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  • Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
    Review preview for Avengers: Infinity War

    Infinity War is a clearing of the decks: opportunity for new characters and plots to emerge; opportunity too for some characters to move on.

    Jane Fae · 4.5 out of 5
    The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
  • Bride Wars (2009)
    Review preview for Bride Wars

    With a title like this you know pretty much what to expect.

    Val Kermode · 2 out of 5
    Best friends become bitter enemies after inadvertently scheduling their weddings for the same day.
  • The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
    Review preview for The Five-Year Engagement

    The problem isn’t that we seen it all before – it’s that we’ve seen it all done better. Much better.

    Stephen Carty · 3 out of 5
    A young couple find it's tough to make it down the aisle.
  • The Garfield Movie (2024)
    Review preview for The Garfield Movie

    It's a stodgy interpretation of something that wasn't that fresh to begin with.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    After Garfield's unexpected reunion with his long-lost father, ragged alley cat Vic, he and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered lives to join Vic on a risky heist.
  • Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 (2017)
    Review preview for Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2

    Making sense of explosions on green screen is a tough call

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Battles in space continue between weird people and weirder people as the head honcho searches for his dad.
  • Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3 (2023)
    Review preview for Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3

    This is filmmaking that paints by numbers and with Key Performance Indicators in mind.

    Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
    Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission which, if unsuccessful, could mean the end of the Guardians.
  • Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)
    Review preview for Guardians Of The Galaxy

    Overall, Guardians of the Galaxy is good fun.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    A pilot is tracked by bounty hunters after stealing a mysterious orb.
  • Her (2013)
    Review preview for Her

    It is in these details, the small objects Jonze provides us with in his film of disembodied desires, that essences become distilled.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    A lonely writer falls in love with his new all-purpose operating system, leading to romantic and existential complications.
  • Jennifer's Body (2009)
    Review preview for Jennifer's Body

    Jennifer's Body is a sexy, smart mouthed horror that cannot be knocked for ambition or cleverness.

    Darren Amner · 3 out of 5
    A provocative cheerleader becomes possessed by a demon and starts killing her male classmates.
  • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
    Review preview for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

    So riddled with logic gaps, dumb character decisions and simple confusion about how we should view the entire conceit, that the actual genetic recreation of dinosaurs from 65 million years ago starts looking believable in comparison.

    Owen Van Spall · 2 out of 5
    When Owen and Claire return to Isla Nublar, they stumble on a conspiracy that threatens the Earth.
  • Jurassic World (2015)
    Review preview for Jurassic World

    It’s nonsense. Tolerable nonsense, but nonsense nonetheless.

    Jane Fae · 3 out of 5
    The addition of a new creature to the Jurassic World theme park leads to trouble.
  • The Lego Movie (2014)
    Review preview for The Lego Movie

    The pace is frantic, the colours electrifying and the storyline zippedy-who-dah

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A Lego man joins a quest to save the universe.
  • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
    Review preview for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

    Although The Lego Movie 2 is fun it relies on too many throwaway jokes and references, some of which are unfortunately repeated ad nauseum.

    Donald Munro · 3 out of 5
    It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: Lego Duplo invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.
  • The Magnificent Seven (2016)
    Review preview for The Magnificent Seven

    The John Ford cliches clang against the Sergio Leone sloppy seconds with the hollow ring of a church bell.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    Seven gunmen team up to help save a village from an evil mining boss.
  • Moneyball (2011)
    Review preview for Moneyball

    While the film does rattle through these pillars of the underdog sports movie narrative, it does so with an element of class, a helping of humour and a knowing wink.

    Robert Munro · 3.5 out of 5
    The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
  • Onward (2020)
    Review preview for Onward

    Maybe its Disney/Pixar have set such a high bar for themselves, but the latest outing, despite all its fairy tale creatures, lacks some of the studio's usual magic.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Two teenage elf brothers rediscover a bit of magic as they go on a quest to spend a last day with their dad.
  • Passengers (2016)
    Review preview for Passengers

    The concept of being trapped in solitary confinement for the rest of your natural is a goose bump reversal experience

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    An odd romance develops on a transport spaceship.
  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
    Review preview for The Super Mario Bros. Movie

    More two-dimensional than many of the videogames it borrows from.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    The story of The Super Mario Bros. on their journey through the Mushroom Kingdom.
  • Take Me Home Tonight (2011)
    Review preview for Take Me Home Tonight

    It’s a film to be watched late at night, sunken into the sofa with one eye open. And then entirely forgotten about come the morning.

    Robert Munro · 2.5 out of 5
    As the summer of 1988 winds down, three friends on the verge of adulthood attend an out-of-control party in celebration of their last night of unbridled youth.
  • Thor: Love And Thunder (2022)
    Review preview for Thor: Love And Thunder

    A merchandising rather than mythologising opportunity..

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    Thor's retirement is interrupted by a galactic killer known as Gorr the God Butcher, who seeks the extinction of the gods. To combat the threat, Thor enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and his ex-girlfriend, Jane Foster.
  • The Tomorrow War (2021)
    Review preview for The Tomorrow War

    A more than creditable effort by director Chris McKay and writer Zach Dean.

    Jane Fae · 3.5 out of 5
    Time travellers arrive with a warning about the future and to recruit people from the present to join the fight. A schoolteacher signs up.
  • What's Your Number? (2011)
    Review preview for What's Your Number?

    Mylod doles out cliche after cliche - drinks and debauchery in clubs, waking up with Mr Wrong - but never injects enough warmth or humor into proceedings to keep them fresh.

    David Graham · 2.5 out of 5
    A woman revisits her past 20 boyfriends to see if she's lost Mr Right.
  • Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
    Review preview for Zero Dark Thirty

    If you've read the paper during the last ten years, you won't get much new insight here.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 2.5 out of 5
    A recreation of the ten year hunt by US agents for Osama bin Laden.

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