May 30th
Edge of Tomorrow (12A)        
(Odeon Colchester)          

(US 2014)

In a world war against invading intelligent aliens, an American PR officer dies several times until he can learn how to overcome the enemy.
Po-faced Groundhog Day combined with Starship Troopers, Saving Private Ryan and a few other war film cliches. Intriguing in concept but tedious in execution, with incoherent action no matter how many times it's repeated.

Written by: Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, based on the comic "All You Need is Kill" by Hiroshi Sakurazaka.
Producers: Jeffrey Silver, Erwin Stoff, Jason Hoffs, Ggregory Jacobs.
Director: Doug Liman.
Starring: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleeson, Bill Paxton, Noah Taylor.
Photography: Dion Beebe.
Music: Christophe Beck.
Production Design: Oliver Scholl.
Editing: James Herbert, Laura Jennings.