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karl urban

reviews 3 stars, action, anthony hopkins, cate blanchett, chris hemsworth, comic book, idris elba, jeff goldblum, karl urban, mark ruffalo, marvel, marvel studios, mcu infinity saga, mcu phase three, reviews, sci-fi, Taika Waititi, tessa thompson, thor, thor: ragnarok, tom hiddleston

THOR: RAGNAROK

November 5, 2017

The God of Thunder has a pretty damned good sense of humour. Who saw that coming?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, bryce dallas howard, family, isiah whitlock jr., karl urban, oakes fegley, oona laurence, pete's dragon, robert redford, wes bentley

PETE’S DRAGON

September 5, 2016

That feeling of sweet sorrow that tints some of the best movies? That’s the feeling of growing-up

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, action, anton yelchin, chris pine, idris elba, john cho, justin lin, karl urban, reviews, science fiction, shohreh aghdashloo, simon pegg, star trek, star trek beyond, zachary quinto, zoe saldana

STAR TREK BEYOND

July 24, 2016

At the half-century mark, STAR TREK is beginning to look in its rearview mirror.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers anton yelchin, chris pine, idris elba, john cho, justin lin, karl urban, simon pegg, sofia boutella, star trek, star trek beyond, trailers, zachary quinto, zoe saldana

STAR TREK BEYOND Trailer

December 18, 2015

Seems like just yesterday we were all super excited to be going back to this franchise. Now though?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, alice eve, anton yelchin, benedict cumberbatch, bruce greenwood, chris pine, jj abrams, john cho, karl urban, peter weller, simon pegg, star trek, star trek into darkness, zachary quinto, zoe saldana

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS

May 19, 2013

Once again we “boldly go”, but this time it feels like some men have gone there before.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers anton yelchin, benedict cumberbatch, bruce greenwood, chris pine, IMAX, j.j. abrams, john cho, karl urban, simon pegg, star trek, zachary quinto, zoe saldana

Under a Blood Red Sky – STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS Trailer

December 19, 2012

Ready to boldly go back?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, action, anton yelchin, bruce greenwood, chris hemsworth, chris pine, dvd, eric bana, jj abrams, john cho, karl urban, leonard nimoy, sci-fi, simon pegg, star trek, star trek 2009, zachary quinto, zoe saldana

STAR TREK

May 15, 2009

Time to boldly go…back!

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Ryan McNeil
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