Scott Pilgrim VS the World (2010)

Gamers and comic fans will go berserk for the gaming references and game level structure of this movie which pits a young "Mario" against a succession of super evil ex-partners of his "Princess Peach", but other viewers will tire quickly of these "boss encounters" and will want to declare game over by level three or four (of seven).

★★★☆☆

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Superman Returns (2006)

This reboot of the Superman franchise tries too hard to make Superman relevant to modern audiences and achieves the opposite, with modern audiences having to agree with the views Lois Lane expresses in her Pulitzer Prize-winning article, "Why the world doesn't need Superman" -- she is right, he barely survives a real estate controversy and the world clearly doesn't need him.

★★☆☆☆

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