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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back' Review

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Tom Cruise, putting a dimmer on his mega-watt smile, is back busting heads in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back,  once again playing the ex-military-cop-turned-road-warrior in defense of the disenfranchised. Critics were snotty four years ago when Cruise first played Reacher, because the 5'7" actor is the physical opposite of the six-five, 250-pound bruiser that crime novelist Lee Child created on the page. Get over it. The admirably defiant star, still a force of nature at 54, brings his own agility and quick wit to the role.  Never Go Back  comes closer to nailing that concept than its predecessor, though it's marching orders are still to deliver a fun, action-plus ride. Edward Zwick, who worked with Cruise on 2003's  The Last Samurai,  replaces Christopher McQuarrie in the director's chair and keeps the mayhem going gangbusters – or at least enough to cover up the plot holes in the scrip, written by Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz and Richard Wenk. The Cruise-Zw...

The New LG OLED TV with 4K

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It doesn't seem too long ago that we were questioning whether OLED TV would really take off, but since then a slew of ultra-thin screens have passed through our testing rooms. Our verdict? OLED TVs were definitely worth the wait. With the rapid evolution of televisions over the past few years, we've seen new technologies from 3D to Smart content to  4K Ultra HD  resolution all become established features. OLED has managed to work its way on to the long list of TV jargon too, with its main selling point being ultra-dark blacks and super-bright whites. The first OLED TVs started to hit the shelves in 2013 but they were few and far between, and expensive . These sets gave us a glimpse at what all the fuss was about, with a revolution in picture quality and slimline design promised - a 4K OLED TV became the holy grail in many AV enthusiasts' minds. But that promise appeared to wane somewhat during 2014. First there was news that Sony and Panasonic ha...