Category: Verdict: 4.5

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Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Ever watched Groundhog Day (1993) and thought to yourself, “Hmm, needs more aliens and weaponised exo-suits”? If so, boy, does Doug Liman have a…

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Ender’s Game (2013)

Conventional wisdom states that at the heart of every movie lies the question of whether or not people should see the film. Long-time readers…

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Fast and Furious 6 (2013)

One’s got to admire what Justin Lin has achieved with the Fast and Furious series. How often does an indie director manage to impose…

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Fast Five (2011)

I love the naming scheme in this series. The first film, called The Fast and the Furious (2001), never lets us know who’s fast…

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Final Destination (2000)

Don’t let the MPAA rating fool you. Every slasher addresses a teen audience first and foremost. It may not have started as such, but,…

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Hulk (2003)

I don’t understand fanboys’ hatred for Ang Lee’s Hulk. Back in the day, the pensive blockbuster achieved both critical and box office success, which…

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Iron Man (2008)

In the wake of such grim comic book adaptations as Sin City (2006) and The Dark Knight (2008), it’d be easy to dismiss Iron…

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Iron Man 3 (2013)

Iron Man 3 starts with our hero, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr), reciting a dramatic, ominous quote and then going out of his way…

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Looper (2012)

Already, critics from the four corners of the Web are comparing Looper to Christopher Nolan’s Inception, which blew all our minds back in 2010….

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Prometheus (2012)

Nearly a quarter of a century after giving birth to it, director Ridley Scott returns to the Alien franchise, ready to expand its mythology…

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