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X-Men: First Class review

Kevin Bacon as a mutant Nazi! Rose Byrne in her pants! Nicolas Hoult done up like Sully from Monsters, Inc! And these aren’t even the best things about Matthew Vaughn’s vibrant, sprawling, ensemble origin story (well, maybe the Bacon bits…). A franchise reboot reminiscent of JJ Abrams’ 2009 Star Trek …

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Insidious review

Loud noises! complained moronic meteorologist Brick Tamland when Anchorman ’s arguments became too heated for his tiny brain to cope with. He’d do well to avoid the latest from Saw writer Leigh Whannell and director James Wan. Besides a score so emphatic it could resurrect Bernard Herrmann, this slick shocker …

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