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Review – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

The challenge for prequels is that the ending is always a forgone conclusion. It can rob the film of dramatic tension if the audience already knows the ultimate outcome. This could potentially be challenging for a film like Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Chances are,

Review – Edge of Tomorrow

If nothing else, Edge of Tomorrow perfectly captures what it would be like to be a self-aware hero trapped inside a video game fighting a level he can’t beat. The film takes a Groundhog Day approach to sci-fi, telling the story of Cage (Tom Cruise), a solider

Review – X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past may be Brett Ratner’s greatest gift to us all. Sure, Bryan Singer is the director of the film, but if it wasn’t for Ratner, it never would have happened. If he hadn’t damaged things so irreparably with the 2006 film X-Men: The

Review – Godzilla

Before going to see Godzilla, ask yourself this important question: how badly do you want to see giant monsters fight each other? If the answer is “very badly,” then this is the film for you. But if what you really want is a satisfying film with a

Review – The Amazing Spider-man 2

Sometimes you can just tell a film is going to be bad. When Jamie Foxx’s Max Dillon first appears on-screen, a sad sack with a bad combover and an inferiority complex who mutters to himself while embodying every “nobody-destined-to-be-given-life-changing-powers-that-will-be-used-for-evil”clichĂ© we’ve seen done better by Jim Carrey in