She-Hulk: Disorderly Conduct Review

Finished reading She-Hulk: Disorderly Conduct, this concludes the Marvel series as writer Charles Soule takes She-Hulk to court against Marvel's other superhero lawyer Daredevil while also closing the mystery of the Blue File that has been present in the series since the beginning. The book opens with She-Hulk and Hellcat teaming up with Hank Pym when inventor Rufus Randall's business partner Reza gets lost in a garden in Queens when Raza uses the two's new shrinking technology on himself to delay a business deal. The next story deals with Jennifer defending Steve Rogers in court as he is being sued for a wrongful death back in 1940 after the brother of the victim broke his silence as he was about to die in hospital while the prosecutor of the case is none other than Matt Murdock. The rest of the book deals with She-Hulk finding out the truth about the Blue File case that she has been working on, when the supervillain Titania breaks into Jennifer's office to stop her from investigating. Overall this was an amazing book as writer Charles Soule continues the lightheartedness that has been present throughout the series while also telling an extremely compelling story. The court trial between Jennifer and Matt is amazing as it shows off the drama of the courtroom while also showing what happens behind the scenes of a trial as well. The colouring of the book by Munsta Vicente is great as the changing colour palettes of the flashbacks, which take a much more noir film tone, works perfectly for the setting. Additionally the paneling and the design of the book by Javier Pulido is great as the art does a great job in conveying each characters emotions and the fight scenes at the end of the book are also great as the strength of She-Hulk and Titania is shown by the different angles of the fight. 9/10.

Bastille Day Film Review

Finished watching Bastille Day directed by James Watkins and staring Richard Madden, Charlotte Le Bon, Idris Elba, Anatol Yusef and Kelly Reilly. The film opens up with American con artist Michael Mason (Richard Madden) pickpocketing a large group of people. Meanwhile on the other side of Paris a member of a terrorist group gives his girlfriend Zoe (Charlotte Le Bon) a bomb to plant in an office building only for her to change her mind when she sees a group of cleaners coming in to the office. Once outside Zoe thinks about throwing the bomb into the river only for Michael to steal her bag and after he takes Zoe's phone the bomb goes of when Michael puts the bag near a bin. This leads to the French government releasing a photo of Michael as the bomber which gains the attention of the CIA as agent Sean Briar (Idris Elba) is tasked with bringing Michael in only for Sean to go rogue when he decides to go after the terrorist group himself against the wishes of his handler Tom Luddy (Anatol Yusef) though his boss Karen (Kelly Reilly) still helps him a little. Overall this was a good solid action film as it is a very suspenseful film that has a couple of very interesting twists. The action is great as the fight scenes are filled with a great amount of tension along with the rooftop chase scene are very edge of the seat intense. The interactions and character development between Michael and Sean is good as the two slowly form a working relationship that helps to give some backstory to the two characters and what motivates each of them. 7/10.

Moon Knight: Dead Will Rise Review

Finished reading Moon Knight: Dead Will Rise, continuing the Marvel Now series as writer Brian Wood puts Moon Knight up against his own psychiatrist as something from her past has come to come to America. The book opens up with an assassin with a lot of advanced technology about to kill only for Moon Knight to stop him and find out that his psychiatrist organised the hit. The next story has Moon Knight infiltrating the One World Trade Centre to stop a hostage situation as the whole world is watching from the large amount of news coverage. The rest of the book deals with Moon Knight's own psychiatrist Elisa Warsame taking his link to the god Khonshu in the hope of pursuing her own agenda while Marc Spector without any of his other personalities launches a one man crusade in stopping Elisa from killing the leader of her home country of Akima as General Lor was part of a group from a civil uprising that killed Elisa's family. Overall this was a great book as writer Brian Wood tells an incredibly intriguing story that feels like a psychological and political thriller as the story dives into the psychological aspect of Moon Knight and Elisa and what influences their motivations. While the political aspects of the book are very interesting as it helps to give a compelling reason for Elisa's motivation which helps to give the character some great development. The art by Greg Smallwood is amazing as he is able to draw out some great visuals and settings from the layout of the hostage story with it being told by the view of multiple cameras from news feeds to the buildings CCTV while the location of the prison that Marc finds himself in allows colourist Jordie Bellaire to differentiate between the white clothing and the white walls and objects inside the prison itself. 8.5/10.

Hulk: Omega Hulk Book One Review

Finished reading Hulk: Omega Hulk Book One, this brings writer Gerry Duggan to the series as the Hulk has developed a super genius intellect and has decided to go on a crusade to rid the world of gamma power weapons. The book opens up with the Hulk leaping off Mount Everest into the United Republic of Valnon destroying all of the country's gamma weapons. Soon after the Hulk, now calling himself Doc Green begins to create cures for every gamma powered hero and villain after going into Kang's trophy room in the distant future to get some Adamantium from a deactivated Ultron in Kang's collection to create small nanites to disperse the cure through a person's blood stream. Doc Green's first subject is Rick Jones who is currently A-Bomb after being spotted by Doc Green's gamma-detecting satellite. The book also features a smaller story that focuses on Patty Wolman one of Doc Green's assistants who has become a living plant that can control all plant life and is able to turn people into horrifying creatures. Which leads to Doc Green intervening when another one of his assistants is caught in the middle of the outbreak. Overall this was a good book as thanks to the Hulk now being intelligent writer Gerry Duggan is able to write great interactions between Doc Green and other members of the Marvel universe such as Shadowcat and Magik from the X-Men when Doc Green needs help to rid the Extremis from his head to a meeting he has with Matt Murdock on Bruce Banner's files that Murdock has. While there are some great moments that take an almost horror turn from the extremes that Doc Green goes to keep in control from a horrifying midway transformation battle between Doc Green and Bruce Banner to an A.I that Doc Green creates that builds a large amount of tension within the story especially with the dream sequence that follows. The story focusing on Patty Wolman is great as writer Monty Nero dives into the life of Patty and the amount of humanity and more of the mindset that Doc Green has which is incredibly intriguing. Mark Bagley's art is great as he is able to display each character's emotions and reactions about Doc Green incredibly well while the action set pieces are down out extremely well by focusing heavily on the damage each fight does to the characters involved and the surrounding area which is all elevated by the inking and colour of the book. 7.5/10.

The Jungle Book Film Review

Finished watching The Jungle Book directed by Jon Favreau and staring Neel Sethi, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray. The film opens up with Mowgli (Neel Sethi) and his family of wolves learning how to be a team by the panther Bagheera (Ben Kingsley). One day during the dry season in the jungle the ruthless tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba) threatens Mowgli and his wolf family. Which prompts him and Bagheera to head towards the man village only for the two to be separated when Shere Khan attacks the two. This then leads to Mowgli meeting the monstrous snake Kaa (Scarlett Johansson) who try's to eat him only for Baloo (Bill Murray) to save him as Mowgli repays him by gathering honey for him. Overall this was an amazing film as it blends together the use of CGI location and characters along with extremely talented acting that brings Disney's newest live action remake of a beloved film to life and it works brilliantly. The acting is top notch form the multiple actors voice work to newcomer Neel Sethi interactions with the rest of the cast feel very organic as each actor is able to convey an amazing amount of emotion. The CGI designs for the animals and the aesthetics for the jungle are breathtaking as it looks incredibly realistic which helps to convey each character's emotions and body language extremely well. 9/10.

Amazing Spider-Man: Edge of Spider-Verse Review

Finished reading Amazing Spider-Man: Edge of Spider-Verse, this book allows multiple creative teams to tell stories that feature alternative versions of Spider-Man. The book opens with the story of how Spider-Man Noir found himself on Superior Spider-Man's interdimensional team when Karn the inheritor finds Spider-Man Noir as he battles his universe's version of Mysterio. The next story features a world where Gwen Stacy got spider powers and Peter Parker was the one that died during a supervillain fight instead of Gwen as she try's to juggle her college life while being the drummer of a band while her father leads a police force that what's to bring her in. The following story follows Doctor Aaron Aikman, The Spider-Man of this reality who finds himself against the cybernetic villain Naamurah who has been kidnapping people to turn into cyborgs like herself. The penultimate story is a horror version of Spider-Man's origin as the odd Patton Parnel who slowly becomes a monstrous spider like creature when he starts getting the appetite for domestic animals and humans after being bitten by an irradiated spider. The final story is an manga version Spider-Man named SP//dr who's daughter becomes the newest SP//dr after the original's death as Peni Parker takes her fathers mantle as she fights against the crime in her city. Overall this was a great book as it dives into several different versions of Spider-Man that feel very much like pilot stories however the Aaron Aikman, Spider-Man and the horror stories are more one offs due to their endings. While the Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Gwen and SP//dr stories link into the oncoming Spider-Verse event very well by using characters that appeared in the Amazing Spider-Man back ups as well as an appearance of Superior

Spider-Man in the Noir story. Each writing team does a great job in telling a consistent and extremely captivating story at the same time as new characters and concepts are extremely interesting to read due to how different some of the stories are. While each story does a great job in catching up the reader with the goings on within each universe extremely well making each story incredibly easy to understand the characters and their motivations. The art throughout the book is amazing as each art team work well of the tone and setting of each different story extremely well. 8.5/10.

Captian Marvel: Stay Fly Review

Finished reading Captain Marvel: Stay Fly, this continues writer Kelly Sue DeConnick's second Captain Marvel series as Carol deals with the revelation of her cat, Chewie being an alien while also trying to deal with the feeling of being homesick. The book opens with Carol Danvers, Captain Marvel waking up from a bad dream as she and her new friend Tic head back to robdeview with Rocket Racoon who has been keeping an eye on Carol only to find out the he locked her cat up. Things then take a turn for the worst when a large ship starts attacking them as Rocket tries to sell Chewie because he believed that she was a Flerken which turns out to be true when Chewie lays countless amount of eggs. The rest of the book has Carol and Tic coming into contact with the mutant teleporter and rockstar Lila Cheney who asks for their help is preventing and arranged marriage that she got herself into. After dealing with her problems Lila gives Carol a letter from all her friends which prompts Carol to go back home with Lila for one day to see her friend Tracy who is currently in hospital. Overall this was a great book as writer Kelly Sue DeConnick continues the series with a light and fun tone which brings some great laughs while also being able to deliver some amazing character development in the process. The comedy within in the book is laugh out loud funny throughout from Rocket getting the group in trouble after trying to sell Carol's cat Chewie to how Carol's friends back on Earth are doing without her. While the final story with Carol spending a day during Christmas time in New York is great as it takes a step back from the whole space adventure that Carol has been on to tell a more personal story between Carol and her friend Tracy while still having room for a fun superhero fight scene. The artwork is great as artists Marcio Takara and David Lopez do an amazing job at conveying each character's emotions extremely well. While Marcio Takara's alien designs are great as they feel very out of this world which works perfectly with the slightly darker tone of the story. 8/10.

The Huntsman: Winter's War Film Review

Finished watching The Huntsman: Winter's War, directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan and staring Emily Blunt, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, Sam Clafin, Nick Frost and Rob Brydon. The film opens up with the origins of Freya, the Ice Queen (Emily Blunt) as her sister Ravenna (Charlize Theron) attempts to unleash her sister's potential powers which leads to Freya making home in the north when her newly born daughter is burnt to death. After pillaging surrounding villages Freya's army takes the local children into her custody as she begins to train them to become her finest warriors. Two of the warriors Eric (Chris Hemsworth) and Sara (Jessica Chastain) defy their Queen by falling in love and secretly getting married leading to Freya to make Eric believe that Sara was killed as the rest of the queen's army throw him into a nearby river. Several years later Eric is called upon by Snow White as her husband King William (Sam Clafin) briefs Eric on the mission to retrieve the Magic Mirror and take it to the Sanctuary after it went missing when they lost contact with a small group of soldiers who had the Mirror in their possession. Overall this was a good film as it dives into the backstory of Eric, the huntsman who was last seen in the Snow White and the Huntsman film by making him the main character, which works greatly here. The character moments between Eric and Sara are great as the two instantly act like a married couple throughout the journey even though Sara keeps denying the status of their relationship which brings about a lot of the comedy of the film. While the addition of the Dwarf half brothers Nion (Nick Frost) and Gryff (Rob Brydon) bring about more laughs due to their reactions and the situations they find themselves in within the film. The fight choreography is great as even though most of the fights are against CGI creatures and are enhanced by CGI as well the film is still able to showcase some jaw dropping action scenes which are seamlessly built together. One negative of this film has is the fact that Freya's backstory and motivation is extremely obvious to what and who was behind it while the psychological motivation of Freya is an interesting aspect that the film does tell. As the film basically leaves the audience to pice together the character's reasoning allowing them make up their own judgement of the character. 7/10.

Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Verse Prelude Review

Finished reading Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Verse Prelude, this continues Spider-Man's adventures of trying to rebuild his life after Doctor Octopus took over his mind while Doc Ock Spider-Man makes his return in a very intriguing way. The book opens up with Spider-Man at his apartment helping Cindy Moon find her missing parents while Anna Maria is trying to keep the two off of each other as their pheromones keep getting in the way. Once Cindy leaves Peter and Anna Maria look over one of Doc Ocks old SpiderBots as Anna Maria tells Peter that he not always needed only to backfire when the call of a Kree dressed in Captain Marvel's original costume is stealing an Inhuman cocoon where Spidey meets and teams up with Kamala Khan the new Ms Marvel. The other half of the book brings back the Superior Spider-Man as its shows what happened to Doc Ock during the time he went missing when Spider-Man 2099 got trapped in the present. This then follows Superior adventuring around the multiverse in hoping to get home. Only to find alternative versions of Peter Parker who have been killed by the dimension hopping villain Karn, which gives Ock the idea to build a team of Spider-Men and women from across the multiverse to combat Karn. Overall this was a great book as it sets up the stakes and the goings on for the Spider-Verse event that comes next very well while also bring able to tell some intricate story's with some of the characters that will feature in the upcoming event. Writers Dan Slott and Christos Cage deal with this prelude very well as the return of Superior Spider-Man is great as his story also helps to dive more into Doc Ock's motivation and how his large ego affects the team that he has built to fight against the Inheritors. While a few of the smaller stories featured within the book are breathtakingly amazing as the origin of Karn and the way the Spider-Girl is placed into the events are both very powerful stories that are full with a tone of emotion and shocking reveals that are jaw dropping. Additionally the team up story featuring Ms Marvel is great as it's extremely funny while also making room for some character development for Clayton Cole who Spider-Man fought during Dan Slott's Spider-Man story set at the beginning of his superhero career. The art is great as artist Giuseppe Camuncoli does a great job in distinguishing each of the different Spider-Men and women extremely well which is also a credit to the colour choices as characters don't fall into the background of the story. While Humberto Ramos' artwork on the Spider-Girl story is amazing as he is able to convey the facial expressions and the emotions between Spider-Girl and her family extremely well. 8.5/10.

Inhuman: Axis Review

Finished reading Inhuman: Axis, this continues Marvel's Inhuman series as the Inhuman's deal with finding their lost King while the events of Axis come to play. The book opens with Maximus at a bar in New York taking a couple of women back to his apartment where they see his brother Black Bolt sitting on a chair in the middle of the room . Meanwhile in New Attilan the top member of the Attilan Guard and her new partner Frank McGee stop an illegal selling of fake Terrigen when the two are tasked to find the location of Black Bolt and hopefully bring him back home. The rest of the book features two separate stories. The first deals with the effects that the inversion spell on Genosha during the events of Axis and how it has affected the queen of the Inhumans Medusa, and the inhabitants of New Attilan as Medusa decides to declare war on the UN. Meanwhile in Europe Reader and the new Inhuman Xiaoyi travel form Turkey to Venice where they find the headquarters of an Inhuman corporation named Ennilux where they meet the Capo of the company which is when things go south very quickly. Overall this was a great book as writer Charles Soule continues the over aching story of Inhuman's new and old dealing with their numbers growing and the effect it has on the rest of the world. The introduction of new characters like Frank McGee is great as it helps the book to show how hard it can be for new Inhuman's to come to terms with their new life and how some try to keep their humanity. While the whole detective story with Frank is amazing as it feels like a police serial. While the Axis tie-in allows Charles Soule and artist Ryan Stegman to tell a more darker toned story with a redesign of Medusa to emphasise on the current state while the inclusion of Spider-Man is hilarious with how Spider-Man's quips and dialogue is written. Additionally the art by Pepe Larraz during the first story is great as it shows how destructive Black Bolts powers can be while the amount of emotion from the characters is displayed so fantastically which is a credit to the whole of the creative team. 8.5/10. 

Eddie the Eagle Film Review

Finished watching Eddie the Eagle, directed by Dexter Fletcher and staring Taron Egerton, Keith Allan, (Mark Benton), Hugh Jackman and Christopher Walken. The film opens up with an aspiring Eddie Edwards (Taron Egerton) hoping to try out for the Olympic Games but can never find a sport the he is suited to. Meanwhile his father Terry (Keith Allan) try's to make him pursue a job in construction like himself only for Eddie to notice a skiing ramp over the road. Years later when selecting the Olympic team the head of the the British Olympic committee (Mark Benton) removes Eddie from the team. Once at home Eddie gets the idea to become the British entry for the Ski Jump as he travels to a training facility in Germany were he meets former American ski jumper Bronson Perry (Hugh Jackman) who reluctantly trains Eddie to ski jump successfully. Overall this was a great film as it dives into the motion of Olympic Ski Jumper Eddie the Eagle that lead to his Olympic debut within a very inspiring and uplifting story. The films soundtrack is great as it uses music from the films time period which works incredibly well to what's happening within the film at the time of a certain song. The comedy throughout the film is also great as the timing is always on point and is very laugh out loud funny. The character interactions throughout are amazing from the relationship that is created between Eddie and Bronson during Eddie's training. While the inevitable meeting between Bronson and is former coach Warren Sharp (Christopher Walken) at the end may be short but is a very powerful moment as the film has worked up to and pays of brilliantly. 8.5/10. 

Avengers & X-Men: Axis Review

Finished reading Avengers & X-Men: Axis, spinning out of the pages of writer Rick Remender's Uncanny Avengers series as the emergence of the Red Skull becoming a version of Onslaught gains the attention of the Avengers and the X-Men. The book opens up with the Avengers in Los Angeles fighting against Plantman when each member starts to fight each other when the Red Skull starts to influence them. Meanwhile on Genosha Havok wakes up in Red Skull's concentration camp burning to the ground as a demonic Red Skull over head broadcasting a physic message of hate around the world when the Avengers and the X-Men land on the island to fight against the Red Skull when he unleashes the Stark Sentinel that he got Iron Man to build without his knowledge. After the heroes are brought to a standstill Magneto reruns to the fight with a team of villains. While dealing with the Sentinels and keeping Red Skull distracted Scarlet Witch and Doctor Doom cast an inversion spell in hoping to bring out the dormant Charles Xavier persona. However the spell backfires when it effects all of the heroes and villains on the island with some being instantly noticeable like Evan now looking exactly like Apocalypse as the two teams go their separate ways with the inverted Avengers taking the Red Skull into custody while the tension between the teams is vastly growing. Overall this was a good book as it brings the conclusion on writer Rick Remender's Uncanny Avengers series as the Avengers and X-Men deal with their biggest threat yet, twisted versions of themselves. The character interactions and development for the inverted villains are great as the book dives into their thoughts and feelings about their current heroic situation with characters like Sabretooth and Carnage getting big heroic moments to shine while the inverted heroes not getting a lot of development as their stories are mostly about going after one another. The only one who gets some development is Iron Man as he starts drinking again when he he sets up base in San Francisco. The comedic moments throughout the book are great and feel very organic from Deadpool's hilarious narration before he enters a fight to all of Spider-Man's quips and reactions to the whole inversion. The art is great as it deals with the near continuous action extremely well, while the changing art teams doesn't feel to out of place as it tends to change for a different setting and part of the book. What lets the book down is that it relies on knowing what has happened in the Uncanny Avengers series leading up to this as the last moments of that series is the main driving force for this. 7.5/10

Spider-Man 2099: Out of Time Review

Finished reading Spider-Man 2099: Out of Time, this brings writer Peter David back to the character he created in the early 90's as Miguel O'Hara, the Spider-Man of the year 2099 try's to deal with being trapped in the present. The book opens up with a short story of Spider-Man 2099 stopping a mugging while still coming to terms with how present day people work. The next story begins with Miguel getting an apartment to live in during his time in the present while noticing that the person he saved from the mugging earlier is also the super of his apartment. Later while Miguel's working at Alchemex an armoured man form the future try's to stop Miguel as he's creating a paradox in the time stream for not being in his own time. After the fight ends in front of Alchemex CEO Liz Allen, she ends up discovering that Miguel is from the future after doing some background checks on Miguel's alias. The next part of the book deals with Miguel and his boss Tiberius Stone travel to the war torn country of Trans-Sabal were Tiberius plans to sell a large number of Spider Slayers to the country's government only for a group of rebels to kidnapped Tiberius, which leads to Miguel crossing paths with the Scorpion who has been employed by Alchemax to keep an eye on the shipment of the Spider Slayers as the two are trying to find Tiberius. The last story in the book is an Edge of Spider-Verse tie in which features the return of artist Rick Leonardi to the character as the interdimensional villain Morlun is gunning for multiple versions of Miguel O'Hara Spider-Man throughout the multiverse. Overall this was a good book as writer Peter David deals with the Spider-Man 2099's life after being stranded in the present and how he deals with his current predicament. The comedy throughout is great, ranging form Miguel being a fish out of water and finding it hard to understand some people to the Adjustor, the time traveling antagonist at the beginning of the book all hit their mark. The art by Will Sliney is great as it gives a very futuristic vibe to the book from the character designs of the Adjustor form the year 2211 to the updated look of the Scorpion. Additionally artist Rick Leonardi along with colourist Antonio Fabela work on the Edge of Spider-Verse story is great as the art helps to differentiate between each universe thanks to a slight change of the tone and pallet of colours that are used. 7/10.

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice Film Review

Finished watching Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice directed by Zack Snyder and staring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Michael Shannon, Amy Adams, Holly Hunter, Jessie Eisenberg and Gal Gadot. The film opens up with a depiction of Batman's (Ben Affleck) origins and showing the fight between Superman (Henry Cavill) and Zod (Michael Shannon) from his prospective. The film then jumps to eighteen months later where reporter Lois Lane (Amy Adams) is over seas for an article when she is captured only to be saved by Superman who is now in a relationship with her, only for Superman to become a topic of controversy when Senator June Finch (Holly Hunter) wants to bring him to trial to be questioned about his actions and the effects they have on the worlds population. Meanwhile at the headquarters of LexCorp CEO Lex Luthor (Jessie Eisenberg) is developing weapons to combat Superman after finding a large chunk of Kryptonite in the Indian Ocean where one of Zod's terraforming machines were which sparks the attention of the American government, Bruce Wayne and the mysterious Diana Prince (Gal Gadot). Overall this was a good film as it feels like a glorified version of a comic book crossover thanks to how the film constantly cuts between the stories centring around Batman and Superman as each intertwine with one another and come to the same point on several occasions and during the final part of the film. Stylistically this is a great film as the action is astonishing from Wonder Woman's fighting style against Doomsday to Batman's action scenes which appear to have been ripped straight out of a video game. The character interactions are good from the interesting relationship that Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince forge during the course of the film to how Lex Luthor try's to and successfully manipulates people which makes him a force to be reckoned with. What lets the film down is the post apocalyptic scene as well as the convenience of Lex Luthor keeping tabs on the future Justice League feels a little shoehorned in to help to establish the characters and the stakes of the future Justice League film. 7/10.