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This fairy-tale/love story is rendered even more surreal by the sheer multitude of CGI’s that take you across imaginary forests and rivers.  While a US “Global Giant” tries to take over rare resources owned by the Avatar people, a scientist (Sigourney Weave) uses an injured soldier to try and win over the hearts and minds [...]

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  Writer/director, Neil Blomkamp’s creepy alien creatures have become a blot on the present day Johannesburg landscape on which their spaceship landed two decades earlier.  A naive bureaucrat (Sharlto Copley) is assigned to spearhead the eviction and transfer the two million “prawn” population, totally unprepared for the mental and physical mutation that awaits him.   A [...]

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J.J. Abrams directs a compatible crew through their intergalactic early years (Chris Pine as the charismatic Captain Kirk, Zachary Quinto as the half Vulcan, half human Spock, Zoe Saldana as the poised Lt Uhura, Anton Yelchinas as the chirpy Chekov and Karl Urban as everyone’s favorite Doctor).

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Selected 60’s songs fuel the demonstrative backdrop for this 1980’s  graphic novel that re-unites a group of retired superheroes after one of their own, “The Comedian” (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is murdered.  Fans  will applaud their favorite characters, the cerebral sociopath, Rorschach  (Jackie Earle Haley), the big, blue, naked, Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), alluring Silk Spectre II (Malin [...]

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Weapons manufacturer, Robert Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is a charismatic playboy, until an explosive accident provides an opportunity for revamping his mindset as well as his physical capabilities. While the special effects are more satisfying than the script, Robert Downey Jr. is quite capable of holding your attention with the help of his business buddies [...]

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