Reviews

While James Gunn's first film masterfully introduced us to Marvel's cosmic realm and the quirky individuals that inhabit it, "Guardians 2" foregoes a conventional superhero narrative arc in favor of a more personal, character-driven story.

The story picks up a mere six years after X-Men: Days of Future Past, which saw a dark, post-apocalyptic timeline and the poorly received events of X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine rewritten in favor of a new, bright future.

The man turns out to be Clarence Baileys guardian angel sent from heaven to help Bailey realize his purpose in life.

While magic itself is a new element in the Marvel cinematic universe, Doctor Strange is still, at its core, a superhero origin story, meaning that all of Marvels tropes are ever present.

Following the slaughtering of trappers at the beginning of the film, Glass guides the surviving group back to its outpost, Fort Kiowa.

Nominated for two Academy Awards and winner of the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Debra Graniks Winters Bone ranks among the top films to come out of Sundance in recent years.

The last 30 minutes of this film will have viewers eyes locked onto the drama; it is one of the most emotionally gripping finales I have ever seen.

The cinematography in the film is commendable.

The films narrative alternates between three significant times in Turings life: his education at Sherborne School as a teenager, his classified work with Enigma during the war and the investigation surrounding Turings sexual orientation in 1952.

Once you're settled into the film however, you will begin to smile, laugh and possibly cry at the comical, yet moving story unfolding on screen.