MOVIE REVIEWS - 2013

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2013 movie highlights

It could be argued that 2013 was the first of the genuine "Blockbuster" years, where movies based on franchises dominated the results. The numbers of sequels and reboots was jaw-dropping...

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE   IRON MAN 3   DESPICABLE ME 2   MAN OF STEEL   MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG   FAST & FURIOUS 6   OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS   THOR: THE DARK WORLD   THE WOLVERINE   G.I. JOE: RETALIATION

Sprinkled among the list above were a number of hugely successful original films that transcended their target audience, earning popular acclaim and big Box Office numbers...

FROZEN   GRAVITY   WORLD WAR Z   THE CONJURING   PACIFIC RIM   OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN   ELYSIUM   OBLIVION

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TEXAS CHAINSAW
​3D

HORROR
RELEASED: 4/01/13
(Usa)
TIME:  92 MINS
RATED: ma 15+

GANGSTER
SQUAD

CRIME DRAMA
RELEASED: 9/01/13
(USA)
TIME: 105 MINS
​RATED: ma 15+

the
​last stand

ACTION
RELEASED: 17/01/13
(usa)
TIME: 107 MINS
​RATED: m

MAMA
​
​
​HORROR
released: 17/01/13
(usa)
TIME: 100 MINS
RATED: m

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HANSEL & GRETEL
​WITCH HUNTERS

fantasy HORROR
RELEASED: 25/01/13
(Usa)
TIME:  88 MINS
RATED: ma 15+

BULLET TO
​THE HEAD

CRIME DRAMA
RELEASED: 31/01/13
(AUS)
TIME: 88 MINS
​RATED: ma 15+

A GOOD DAY
​TO DIE HARD

ACTION
RELEASED: 6/02/13
(AUS)
TIME: 98 MINS
​RATED: m

SIDE
​EFFECTS
​
​crime drama
released: 8/02/13
(AUS)
TIME: 100 MINS
RATED: mA 15+

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DARK
​SKIES

sci-fi HORROR
RELEASED: 21/02/13
(aus)
TIME:  97 MINS
RATED: m

JACK THE
​GIANT SLAYER

fantasy
RELEASED: 28/02/13
(AUS)
TIME: 114 MINS
​RATED: m

DEAD MAN
​DOWN

ACTION
RELEASED: 7/03/13
(AUS)
TIME: 117 MINS
​RATED: mA 15+

OZ THE GREAT
AND POWERFUL
​
​fantasy
released: 7/03/13
(AUS)
TIME: 130 MINS
RATED: PG

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olympus has
​fallen

action
RELEASED: 20/03/13
(aus)
TIME:  119 MINS
RATED: ma 15+

the
​host

science fiction
RELEASED: 22/03/13
(AUS)
TIME: 125 MINS
​RATED: m

g.i. joe
​retaliation

science fiction
RELEASED: 27/03/13
(AUS)
TIME: 110 MINS
​RATED: m

evil
​dead
​
​horror
released: 3/04/13
(AUS)
TIME: 91 MINS
RATED: R 18+

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oBLIVION


SCIENCE FICTION
RELEASED: 19/04/13
(aus)
TIME:  125 MINS
RATED: m

IRON MAN 3
​

science fiction
RELEASED: 24/04/13
(AUS)
TIME: 130 MINS
​RATED: m

STAR TREK 
​INTO DARKNESS

science fiction
RELEASED: 16/05/13
(AUS)
TIME: 132 MINS
​RATED: m

FAST & FURIOUS 6

​
​ACTION
released: 24/05/13
(AUS)
TIME: 131 MINS
RATED: M

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AFTER earth

SCIENCE FICTION
RELEASED: 31/05/13
(usa)
TIME:  100 MINS
RATED: m

the purge
​
thriller
RELEASED: 7/06/13
(usa)
TIME: 85 MINS
​RATED: ma 15+

man of steel

science fiction
RELEASED: 14/06/13
(usa)
TIME: 143 MINS
​RATED: m

world war z
​
​horror thriller
released: 24/05/13
(usa)
TIME: 116 MINS
RATED: M

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white house down

action
RELEASED: 28/06/13
(usa)
TIME:  131 MINS
RATED: m

the lone ranger
​
action
RELEASED: 2/07/13
(usa)
TIME: 149 MINS
​RATED: m

pacific rim

science fiction
RELEASED: 11/07/13
(usa)
TIME: 131 MINS
​RATED: m

red 2
​
​action thriller
released: 19/07/13
(usa)
TIME: 116 MINS
RATED: M

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the
conjuring

horror
RELEASED: 19/07/13
(usa)
TIME:  112 MINS
RATED: ma 15+

the
​wolverine
​
science fiction
RELEASED: 26/07/13
(usa)
TIME: 126 MINS
​RATED: m

percy jackson:
sea of monsters

fantasy
RELEASED: 7/08/13
(usa)
TIME: 106 MINS
​RATED: pg

elysium

​
​science fiction
released: 9/08/13
(usa)
TIME: 109 MINS
RATED: Ma 15+

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kick-ass 2
​
​

action
RELEASED: 16/08/13
(usa)
TIME:  103 MINS
RATED: ma 15+

the mortal instruments:
city of bones

science fiction
RELEASED: 21/08/13
(usa)
TIME: 130 MINS
​RATED: m

riddick



science fiction
RELEASED: 5/09/13
(usa)
TIME: 118 MINS
​RATED: Ma 15+

insidious:
chapter 2

​
​horror
released: 13/09/13
(usa)
TIME: 106 MINS
RATED: M

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prisoners
​
​
thriller
RELEASED: 19/09/13
(usa)
TIME:  153 MINS
RATED: ma 15+

gravity
​
​
science fiction
RELEASED: 3/10/13
(usa)
TIME: 91 MINS
​RATED: m

ender's game


science fiction
RELEASED: 25/10/13
(usa)
TIME: 114 MINS
​RATED: M

thor:
​the dark world

​science fiction
released: 30/10/13
(usa)
TIME: 112 MINS
RATED: M

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the
​hunger games:
catching fire
​
science fiction
RELEASED: 15/11/13
(usa)
TIME:  146 MINS
RATED: m

47
​ronin
​
​
fantasy
RELEASED: 6/12/13
(usa)
TIME: 119 MINS
​RATED: m

the hobbit:
the desolation
of smaug

fantasy
RELEASED: 13/12/13
(usa)
TIME: 161 MINS
​RATED: M

the
secret life of
walter mitty

​fantasy
released: 25/12/13
(usa)
TIME: 114 MINS
RATED: M

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