Category: film reviews

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Super, Girls!

Super, Girls! is a documentary following a group of girls who are set to audition to get into Super Girl, China’s most popular pop idol-style type of show for girls, where people from different backgrounds try to get onto the show to fulfill their dreams of becoming famous and change their luck.

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Super Mario Bros. Movie, The

As evil Koopa King Bowser manages to take over the Super Star, and plans to marry Princess Peach and take over the Mushroom Kingdom, our story really starts with brotherly plumbers Mario and Luigi, who have recently set up their own plumbing service.

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Super 8

J.J. Abrams weaves together this stirring sci-fi film with a classic coming of age story that is as thrilling and mysterious as it is touching and sincere.

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Super (2010)

Super is a comedy drama about people that pretend to be superheroes, that never becomes a superhero movie.

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Sunny (Korean Film)

Na-mi was the awkward transfer at school until she met Chun-hwa. Years after, Chun-hwa needs Na-mi’s help to get the gang together again.

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Summer Wars

Summer Wars is part techie-adventure, part family-dramedy. Coming from Japan, home of some of the finest quality animation, it’s got luscious art and flawless animation technique.

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Sucker Punch

When 20-year-old Baby Doll loses her mother she knows instantly that she has to protect herself and her little sister from their stepfather. But things don’t go as planned: Baby Doll’s sister is dead, she has a gun in her hand and her stepfather winds up committing her to a mental institution.

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Submarine (2011)

Submarine’s set in the same era lampooned in Darkplace, that of the 80s, complete with mullets and VHS throwbacks. But the comedy here is of a gentle, wry nature, unconcerned with mockery, and really the film could be set anywhere between the 1960s and now thanks to its wonderfully timeless feel.