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This is drawn in the style of the 50s comics which is not for everyone's taste but is a rather bold and well executed move by Warner Bros Animation Studios.

The New Frontier as you might have guessed is set in the 50s, more precisely 1953 towards the end of the Korean War. It starts out with Hal Jordan, a fighter pilot for the US coming back from the battlefield having just been told that the war is over. Hal's jet is downed by enemy fire and after he lands, has to kill an enemy soldier(who either didn't know the war was over or just wanted to kill an American) in self defense.

The first act of the film plays out like an origin story for Hal Jordan (later to become the green lantern) and for Jon Jonnz (The Martian Manhunter). It also introduces supes and the B man (in a pretty cool way I must say) but supes' and wonder woman's introduction are the best by far. People tend to forget that wonder woman is from an amazon island (only ladies) and has no notion of democracy or due process, she's a warrior, she stabs first and asks questions later and her first scene illustrates that very well. We also get a nice scene with the Flash saving Iris (his wife).

The second act continues the exposition showing us that a mysterious force called 'the centre' is zombifying people into doing its deeds and apparently 'the centre' (who is the main villain who u never see) has seen the evolution of the human race since it began and thinks that they don't deserve to exist. Which is basically an excuse for blowing up the whole planet.

The first half of the film gets you hooked on the story and characters and delves in very little action (but oh so cool action). It also shows the state of society in America with references to the Ku Klux Klan, racism and the short minded perceptions and stereotypes of humans 'different = bad'.

By the third act, we start feeling the pressure of the WB execs pushing the writers to script big frickin fight scenes with as many heroes as possible to please the crowd. They didn't push the PG-13 envelope with this one but they certainly made good use of it as we do see off screen decapitation and blood flowing in many kill scenes. Basically, a lot of fighting and killing but there is some substance in a scene prior to the Big Bash that shows the superheroes (not yet understood or accepted by society) joining forces with regular humans to fight a common enemy.

I cannot remember who said this but: 'Today there are no democrats, no republicans, just the naked simplicity of an absolute: Mankind's survival' The fourth act is super whammy hammy with a lot of comic stereotypes and feels a bit rushed in my opinion so i'm not even going to say anything about it. Except that the last monologue is very fitting of the overall message of acceptance scattered through the film. The monologue is from none other than John Kennedy and is pure gold! All in all, a very good at effort at converting a graphic novel to film. The premise is very easy to understand the character development is given a lot of attention towards the first half to setup for the mindless action in the second.

However, my main gripe with this is that it doesn't show enough of batman and treats him as a semi granted character. But the green lantern's origin is well executed and therefore a must see for all JL fans.

This was a brilliant piece of entertainment, it had drama, romance, horror, thriller, adventure, action and comedy (lots of it).

The film starts slow, putting the audience up close to the characters, getting us used to them again and putting us in their world and their family to help us understand their bond. Then the action is kick started and we get a glimpse of how good the next action scenes are going to be.

James Franco gives a very good performance as angry/evil Harry, i was surprised that such a young actor could be that convincing, though for a few split seconds i did think he was over acting.

Tobey is even better in this one than in the previous films, you actually believe that he's a grown up peter parker and that he's not so much of a nerd anymore and he's coming to terms with his identity. He plays the arrogant part very well as well.

Tobey (again) when 'possessed' by the symbiotic goo is again very convincing, you can see a total change of character while still getting glimpses of the underlying 'regular' peter parker. He excels in the scenes where he has to be 'bad'.

Kirsten Dunst wasn't all that good as her eyes don't seem to act much, her face has pretty much a basic set of expressions except when she cries. Wasn't happy with her but it was forgivable seeing as she played the distraught actress part quite well.

Church was wasted i think, he was SO good in the few scenes he had as normal flint Marco, i wish they'd shown more of him in human form.

Grace was wasted as well, not enough screen time, he definitely could NOT have been a main and only villain but he should have had as much screen time as Church did so as to establish his back story, not enough was done in that respect n i was disappointed.

Bryce Dallas Howard was very pleasant on the eyes as Gwen but again her and parker's relationship could have been explored further.

Now back to the actual on screen eye candy. Spiderman in regular costume was relegated to the background, his scenes do stand out but not because of his acrobatics but more due to whats going on around him (crane scene in trailer is brilliant). Sandman, especially the birth of sandman scene is a beauty to watch, the sand flowing with the wind, and taking Flint Marko's shape. The special effects were really well done and i do think this film deserves an award for the CGI. Venom is TOO scarce, in the short scenes that we do see him, he is amazing, the face, the tongue, the teeth, the eyes and the muscular body, even his webbing, They hit the bullseye as far as his design is concerned, I'm a big venom fan and i am very happy with the outcome of the venom design. Topher's squeaky voice is kinda weird when seeing him talk as venom but he still does look like he's enjoying being 'bad'. What annoyed me was the fact that he became more of a gimmick and had very limited lines as venom. They could have done so much more with him.

The comedy in this film will blow you away. Entertainment at its purest, i haven't laughed this hard since SO long. The dance sequences and the 'aloof' peter parker are so funny & enjoyable to watch and provide good relief from the sometimes heavy drama parts of the film.

J Jonah Jameson's scenes also provide great comic relief especially when he's trying to control his anger, that was a hilarious moment and the whole audience cracked up during those scenes.

Im not going to say more as i don't want to spoil it but just so you know the ending is satisfying and ties up a lot of loose ends from the previous films and it also gives a sense of where things are going to go if they ever make a 4th film.

Some parts do seem to be a bit too emotionally charged, some not enough and there is also the feel that some key scenes may have been edited out as far as character relationships are concerned although if you watch closely you can guess what happened just before the current scene.

All in all, the best of the trilogy for me, i always preferred spider-man 1, but this one is now my favourite. Im actually more of a batman fan but i just love what Sam Raimi did with this franchise and I'm sure as hell going to buy the DVD when it comes out. Im planning on seeing this again in the next few weeks!

I was apprehensive about Daniel Craig's performance at first but this film proved me wrong. He lives James bond in this film. He's got the look, the style, the voice, the body and the moves. Craig plays a very rough James bond, vicious at times which is just what i was waiting for. The story itself is grounded in reality, not so many gadgets, more about the wits of the character and his intellect, the villain funds terrorism which is a topic currently in everyone's mind and this makes it more real. The supporting characters did exactly what they are, supporting the film, the main character, this film was about bond becoming bond and the final scene gives us what we were waiting for. A sharp but gritty James bond. some of the dialogues are a bit cheesy with the James bond girls but that can be overlooked. The girls are alright, Vesper Lynd's character is a very different bond girl from what we've been accustomed to. All in all, this film shows us why Bond becomes closed on himself and how and why he looses his soul and becomes this legendary spy/soldier. Well worth the watch in cinemas!!!