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X-Men First Class

Decent enough reload for the series, though the groovy 60s setting is undermined by cheesy effects.

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1st Jul 2012

Newlyweds

Small scale, effortless, charming relationship comedy, made by @edward_burns for $9000. A lesson to us all.

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30th Jun 2012

We Need To Talk About Kevin

Accomplished, terrifying, kaleidoscopic portrait of a child's descent to the dark side.

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29th Jun 2012

The Amazing Spider-Man

(dir. Marc Webb)

Decent reboot with Andrew Garfield's Spidey a skating loner at school, Emma Stone a great Gwen Stacy and Rhys Ifans as The Lizard (so-so CGI, but some nuance in character makes him a bit less cartoony than the shouty villains in the last three films). Bonus points for the Gonz poster in Peter Parker's bedroom. Denis Leary, Martin Sheen and Sally Field all add class to a film that's balanced, remembers that being Spidey is fun, has some good 3D cityscape scenes and works despite the inevitable "climb up a sky scraper and FIGHT" boss level climax. Still not quite sure we needed to see the whole "how Spidey gets his powers" origin story again, but overall it's much more enjoyable than Tobey Maguire's webslinger. BTW avoid the 25 minute fan edit of all the trailers - it is basically the whole film, very odd that they'd give away so much online.

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26th Jun 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

Sideways

This 2004 vintage indie smash has not aged particularly well, but it still has its moments.

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25th Jun 2012