How to Train Your Dragon 2

Director: Dean DeBlois

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1646971/

Review: A little uneven but ties up well with plenty of strong action and compelling characters.

Watch it if: You liked the first one? I guess?

And if you liked: How to Train Your Dragon, Brave

3 Days to Kill

Director: McG

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2172934/

Review: Supremely misjudged with constant xenophobia, cringe inducing dialogue and confusingly bad continuity.

Watch it if: You're not put off by straight torture played for laughs.

And if you liked: Taken 2, The Counsellor

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Oculus

Director: Mike Flanagan

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2388715/

Review: Very ambitious and has some good stuff going for it but bogged down by some un-needed cliches and an unsatisfying ending.

Watch it if: You're interested in seeing a film try some stuff.

And if you liked: 1408, Sinister

Check this out: Oculus: Chapter 3 - The Man with the Plan

22 Jump Street

Director: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2294449/

Review: Loose and playful in the right way with a solid humour and compelling action.

Watch it if: You enjoy a certain amount of meta humour.

And if you liked: 21 Jump Street, Wayne's World 2, Pineapple Express

Edge of Tomorrow

Director: Doug Liman

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1631867/

Review: Fairly baggy in places but entertains with decent ideas and some unexpected humour.

Watch it if: You see the value in the occasional Tom Cruise action role.

And if you liked: Oblivion, Aliens, Groundhog Day

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You've Been Trumped

Director: Anthony Baxter

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1943873/

Review: A little cloying in places but otherwise a shocking and infuriating indictment of a clear act of bullying.

Watch it if: You're ok with seething in your chair while you watch a film.

And if you liked: Bowling for Columbine, Wall Street

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Director: Bryan Singer

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1877832/

Review: A little unfocused but filled with great stuff that mostly comes together to a satisfying whole with a strong tone.

Watch it if: You've seen a few X-Men films already.

And if you liked: X-Men: First Class, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, The Matrix

Check this out: Days of Future Past

Godzilla (2014)

Director: Gareth Edwards

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0831387/

Review: Drags a little in a few places around the middle but builds to a pretty strong and exciting climax with inventive action and some incredible sound design.

Watch it if: You want to see a load of humongous monster destruction I guess.

And if you liked: Jaws, Pacific Rim, Cloverfield

Transcendence

Director: Wally Pfister

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2209764/

Review: Never really reaches as high as it could but holds together solidly with some good ideas and a consistent tone.

Watch it if: You enjoy a high concept sci-fi b-movie.

And if you liked: eXistenZ, The Arrival, Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Frank

Director: Lenny Abrahamson

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1605717/

Review: A little safe in its structure and not quite as weird as it could be but well performed and full of good moments and great music.

Watch it if: You can handle a certain amount of 'quirk' in a film.

And if you liked: This Must Be the Place, Bad Boy Bubby, Brothers of the Head

Check this out: Frank: The True Story that Inspired the Movie