Tag: 2014
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Edge of Tomorrow (2014 review)
4 outta 5 Edge of Tomorrow is a fantastically zippy film which is quite an accomplishment since the story loops back in on itself yet finding something new each time. Directed by Doug Liman (Go, The Bourne Identity) it’s a great mash-up of sci-fi, D-Day war movies, and time travel narrative bending. Also if you’ve…
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014 review)
4 outta 5 With Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World spinning off from The Avengers, they can’t work without that chunk of the puzzle. While Captain America: The Winter Soldier plays directly with leftover pieces of Avengers via the super-spy organization S.H.I.E.L.D. it is actually more of a sequel to Captain America: The…
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (’14 review)
4 outta 5 Now that it’s done the decision to split one novel, The Hobbit, into three movies was an interesting choice but never reached the heights of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Hobbit makes for a somewhat requisite but entertaining prequel as the finale The Battle of the Five Armies folds elegantly…
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