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Third time’s the charm

The third instalment of the Taken franchise is precisely what you might expect: Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills saving his family from Russian hit men one insane stunt at a time. It’s been done twice before and the third time you could almost bet money on Mills’ next move. However, it is still wildly entertaining.

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Not another cheap imitation

Based on a true story and set in England in 1939, The Imitation Game brings back to life the behind-the-scenes efforts of mathematician Alan Turing and his team to end the war through means of cracking an “impossible” Nazi code called Enigma.