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"See it if you are a fan of that sort of thing, or have just had a daughter and want some tips on ‘extreme parenting’ Neeson style" - Smiley and Jay Freeman review the new Taken 2 movie

This month our chef is Joss Whedon and his ingredients are prime beef, short-crust pastry, mushrooms, and a piece of dog-shit.

Nolan took the darkest side of the knight for his Batman trilogy and now we get Dredd - the lawman that puts the mental in judgemental.

So, picture the scene: A desperate Hollywood film exec scans his child’s bedroom. He senses potential inspiration and plunges his arm, elbow deep, into the nearby toy-box.

This reboot is handled with an air of genuine affection towards the kind of 80s action films and trash TV, whilst simultaneously poking fun at it.

I like Bale’s Batman. He’s dark, vicious and the kind of superhero that would punch his mum and sister...

"You won’t be disappointed, and if you are, simply look into the light here…" - Smiley reviews the latest MIB instalment...

It’s high-tech, slick, completely preposterous and, while it’s not the best of the series (that would be number 1) it’s not the worst (3).

"Will it be a Hulking smash hit or a Thor point for Marvel? See it to find out."

Ryan Gosling stars in this stylish, moody action thriller about a Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals.

Norwegian film about a group of student film makers investigating bear attacks, when they stumble across a hunter tracking something much more interesting...

Liam Neeson heads up a group of oil rig workers whose plane crashes in Alaska.

Crazy stunts and explosions galore - definitely one for the action fans.

The plot thickens as Robert Downey Jr. returns as the world’s most famous fictional detective. I prefer Columbo personally, but the last one was pretty good.

The robots look amazing; so does Rosie Huntingdon-Whiteley.

Special effects-laden superhero flick starring Ryan Reynolds.

"Fewer bats and more ex-pats than Fear and Loathing..."

"Gerard Butler finally shows that he can act..."

"The job falls to a peasant who appears to have been groomed by Zeus since birth like some Olympian rent boy..."

Rocky with robots. Surely there will be a montage, probably it will this time involve welding. Awesome!

The four (?) famous Frenchmen save France again, this time in 3d mostly facing the screen.

Interesting and very personal look at being a soldier in and after Afghanistan, straight from the Sundance film festival.