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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 review: Second verse same as the first

It has been three years since Marvel first struck gold with Guardians of The Galaxy, its wise-cracking, soundtrack-selling story of a ragtag band of space pirates. GotG was a superhero story that had a little fun at the corporate mast head’s...

Power Rangers review: The mighty heroes morph onto the big screen

The Power Rangers are back on the big screen. But do the colour-coded crime fighters size up in a world where superheroes now dominate pop culture?
Sometimes a property needs a big budget reboot to achieve its full potential. Other times, and Power Rangers is most definitely one of those times, spending big money seems like missing the point. After all, much of the fun of the original Power...

The Great Wall review: Matt Damon is just another brick in The Great Wall

China’s big attempt to break into the international blockbuster market is safe and sturdy – qualities better suited to a wall than an epic.
China’s most expensive film production ever was also, briefly, one of its most controversial: when Matt Damon was announced in the lead role, many assumed fantasy epic The Great Wall would be yet another case of Hollywood “whitewashing”.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story review: A snazzy spinoff that's light on character, big on branding

The Force is at half-strength in this one.
Rogue One, the second Star Wars movie since the Lucasfilm studio was bought by Disney, is a film of two very distinct parts. The first is basically what we’ve come to expect from a Star Wars movie: our rough-around-the-edges lead gets drawn into...

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them review: A flawed but fun start to a new franchise

'Harry Potter' offshoot packs a lot in, offers room to improve
It only takes one word to scare a fantasy film fan: “prequel”. Years of bitter experience has shown that, more often than not, prequels mean lazy storytelling, bloated run times, and the unmistakable feeling that making a buck was the first thing...

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