Movie Review: The Avengers (2012)
So how do you pose a threat to a demigod, a supersoldier, a man in an indestructible metal suit and a hulking green juggernaut? Well, you really can’t. But with …
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Movie Review of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Certain actors in this world have an unmistakable talent for taking a character and making it uniquely their own. Johnny Depp did it with Captain Jack Sparrow; no one could …
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Movie Review – Sherlock Holmes
Director: Guy Ritchie. Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong. Based On: The Sherlock Holmes series or novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I keep reading that …
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Film Review: ‘Me Before You’
Imagine “The Intouchables” with more romance and less chemistry, crossbred with a far tamer version of “Pretty Woman” so lacking in eroticism that its PG-13 rating seems unduly harsh, and you’re halfway toward …
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Film Review: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows’
The heroes in a half shell return for more halfhearted fun in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.” Every bit as noisy, brain-numbing and lowbrow as its predecessor, …
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Film Review: ‘Now You See Me 2’
“Now You See Me 2” is the kind of sequel that has all but gone out of fashion: a follow-up to a blockbuster so flaky and off-center that even those …
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Review: Captain America: Civil War Is Blessedly Light on Its Feet
It’s that rare superhero movie that doesn’t grind you down with nonstop action. Chris Evans as Captain America—with that retro-patriotic turtle-shell of a shield strapped on his back, and muscles …
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The Jungle Book review – spectacular revival of Disney’s family favourite
What on earth is the point of remaking Walt Disney’s great and possibly greatest masterpiece, the glorious animated musical from 1967, based on Kipling’s tales, all about the “man cub” …
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Movie Review: John Carter (2012)
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novel A Princess of Mars (and its numerous sequels) has been an inspiration for several decades to everyone from other notable science fiction authors (Ray Bradbury, Arthur …
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The Golden Compass – Family Movie Review
Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards) is a twelve year old orphan who lives in a world parallel to our own. It is a world where souls walk beside humans in …
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