Essentially a throwback to the cheesy sci-fi fantasies of the 1950s, Fantastic Four winds up as the weakest link in the three-film-old franchise.

Quite predictably, the script contrives an encounter with a dashing philanthropist (Huisman). Their budding romance forms the core of the heavy-handed fable. The maudlin voiceover narration replete with pseudo-scientific jargon serves no purpose. Worse, the narrative is bogged down by the frequent jumps back and forth to the dilemmas faced over the course of a century.

A none-too-exciting prequel to last year’s overrated The Conjuring, Annabelle plunders elements from its genre predecessors including the Child’s Play series featuring that demonic doll.

In effect, Two Night Stand leaves us tone cold.

The fresh-faced cast demonstrates a strong screen presence. The soundtrack is peppered with snatches of peppy tunes by Afrojack, Method Man and Celestine. With the exception of the murky and unnecessary use of 3D …All In is a Step Up in the right direction for the youth-oriented series.

Watch The Fault In Our Stars for Shailene Woodley…Based on the young adult novel of the same name by John Green, this tale of first love isn’t such a many splendoured thing.

A romantic subplot involving a cutesy tenant (Bell) is wearisome. AR Rahman’s background music score is straight out of a Bollywood potboiler.
At best, this well-intentioned triumph of the underdog tale makes for an okey-dokey matinee.

As frenetic and insubstantial as the original 2009 animated fantasy, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 once again blends slapstick comedy with candy-coloured visuals.

A scare-lite sequel to the haunted house horror flick Insidious (2011), the franchise motivated …Chapter 2 fails to translate its paranormal premise into an interesting yarn.

Much of the films’ appeal comes from the forceful performance of Asa Butterfield. Harrison Ford as a ruthless colonel passes muster, while Ben Kingsley, sporting Maori face tattoos, manages to register a strong screen presence. Don’t expect originality of either content or style from Ender’s Game and you won’t be disappointed.