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Advantages: The original cut of the movie alongside the remastered version
Disadvantages: No special features

Star Wars. Those two words conjure up emotions in many men who were once young boys and prompt any stick, pole or broom handle to be wielded around to an accompanying 'voom voom, kapow' sound effect. Women who were once young girls look on bemused as grown men become Jedi fighting the evil Empire when they should be sweeping, mopping or doing whatever it was they should have been doing. Since 1977 George Lucas' space opera has been wowing audiences ...
...The Empire Strikes Back (or Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back as it has been retitled) is the second of the original 'holy trinity' and is seen by many as the darkest of the three movies. Starting on the ice planet of Hoth, the rebellion's new base of operations, we follow the adventures of Luke, Han Solo (Harrision Ford), Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew), Princess Lea (Carrie Fisher) and the droids R2D2 and C3PO (Kenny Baker and Anthony Daniels) ... Read review

Advantages: action blockbuster
Disadvantages: time travel style paradox

...Philip I. Dick short story, Minority Report tells the story of the head of pre-cognitive crime division John Anderton who is accused of a crime he hasn't yet committed. Set in Washington in the year 2054, 3 genetically altered humans can see into the future and give the pre-crime police details of crimes that will soon be committed. If just one of the 'precogs' sees a different outcome it is filed as a 'minority report'. But the time-travel style ...
...a murder, can the person be accused of the murder, which, because they have been arrested already can never take place? The prisons are likely to fill up quickly with this style of justice and the system, which is trialling well in Washington is beginning to receive opposition. Anderton, played reasonably well by Cruise, is a big fan of the system, throwing himself into his work to get over the death of his son 6 years earlier, until his name comes ... Read review

Advantages: Lots of Marvel heroes
Disadvantages: Elektra is not a great film

X Men 'X-men' follows the conflicts and struggles that mutants must face from mankind. Professor Charles Xavier is one such mutant that wishes to help mutants who are unable to understand their gifts. The villain of the story is Magneto, a very powerful mutant, who thinks that a war is approaching between man-kind and mutants. Stunning action and good performances all round.... X Men 2 X2 sees the mutant mansion invaded by a William Striker who ...
...destroy all of them. Magneto is back with a scheme of his own that involves the death of all mankind. It's up to our mutant hero's to save the day. Better than the first, the individual character stories are more in-depth and special effects have been stepped up enough to make this a cracking comic book movie. Daredevil Daredevil sees a young Matt Murdock blinded as a child only to have his remaining senses functioning at increased levels enabling ... Read review

Advantages: Sharper script
Disadvantages: None

Captain Jack and the Torchwood team return for another series of alien encounters convieniently placed in Cardiff. With more adventerous storylines and sharper writing this show really comes into its own. From battling with old flames to looking death in the face (literally) the torchwood team will never be the same again. With guest appearences from James Masters (Captain John) and Freema agyeman (Martha Jones) to show adds depth intoducing back ... Read review

Advantages: Great drama for all ages
Disadvantages: Final Installment of series 4

...close the darkest series of Doctor Who to date. Old friends return at the end of the univere for a battle that will effect the whole of reality itself. With excellent perfomances from David Tennant and Julian Bleach the latest installment of the cult show is an instant classic with three of the most well written episodes of the new series on one disk Turn Left, The Stolen Earth and Jouneys End provide the fitting finale to the Time Lords adventures ... Read review