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Start as unlikely friends at first, Andrew, his cousin Matt Alex Russell and popular kid Steve Michael B. Jordan are brought together once a strange object bestows them with telekinetic powers.Photo Courtesy 20th Century FoxEverett CollectionAt times, Chronicle is a bit paintbynumbers, following the beats of a generic superhero origin story. However, all of the fun and games with superpowers dissipate when Andrew starts using his powers in increasingly sinister and disturbed ways. In a strange twist of fate, Chronicle was nominated for Best SciFi .
Film at the Saturn Awards, but lost to — you guessed it — The Avengers 2012. They Germany WhatsApp Number Data don’t call them “Earth’s Mightiest Heroes” for nothing.Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 2010This one might be a little more superhero adjacent than the others on the list, but, without a doubt, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a bonafide classic. The action romcom was adapted from Bryan Lee O’Malley’s muchloved graphic novel series and, to this day, hardly any comicbook adaptation captures the same feeling of reading panels, or its BAM and POW video gamestyle fight sequences.

It’s all brightly colored, saturated in sound effects and catchy music and full of a selfaware bite.Photo Courtesy Universal PicturesEverett CollectionFor the uninitiated, director Edgar Wright’s adaptation centers on slacker musician Scott Pilgrim Michael Cera who, along with his band, is eager to nab a record deal. Unfortunately, things take a turn when Scott’s new sortof girlfriend, Ramona Flowers Mary Elizabeth Winstead, reveals that he must battle her seven evil exes in order to be with her. And, as fate would have it, one of those evil exes just so happens to b
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