This week: our friendly neighbourhood web-slinger swoops in for another epic adventure. But will this action-packed, multi-villian sequel help or hurt the rebooted franchise?
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Opening today:
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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2……FILM OF THE WEEK
USA | 142 minutes | Action, Adventure, Comic Adaptation, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Director: Marc Webb (The Amazing Spider-Man, (500) Days of Summer)
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Felicity Jones, Paul Giamatti, Dane DeHaan, Sally Field, Martin Sheen, Chris Cooper, Chris Zylka
It’s not easy being Spider-Man. In this sequel he must fight a trio of enemies hell-bent on his destruction and all with one thing in common: Oscorp.
I enjoyed, but was underwhelmed, by the first film. Can the sequel step things up a notch? Or will multiple enemies bring the franchise to its knees, just like 2007’s Spiderman 3?
Distributor: Sony Pictures
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HALF OF A YELLOW SUN
Nigeria, UK | 111 minutes | Drama
Director: Biyi Bandele (debut feature)
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Joseph Mawle, John Boyega
Sisters return home to 1960s Nigeria, where they soon diverge on different paths. As civil war breaks out, political events loom larger than their differences as they join the fight to establish an independent republic.
Looks like some powerful viewing. Great cast too.
Distributor: CM Releasing
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Will you be hitting the cinema this week?
