Review: Transformers: Dark of the Moon

There were some robots in this movie we think.

In Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee return to the big screen for another action packed film that will see the Autobots and the Decepticons face off for a third and final..blah, blah, blah – we got suckered into seeing a Transformers movie for the third time because of the female lead – this time its Victoria Secret’s model Rosie Hunington-Whiteley (pictured above instead of some robots) – and yes that marketing worked.

The new Transformers movie opens today in 3D IMAX, 3D and plain old regular 2D across Hong Kong. If you haven’t booked your tickets yet you might want to (or not) after reading our in-depth review of this latest robot rumble – so spoilers ahead:

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Review: Green Lantern

In brightest day or blackest night stay far away from this movie!

It looked so bad, then it looked so good, then, in the end it just sucked.

Always trust your gut feeling, we say.

Green Lantern takes a highly imaginative character and mythology, not to mention one of Hollywood’s funniest and charming leading men, and turns both into a mishmash of nothingness.

Where do we start?

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Review: The Hangover Part 2

Here is our review of the most review-proof movie of 2011.

The Wolfpack returns to Hong Kong today and here’s our 1-word review:

Awesome!

If you liked the first one, and even if you didn’t, you won’t have a better time at the cinema with your mates this Summer guaranteed!

The Hangover Part 2 opens today in Hong Kong.

To hold you over till you catch it tonight: a Jamie Chung photo gallery from the premiere.

Review: X-Men First Class

Groovy new mutants head to school to find out how it all began.

So instead of doing an X-Men 4 with a costly cast, the filmmakers decide to do a Phantom Menace and start from the beginning of the X-Men story with Thursday’s opening of X-Men First Class in Hong Kong.

As a reader of Neonpunch you know we look at movies in a very differently way than traditional movie reviews so even though you may have heard the good buzz on the film online – we’re here to tell you differently.

We were very excited to see X-Men First Class as we loved the 3 original films, yes even the 3rd one (but not X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and with Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn leading 2 of our favorite Irish and Scottish actors respectively; Michael Fassbender who was glorious in Inglorious Basterds and James McAvoy as a pre-crippled Charles Xavier – it should be a good time at the cinema.

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Green Lantern Lights Up Hong Kong’s Darkest Night on June 16

Here’s your sneak peek at the Emerald Gladiator’s feature film debut.

Warner Bros invited us out to see a preview of their Summer tentpole Green Lantern today – it was 30 minutes in 2D and an extended trailer in 3D. And while, we, along with most other superhero movie geeks have scoffed at what’s been released so far, this preview has us very, very excited – as far as to say this could be THE superhero movie of the Summer.

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