NOW CLOSED – This year, 2018, has been an epic year for films at the cinemas.

Thanks to our good mates at Sony Home Entertainment – the silver screen can be at your place this Xmas with our bumper Bluray Movie Giveaway!

Up for grabs are EIGHT Blurays; Incredibles 2, Solo – A Star Wars Story, Peter Rabbit, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Infinity War, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Thor Ragnarok!

Blockbuster films from the past 12 months, Marvel to Star Wars and more the movie marathon this festive season could be at yours by getting your entry in now for all EIGHT Blurays.

To Enter our epic Bumper Movie Bluray Giveaway you will need to answer this Question correctly:

What is the longest movie marathon you have ever done?

There is no right or wrong answer and you can be as descriptive as you like.

You can give us your Answer by placing a Comment below, hitting us up on Facebook, Tweet to us, or Email Us.

* Winner(s) will be randomly selected from those that Comment below / Facebook Comment / Email in accordance to the above Question.Winner(s) will receive all EIGHT Bluray films included in this in promotion. Incredibles 2 has an age rating of PG in New Zealand. Peter Rabbit has an age rating of PG in New Zealand. Star Wars – The Last Jedi has an age rating of M15+ in New Zealand. Ant-Man and the Wasp has an age rating of PG in New Zealand. Avengers: Infinity War has an age rating of M15+ in New Zealand. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has an age rating of PG in New Zealand. Thor: Ragnarok has an age rating of M15+ in New Zealand. You will need to be over the age of 15+ years in order to enter this competition. STG may ask for verification of age. Competition ends on the  16th of December 2018.

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NOW CLOSED – Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), on house arrest from the previous action in Ant-Man and assisting Captain America, is once again required to put on the shrinking suit.

But this time around he has a buddy, The Wasp.

As Scott balances being both a Super Hero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past.

Thanks to our good mates at Sony Home Entertainment and Marvel, STG has FIVE Bluray copies of Ant-Man & The Wasp to Giveaway.

Ant-Man & The Wasp from Marvel Studios is choc-loaded with extra scenes and features, for the ultimate mega Ant-Man fan.

BONUS MATERIALICLUDES:

• Director’s Intro by Peyton Reed – The talented creator behind some of Marvel Studios’ funniest and most charming films will invite home audiences deeper into the world of “Ant-Man and The Wasp.”
• Making-of Featurettes:

• • Back in the Ant Suit: Scott Lang – Hero and all-star dad Scott Lang keeps the laughs coming for the audience, cast and crew.
  • A Suit of Her Own: The Wasp – Highly trained Hope Van Dyne is now the Wasp. See how some of her craziest stunts and action-packed scenes were brought to life.
  • Subatomic Super Heroes: Hank & Janet – Hank Pym’s wife Janet was lost in the quantum realm. Trace the legacy of these characters and the iconic actors who portray them.
  • Quantum Perspective: The VFX and Production Design of “Ant-Man and The Wasp” – Explore the movie’s visual effects and production design from a whole new viewpoint, in which every micro and macro detail counts.

• Gag Reel and Outtakes – Audiences are treated to the hilarious quips that did not make the film as well as exclusive outtakes from Stan Lee and Tim Heidecker.

• • Gag Reel – Join in the fun with these outtakes from the set.
  • Stan Lee Outtakes – Stan Lee tries out a series of hilarious one-liners for the scene in which his car shrinks.
  • Tim Heidecker Outtakes – Check out Whale Boat Captain Daniel Goobler and his improvised whale-watching riffs.

• Deleted Scenes (with commentary by Director Peyton Reed)

• • Worlds Upon Worlds – As Janet leads Hank through the surreal landscape of the quantum realm, they encoun ter an intelligent life form.
  • Sonny’s on the Trail – On the hunt for Hank Pym and his lab, Sonny Burch and his henchmen check the security camera of a neighborhood bookstore.

Digital Exclusives:

• 10 Years of Marvel Studios: The Art of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – See what it takes to bring the MCU to life, and the role concept artists play in bringing Super Heroes from comic book to screen.
• Online Close-Up Magic University – This commercial will inspire you to expand your mind and maximize your full potential!

To Enter our Ant-Man & The Wasp Bluray Giveaway you will need to answer this Question correctly:

In Ant-Man & The Wasp the duo are faced against an enemy that is neither bad or good. What is the name of this foe?

(You might find the answer in our film review HERE)

A: The Ghost

B: Thanos

C: Loki

You can give us your Answer by placing a Comment below, hitting us up on Facebook, Tweet to us, or Email Us.

* Winner(s) will be randomly selected from those that Comment below / Facebook Comment / Email in accordance to the above Question.Winner(s) will receive a Bluray copy of Ant-Man & The Wasp. Ant-Man & The Wasp has a PG (Parent Guidance Recommended) Age rating in New Zealand. Competition ends on the  18th of November 2018.

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The insect sized superhero returns to the big screen, with company.

Following on from 2015’s Ant-Man former criminal Scott Young (Paul Rudd) is on house arrest with a polite and determined FBI agent keen to catch him outside of his parole condions.

With Scott’s relationship with his ex-wife and his daughter having vastly improved life is going good, if not a restricted.

During this extended house arrest period, Hope (Evangeline Lilly) and Hank (Michael Douglas) make advancements in entering the Quantum Realm in a, well, ‘portable’ lab to track down and hopefully rescue Janet (Michelle Pfeiffer), Hank’s wife who in the early days became trapped there.

The advancements in Quantum travel that they have made have not gone unnoticed as another pursues them in order to save herself. It is in Ant-Man and the wasp that we are introduced to The Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen). A villain, that really is only guilty of trying to resolve an affliction that she never asked for.

Hank creates a new suit where she can transform her size to the same as the prior Ant-Man that we have seen, but Hope is able to fly – thus becoming the Wasp.

Of coure not all goes as smooth as it should and although on probation, it’s not too long before Hank and Hope need Scott to put on a slightly enhanced, at times larger than life, Ant-Man suit once again and join their dual team in saving Janet, and saving eachother.

Ant-Man and the Wasp plays out in the same vein as the first film and as all Marvel films do, not taking themselves too seriously.

This said, this sequel’s humour fell flat in parts where it seemed a little bit overdone, or not necessary in certain intervals.

Nonetheless, if you can get past the bad one-liners and misaligned humour moments, Ant-Man and the Wasp is a fitting second chapter to the teeny sized superhero series.

Marvel Studios commissioned our friends at Dell Computers for all of the CGI technology, and as with all Marvel films, CGI is about 60 to 70% of the entire film.

Dell championed their latest tech to crunch out renders in beyond 4K resolution in a action filled eye candy fiesta.

A worthy sequel – and for those that are disciplined in the art of Marvel films, you’ll know to stick through the credits. I’ll say no more…

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Ok. I know what you’re thinking. Yes, this movie is a tough sell on paper.

A hero who’s power mainly consists of being a lot smaller than the person he’s fighting isn’t exactly mind blowing when put next to say, a literal Norse God firing lighting from his hammer (which was casually forged in the heart of a dying star, somewhere near the dawn of the Universe)

Luckily what Marvel have become very good at, particularly post Guardians of the Galaxy, is balancing the inherent ridiculousness of some of their films premises with self-aware comedy, coupled with savvy casting choices to carry this comedy. When you need someone roughishly handsome and genetically impossible to dislike, you call Chris Pratt. If you’re Marvel-smart and already have him contractually tied down to his own wildly successful franchise, you call Paul Rudd.

Rudd is exceptional as Scott Lang / Ant Man, his awkward yet endearing comic style is a perfect fit, and helps ground the film enough that we are happy to go along with its more fantastical elements. Michael Douglas brings some bespectacled and gravelly voiced gravitas to the role of the Ant-Man suits creator, Hank Pym.

However functionally he fills the role of Captain Exposition, handily appearing in order to explain any plot point that needed clarifying.

Evangeline Lily does her best with her script but unfortunately is playing a fairly stereotyped female character, one who is outwardly tough and independent but secretly just wants her fathers approval and the love of our dashing male lead. Corey Stoll does a similar turn as the films villain, he plays the unhinged ruthless corporate leader well, but his character feels generic and underdeveloped. There are only so many power crazed and money hungry suits an audience can see before the effect wears thin.

Michael Pena stars as the films token comic relief, and along with T.I. and David Dastmalchian, unarguably provide many solid laughs. Funny or not, I feel it must be said that surely in 2015, we should start moving past having 3 bumbling sidekicks, mainly from ethnic minorities, being the butt of most of our jokes.

The action sequences of Ant-Man are undeniably spectacular, the mechanic of a shrinking super hero allows for some of the best creative camera and CGI work to date in the Marvel Universe. The narrative stitching these action scenes together is well executed but fairly vanilla and predictable, it is a heist movie, wrapped in a family drama and packaged in the redemption arc of a somewhat anti-hero.

Infact this is probably the main concern I have with Ant-Man, it is precisely what you expected when you heard Marvel were making a film starring Paul Rudd, there are no surprises here.  While it may be ostensibly its own film, it is still essentially the latest in a long franchise whose formula has been a winner so far, but is beginning to become steadily more obvious.While Avengers 2 was certainly an enjoyable romp and is referenced heavily in Ant-Man, the strain of so much super powered stuffing in Marvels Universe is starting to show, particularly as we near the climactic Phase 3 and the many, many separate strands of narrative begin to weave together.

Overall, Ant-Man is a thoroughly polished take on a story audiences are becoming perhaps a little too familiar with.

This film certainly isn’t a step back for Marvel, but it’s arguable that it isn’t much of a step forward either. To the shock of no-one, we are set up for sequels and closer ties with the rest of the film Universe at the films conclusion. Let’s just hope that Marvels tiniest hero finds a way to stand out in a cinematic landscape where super heroes are becoming as populous as, well, the many Ant based puns that I’m extremely proud of myself for avoiding during this review.