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By Abir The name says it all, this is the first film where we see the most iconic super heroes off all time. While we have seen countless iterations Batman and Superman in their own films, they have never appeared together in the same film. Witnessing the success of Marvels crossover movies and their shared universe, Warner Bro who owns DC decided to put their hat into the ring with Batman V Superman: Dawn of justice. Unfortunately, this film sinks under the weight of its expectation. Whereas Marvel has created a series of films, thus introducing characters, fleshing out their backstories and motivations before attempting the crossover. DC and Warner Bros are trying to use this film to springboard a so-called DC cinematic universe. The film is set 2 years after the events of man of steel , it harkens back to that film by presenting a different perspective on superman’s colossal battle with General Zod. With metropolis and other places reduced to rubble, adding on the los...

By Abir To celebrate the release of the Kingsman 2 trailer, I’ll be reviewing the original. We’ve known for a while that the spy genre is as stale as mouldy bread. Collectively 007, Jason Bourne and Jack Bauer have drained any life there was left in the category. Kingsman remarkably breathes new life into this genre by being a smarter spoof than that of Austin Powers, yet lacking the over seriousness traditional to spy fiction. Mr. Darcy & some kid The movie is directed by Matthew Vaughn of comic book movie lore and like all his previous films Kingsman is balls to wall fun. The premise is the Kingsman, an independent, secret intelligence service of overly formal gentlemen run by Arthur (Michael Caine). When one of their agents dies in battle, new recruits are gathered then put through a literal elimination process. Top agent Galahad (Colin Firth) sponsors a troubled youth Eggsy (Taron Eggerton) out of guilt and as a favour to Eggsy’s father who died 17 years ago saving ...

Star Wars is one of the greatest movie franchise of all time, it spans 40 years, beginning with the classic “A New Hope”, which was first released in theatres in 1977. In 2012 Disney coming of the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, acquired Lucas film and all the intellectual property associated with the franchise for 4.05 billion dollars. Following this, Disney kicked started the process to create a series of films called the sequel-trilogy along with a set of anthology films, as of April 2017 we have both opening entries, with the sequel trilogy being Episode VII: The Force Awakens and the first of the anthology films Rogue One: A Star Wars story. Yet there has been a “great disturbance in the force”, fans have been arguing back and forth, which is the better movie? So, let’s solve this most necessary of issues and decide which is the best new Star Wars Movie? ( Spoilers are ahead if have not seen the movie ) Episode VII is set 30 years after Return of the Jedi (Epis...