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Rating: 4.6/5 Review: "Doctor Strange 3D movie review" (115 minutes) "Visually exciting and surreal, Doctor Strange provides an immersive experience that is complete with the excellent usage of 3D. The best superhero film of the year helps to reduce the fatigue of the superhero genre for me."  This year sees a few superhero films and the superhero genre fatigue seems to be growing. However I didn't feel the fatigue kicking in when watching Doctor Strange. Doctor Strange, I would say, is the best superhero film of this year. There are heavy competitions such as the crowd-pleasing Captain America: Civil War, the entertaining Deadpool and the decent Superman Vs Batman, Suicide Squad and the alright X-men: Apocalypse. They may have their positive points but none can beat the surreal and stylish presentation and philosophy message of Doctor Strange. The story: Not that Doctor Strange is all perfect but the whole experience including the great 3D forms a da
Rating: 3.2/5 Review: "Marvel's Jessica Jones season 1 TV review" Rating: 3.7/5 Review: "Marvel's Luke Cage season 1 TV review" I have watched Jessica Jones last year and barely finished it. Didn't bother to review it until now. I know Jessica Jones has received rave reviews on its mature and psychological plot. That I agree but it is no excuse not to show any spectacle. Marvel scored with Daredevil's first TV outing; it has great fight scenes and engaging characters and story. Jessica Jones, on the other hand, feels more small scaled. It is probably a deliberate choice given Jessica's many internal struggles. The story: It is a pity that I didn't enjoy Jessica Jones as much as I thought. There are some episodes that I enjoy as it taps on the intensity of the menacing villain, Kilgrave (played decently by David Tennant). However, most of the episodes are a little dull. I can understand why the writers decided to focus on Jessi