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Warm Bodies sneaks up on you like a zombie and gnaws on your brain to get to your heart. Delightfully fun.

Laurence Anyways sees writer/director Xavier Dolan substitute his signature flair for actual substance. With an almost obnoxiously overblown running time, Dolan's latest effort is a hard pill to swallow at times. This is because the film focuses far more on the "journey" rather than the "destination"; and whilst his more recognisable visual style creeps in, it never pulls focus or proves a distraction. Armed with a powerfully moving and organic script, electrifying and raw performances from both leads and a pulsating soundtrack marked by the times, Laurence Anyways is a memorable, yet stylish affair.

Star Trek Into Darkness offers much of a muchness in J.J. Abrams rebooted franchise, which by no means is a bad thing. Upping the camp value whilst sending the film's thematic focus into darker territory creates an overall polarizing effect, much like its over zealous use of lens flare; but where the film often seems at odds with itself, it makes up for with style and charm. Audiences know exactly what they're signing up for when they see this movie: memorable performances of much-loved characters, jaw-droppingly brilliant science fiction special effects, but above all, a quality blockbuster experience.

Evil Dead finds the perfect balance between being reverent to the genre and pushing the envelope. Jam packed with plenty of nods to the original classic and a plethora of new stomach-churning gory sequences, it is sure to satisfy the blood lust of even the mightiest appetite.

Iron Man 3 proves that there is still plenty of life left in the franchise, despite this third entry in the series feeling like a spiritual conclusion to a possible trilogy. Robert Downey, Jr. continues to demonstrate more than ever that he is the complete embodiment of Tony Stark, and with plenty of thrilling action sequences and emotionally charged deliveries from all cast members, Iron Man's darkest hour is one of the greatest entry's in the Marvel cinematic universe thus far.

I loved All Superheroes Must Die like an ugly red-headed stepchild.

The Croods is a surprisingly enjoyable but superfluous take on the caveman movie formula. Plenty of well-timed gags and spectacularly animated environments prevent the film slipping from mediocrity into extinction.

Armageddon comes in the standard fare Michael Bay package with plenty of predictable explosions, explosions and explosions, but it's the heartfelt delivery of (some of) the ensemble that saves it from being unmemorable action fodder.

Mila Kunis does her best impression of The Mask.

An incredibly accomplished effort by Affleck and well deserving of all its praise.

Cloud Atlas is an altogether ambitious effort that sometimes struggles beneath it's furrowing complexity and delusions of grandeur. Despite this, the ensemble cast are put to extremely good use, particularly during the gender-bending incognito sequences that render them completely unrecognizable; allowing the masterful casting to help draw parallels between each of the vignettes and weave the overall tapestry of the film together.

Whilst the actors in Silver Linings Playbook are more than worthy of the praise they're all receiving, the film falls a little short of greatness by pandering to cinematic clichés and predictability.