Film review: ENDER’S GAME, from Built For Speed

Nick’s rating: ***. Genre: Action/ Adventure/ Science Fiction. Classification: TBA Director(s): Gavin Hood. Release date: 5th Dec 2013. Running time: 114 mins. Based on controversial author Orson Scott Card’s famed 1985 science fiction novel, Ender’s Game is one of the most hotly anticipated film adaptations of recent times.  I have not read the book so my review comes from the

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Film review: more views on IRON MAN 3, from Built For Speed

By 2008 the Marvel Comics adaptations weren’t looking too healthy.  The Fantastic Four films had been turkeys and the overlong and confusing Spiderman 3 had skittled the high expectations raised by the sensational Spiderman 2.  Iron Man, however, was like a 50,000 vault surge of electricity to the ailing Frankenstein corpse of superhero movies.  The film combined powerful dynamic action

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