Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Luc Besson

Starring: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu, Rutger Hauer

Runtime: 137 min

Luc Besson directs the very famous comic book series that tells the adventure of Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne), two special agents that are charged with the protection of the human territories in the universe.

One mission takes them to the ever-growing city Alpha, a metropolis that has been holding different races and species throughout centuries, where knowledge, culture and intelligence are shared. A "virus" appears to be expanding in the center of the city and the agents have to rush to identify its source and save not just Alpha, but the whole universe.

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Baby Driver (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Baby Driver (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Edgar Wright

Starring: Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Jon Bernthal, Eiza González, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx

Runtime: 113 min

Edgar Wright brings us Baby (Ansel Elgort), an incredibly talented getaway driver that uses his personal music to drive at the sound of the beat.

When Doc (Kevin Spacey) forces Baby to continue to do some heists, the latter must face everything and everyone in order to save his life and his loved ones.

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Power Rangers (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Power Rangers (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Dean Israelite

Starring: Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Becky G, Ludi Lin, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Banks

Runtime: 124 min

Five high-school teenagers, who all have personal troubles of their own, discover these five "coins" in a mine construction site.

They get superpowers from them and soon they need to save the world from a destructive villain that is brought back to Earth's surface.

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The Circle (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Circle (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: James Ponsoldt

Starring: Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega, Patton Oswalt, Bill Paxton, Karen Gillan, Ellar Coltrane

Runtime: 110 min

Mae Holland (Emma Watson) is able to get a job in the world's biggest tech and social media company (a real-life Google+Facebook+Everything) through her friend, Annie (Karen Gillan).

As she climbs up in The Circle's ranks, Eamon Bailey (Tom Hanks), the company's founder, offers her an opportunity to be part of a very public experiment. It pushes every boundary, ethics and the privacy of herself, her friends and her family, who now have to live dependent on her decisions.

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Dunkirk (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Dunkirk (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Christopher Nolan

Starring: Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Fionn Whitehead, Aneurin Barnard, Harry Styles, James D'Arcy, Jack Lowden, Barry Keoghan

Runtime: 107 min

Christopher Nolan is back! The director of Inception, The Dark Knight Trilogy and Interstellar (his last big release as a director) tells the story of the evacuation of 400.000 soldiers from Dunkirk, France, who are surrounded by the Nazi forces.

Great Britain needs all the help it can get in order to win World War II, so the help might just be on its way ...

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War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Matt Reeves

Starring: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Amiah Miller, Karin Konoval, Terry Notary

Runtime: 140 min

Caesar (Andy Serkis) is protecting his apes from the human army for two years now, but the Colonel (Woody Harrelson) wants his race to survive at all costs ... After several casualties on the ape's side, Caesar goes on his own revenge quest to save his kind.

An epic battle between both armies goes down to decide the fate of the planet and who becomes the dominant species.

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Matt Reeves

Starring:  Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell, Kodi Smith-McPhee, Enrique Murciano, Kirk Acevedo

Runtime: 130 min

10 years after the events of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, we find out that the humans went through a severe virus that killed most of Earth's population. The apes are living in peace in a forest with their own culture growing exponentially, but some human survivors threaten that security.

A very short and fragile agreement between both races leads to war amongst them to decide who's the dominant species of the planet.

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Rupert Wyatt

Starring: James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton

Runtime: 105 min

The Planet of the Apes franchise receives yet another reboot, this time directed by Rupert Wyatt and developed by the same visual effects team that brought us The Lord of the Rings and Avatar.

Will Rodman (James Franco) is trying to find a cure for Alzheimer's Disease and when he finds one possible solution (ALZ-112), apes are his company's test subjects. A successful result changes everything and an act of compassion leads to the Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

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Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Jon Watts

Written by: Jonathan M. Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Jon Watts, Christopher Ford, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers

Starring: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Zendaya, Laura Harrier, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Donald Glover, Tyne Daly, Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr.

Runtime: 133 min

Synopsis: A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Captain America: Civil War, begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging superhero. Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, Peter returns home, where he lives with his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), under the watchful eye of his new mentor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.). Peter tries to fall back into his normal daily routine - distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man - but when the Vulture (Michael Keaton) emerges as a new villain, everything that Peter holds most important will be threatened.

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The LEGO Batman Movie (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The LEGO Batman Movie (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Chris McKay

Starring: Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, Ralph Fiennes

Runtime: 90 min

After the huge success of The LEGO Movie, something around that same type of film definitely needed to come out. Well, Chris McKay just picked up the character responsible for a big part of that success and gave it a movie: The LEGO Batman Movie.

Batman(WillArnett) keeps saving Gotham from The Joker (Zach Galifianakis), but this time he's going to need all the help he can get. However, we know him for being a hero that works alone ...

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