballet.
By now most people know that Resident Evil is all about Matrix style gun fights, zombie att...
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The Dark Knight Rises
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Review: Christopher Nolan is a perfectionist, a conductor who insists that every instrument at his disposal is finely calibrated and double-checked. This means his films are always beautiful and reinforced by strong writing, powerful music and breathtaking visuals. His clinical precision could be accused of siphoning the warmth, imperfection and joy out of film, but he does tend to work on the colder, darker more serious side of the spectrum.
In The Dark Knight Rises, Batman is still despised by Goth...
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The Amazing Spider-Man
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Review: Whatever your reservations about the new Spider-Man remake, The Amazing Spider-Man delivers the goods. Sam Raimi's version set the standard with Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker in a slick CGI action fest for comic book fans. Marc Webb takes the same formula and reinterprets the story for a more psychological, dramatic take on Parker and his demons.
We're given more background on Parker's family setup as the troubled youth becomes ensnared in New York City's crime-fighting efforts for selfish reas...
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The Avengers
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Review: The most anticipated superhero movie of the year is here! Marvel's The Avengers has received plenty of hype ahead of its release and the bottom line is that it won't disappoint... much. This superheroes-on-steroids spectacle manages to do the near-impossible, containing several of the world's biggest superheroes and Hollywood egos in one literal blockbuster.Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Captain America (Chris Evan...
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John Carter
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Review: A bearded man with extraordinary powers, savior of a planet, died and buried in a tomb only to rise again with the initials J.C. The life of Jesus Christ inspired the character of John Carter and Edgar Rice Burroughs inspired hundreds of writers and film-makers with the Barsoom series of science-fiction novels, which have been adapted into the film, John Carter of Mars.As much as John Carter is influenced by the story of Jesus Christ it's ultimately a CG-heavy popcorn blockbuster with a myriad ...
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Safe House
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Review: Safe House is one helluva ride. Man-on-the-run movies have always been popular. They carry the thrill of the chase, the drama of a man wrongfully accused, the natural ebb-and-flow of a road trip movie and the narrative equivalent of an ant, a magnifying glass and a sunny day.
The story follow a young CIA agent based in Cape Town, who is tasked with protecting a fugitive wanted by authorities in the confines of a safe house. As you may have expected the movie title is a contradiction and it's ...
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Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
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As an instantaneous fan of almost everything that Tom Cruise touches (except the horrible ‘Knight and Day’), it didn’t take much effort to get me terribly excited for the release of the latest Mission Impossible film. What I was expecting was thrilling action sequences, dazzling set pieces and a few cheesy action one-liners – I got all of this, with a little touch of ‘awesome’ added that sweetens this fantastic popcorn spectacle even further!
Of course, Tom Cruise is back in full ...
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
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Review: Here’s a mystery for you, Arthur Conan Doyle is dead. He’s been dead for 81 years, but still gets “posthumourous” writing credits for the title action man and his sidekick in the latest “Sherlock Holmes” on steroids movie adaptation starring Robert Downey Jr. and directed by Guy Ritchie.
As a fan of the charismatic Robert Downey Jr., the action revolution that is Guy Ritchie and the enigmatic character of Sherlock Holmes it just makes this Sherlock Holmes sequel difficult to watch. ...
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Real Steel
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Review: If you can adapt a theme park ride into a billion dollar blockbuster franchise about a drunken pirate holidaying in the Caribbean, you can adapt just about anything. That's how we got Real Steel, a film producers will vehemently defend against anyone claiming it's an adaptation of the iconic tabletop boxing game, Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em.
Robot Jox was the original robot fighting adaptation and while slightly more complex than Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em... came at a time when the advances of CGI were very 19...
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The Three Musketeers
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Review: All for one, one for all. The same catchphrase that united Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting in song has come around as The Three Musketeers swash their buckles again. They were okay when Charlie Sheen could pull off a moustache, they weren't too bad in The Man with the Iron Mask, however, this may just be their most flaccid outing to date in a borderline farce with not three, but three-and-a-half musketeers!?The legendary three musketeers: Athos (MacFadyen), Aramis (Evans) and Porthos (Steven...
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Conan: The Barbarian [3D]
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Review: I have quite fond childhood memories of Conan, the very ruthless, but soft-hearted Barbarian. The latest version of the Cimmerians’ legend however disappoints in a few big ways and to be honest, there's not a lot I can applaud director Marcus Nispel’s attempt for. The first major flaw (and the most unforgiveable one for an action adventure) is the really stupid and unoriginal fight scenes: Sure you get treated to some grotesque samples of barbaric violence, but they don't really manage to...
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Captain America: The First Avenger [3D]
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Review: If you had to choose an iconic Marvel superhero that best resembles the characteristics of DC Comics' Superman, Captain America should definitely be on the shortlist. With director Joe Johnston’s (Hidalgo, Jurassic Park 3, Jumanji) admirable take on the ultimate freedom fighters' origins, the excitement for the inevitable Avengers movie has reached fever pitch. But how does Captain America's story compare to other Marvel heavyweights like Ironman, Thor and Spiderman?The first thing you come ...
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