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Apocalypse by name and nature X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

Release Date: 28/09/16 Format:

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Audio Commentary by Bryan Singer and Simon Kinberg Gag reel Easter Egg Image Gallery 12 Deleted/Extended scenes X-Men: Apocalypse Unearthed Documentary: - En Sabah Nur: Setting the Stage for Apocalypse - Clan of Akkaba: Apocalypse and His Horsemen - Answering the Call: Assembling the New X-Men Team - The End of Times: Creating a New Age of Apocalypse - Unlimited Powers: VFX, Stunts

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The biggest X-Men movie to date opens in Ancient Egypt, where we are introduced to the very first mutant, Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac), an all-powerful being with the ability to transfer his mind into a new body. Then it’s off to the 1980s to meet the younger incarnations of existing X-Men – including

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predictably siding with the enemy. Look out, too, for a cameo from a favourite X-member. The mutants’ ongoing battle for tolerance and acceptance has always been at the heart of the franchise, but given the scale of destruction unleashed here (it’s not called Apocalypse for nothing), it won’t be long before the UN are regulating the X-Men just like their Avengers counterparts. Scott Hocking

Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan) and Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) – who together with the First Class gang must attempt to stop the recently awakened Apocalypse, whose intentions reflect his name. An interesting sideline involves Magneto (Michael Fassbender), who’s living as a family man in Poland, before a personal tragedy sees him reverting to his wicked ways and

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X-Men: Days of Future Past

Call of the wild HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE

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Release Date: 14/09/16

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Audio Commentary with Taika Waititi and Sam Neill Interviews with Taika Waititi, Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rhys Darby, Stan Walker, Rima Te Wiata and more Taika on Barry Crump Featurette Bloopers

Taika Waititi has an uncanny instinct for what clicks with audiences here: his second feature, Boy (2010), became the highest grossing New Zealand film off all time, and now he has trumped his own record with this splendidly irreverent action-comedy, based on the novel by Barry Crump. Young Julian Dennison displays a comic timing way beyond his years as

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Julian Dennison first worked with Taika Waititi in 2013 on an extended public service TV commercial highlighting the dangers of drinking while stoned This is the first movie Sam Neill has shot in New Zealand since 2009’s Under The Mountain .

all spot on. Waititi’s affection for his quirky underdog heroes shines throughout, while the mix of deadpan humour and slapstick action shows that you don’t have to dumb things down to create a hit suitable for all the family – Hunt For The Wilderpeople will appeal to the mischievous kid inside everyone. Now, let’s hope that Waititi can bring a similar verve and wit to the next Thor movie. John Ferguson

the teenage foster kid who is sent to live on a remote farm and ends up sparking a nationwide manhunt when he disappears into the bush with his grumpy guardian (Sam Neill, enjoying himself immensely). Rachel House is also a delight as the fearsome social worker on their trail, although the performances of the entire ensemble – Oscar Kightley, Rima Te Wiata, Rhys Darby, et al – are

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