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Thor Review: Thor Puts the Hammer Down

Smashing good fun, brilliant CGI and hilariously funny, Kenneth Branagh manages to make Thor one of the best super hero films ever. Branagh, known best for his Shakespearean hits like Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing and Henry V, brings to bear all of his considerable talents to create a believable story and wonderful characters.  Branagh creates an Asgard that is stunningly beautiful, glorious and majestic without ever crossing the line to excess. It just somehow works.

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The Wolfman: A Howling Bad Time


 
What do I Was a Teenage Werewolf, Lon Chaney Junior’s The Wolfman and Teen Wolf all have in common? They all have werewolves, they all have characters you care greatly about and they are all far superior (and more fun) than 2010’s The Wolfman. Starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, Benecio Del Toro and Emily Blunt, The Wolfman seemed destined to be one of the great horror films of all time. Unfortunately the director forgot one of the rules of horror-dom: the audience has to have at least one character to care about. There is not one in The Wolfman.
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