Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume Two Review

Finished reading Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume Two, this continues writer Jonathan Hickman's Avengers crossover of both the Avengers and New Avengers series'. The book opens up with Spider-Woman and Black Widow finding Tony Stark being imprisond by the Cabal in Wakanda as Black Swan is currently keeping watch on him. When Black Swan leaves the room after telling Tony about her life Natasha and Jessica come out of the shadows only to leave Tony when he states that he's been doing the right thing with the Illuminati since the multiple Earths have been colliding with the main Marvel Earth. After leaving Tony Jessica and Natasha head to A.I.M's facility in the Savage Land as Sunspot debrief's his new Avengers team of the worlds current events. Meanwhile the team of Avengers that traveled to the other side of the multiverse find themselves at the temple of the Black Priests where Doctor Strange has been living for the past few months. While back on Earth S.H.I.E.L.D and the Avengers find the Illuminati hiding out in Spain where a large fight between the teams ensues. Overall this was a good book as it continues the story arc very nicely as the forces of the Avengers and the Illuminati finally come to blows with one another in a brilliantly executed fight scene drawn by artist Mike Deodato. While the book once again gives a shocking cliffhanger ending like the previous book which keeps making you want more of the story even though this act has ended. Also the Pod's origin and more of Black Swan's backstory is shown in the book which are both incredibly interesting and makes for more in-depth future stories. While the reveal of Doctor Strange and Iron Man's place within the story so far helps to answer questions that were in the previous book while creating the question of where this will lead to later on. 7.5/10.

Spider-Man 2099: Spider-Verse Review

Finished reading Spider-Man 2099: Spider-Verse, this concludes the Marvel series as writer Peter David takes Miguel O'Hara on a trip around the multiverse as the book ties into the Spider-Verse event. The book opens up with Spider-Man 2099 being joined by a six armed Spider-Man and Lady Spider from a steampunk universe as they are being hunted down by the inheritor Daemos as the group try to figure out how the inheritors work by doing an autopsy on Daemos' old body in Miguel's own time of 2099. The next story has Miguel finding himself back in 2099 only to discover that it's not his home but instead is a post apocalyptic world ruled by Maestro, the evil persona of the Hulk, who finds Miguel and throws him into his dungeon. The final story opens up with Miguel back in present day using a potential cure for cancer which he got from 2099 on Tempest which leads to her being cured of the cancer only for the side effects to kick in which turn her into a insect like creature and begins to attack Spider-Man 2099. Overall this was a great book as writer Peter David continues Miguel's story as he tries to find his way home only for him to lose it once again which allows for a great story with the Hulk from David's Future Imperfect story from the 90's. Additionally the story of Miguel back in present day is great as it helps to further his relationship with Tempest as well as his friendship with Peter Parker Spider-Man. The inclusion of Lady Spider within the book is great as it helps to further develop her character and the steampunk word she comes from thanks to how her and 2099 interact with one another. The artwork by artist Will Sliney is great as the designs for the different locations from 2099 to the inside of Maestro's home have a great amount of detail which are quite breathtaking within the pages of the book. 8/10.

Gods of Egypt Film Review

Finished watching Gods of Egypt, directed by Alex Proyas and staring Brenton Thwaited, Courtney Eaton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Bryan Brown, Gerard Butler and Élodie Yung. The film opens up with humans Bek (Brenton Thwaited) and Zaya (Courtney Eaton) getting ready to watch the coronation of the God Horus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) who is taking over from his father Osiris (Bryan Brown). While at the coronation Set (Gerard Butler) appears to congratulate his nephew only to begin to fight him for the chance to rule over Egypt. After a year under Set's reign Bek steals one Horus eye's from Set's vault and try's to recruit him to help the people he abandoned who are now the slaves of Set. Overall this was a decent film as it explores the mythology of ancient Egypt in quite interesting with Bek being the view point of the film works as he is one of the only relatable characters within the film. There is a good amount of comedic moments that come from the interactions between Bek and Horus during their travels and as the two come from different social classes. While Horus interactions with his ex Hathor (Élodie Yung) is just hilarious as Hathor is very much out of her element when she joins the pair on their journey especially when Horus doesn't help her due to being annoyed with her having moved on. The CGI in a the film is a bit irritating especially with the size of the gods as they are constantly changing. At one point they dwarf the humans while in other scenes they are of similar size to the humans. 6.5/10.

Guardians 3000: Time After Time Review

Finished reading Guardians 3000: Time After Time, this book sees writer Dan Abnett return to the Guardians of the Galaxy only this time he's writing the original Guardians from a whole millennium in the future. The book opens up with the Guardians of the Galaxy from the 31st century on Earth rescuing the human Geena Drake from a Badoon slave camp as the Guardians are in need of her help but are not sure why yet. The next story starts with the Guardians being surrounded by a army of Badoon with the team all losing the battle along with their lives. The book then flashes back to thirty minutes earlier as the team are heading to a meeting with leaders of different alien races but this time Geena remembers what happened the last time apart from the fact that time has changed to the fact that Starhawk is now a woman due to time being broken thanks to something that has happened in the past. After being able to safely retreat from the Badoon, the Guardians get separated when a hive mind robot army called The Stark attack the team resulting Yondu, Charlie-27 and Geena being stranded on a nearby plant while the rest of the team are stranded in space. Overall this was a great book as builds a very interesting story with some great moments and even though the story doesn't end in this book it makes you ask for more of the story that writer Dan Abnett has constructed. There are some amazing character moments throughout the book from Yondu having a great fight scene against the Stark to some great comedic moments from Starhawk and the introduction of Nikki meeting with the team again only for the Guardians not knowing her due to time being broken. Additionally the use of the narration is great as Geena's narration helps to give the reader a insight to how the Guardians work as a team from someone who is new to the team. The artwork by Gerardo Sandoval is stunning as it captures the futuristic and science fiction tone of the book incredibly well while the action scenes are showed greatly even though on first glance they look extremely crowded but thanks to the rest of the art team the scenes are brought to life and work perfectly within the context of the story. 8.5/10.

Avengers: Time Runs Out Volume One Review

Finished reading Avengers: Time Runs Out Volume One, this brings together writer Jonathan Hickman Avengers and New Avengers series' as the book jumps forward eight mouths from the pervious stories of the two Avengers titles. The book opens up with the former cosmic Avengers discovering that the universe is dying and decide to join Sunspot who has recently brought out A.I.M to finding out why the whole multiverse is dying. Meanwhile in New York the remaining members of the Avengers who are now a part of S.H.I.E.L.D arrest Amadeus Cho after he gave data to the other members of the Illuminati who are currently on the Avengers most wanted list. While on the other side of the world in Latveria Namor meets with Dr Doom in hope that he can help him with his mistake of creating the Cabal who are attacking Wakanda while also going to multiple Earths and slaughtering their populous and destroying them before they can destroy the main Marvel Universe. Overall this was a good book as straight away the it catches the reader up with the events that have transpired within the eight month time jump while also being able to further the plot and to lay out the ground work for the rest of the story. The character interactions are good as it helps to show how different the heroes roles and relationships with each other have change within the time jump from Sunspot building his own team of Avengers to find a way to save the multiverse while the interaction and reactions of Mr Fantastic and the Invisible Woman are great as there's a silent panel in the book drawn by artist Kev Walker that literally speaks a thousand words with how Mr Fantastic and other members of the Illuminati react to seeing Sue interrogate Amadeus Cho. Additionally there is great a moment in the book were the two actually meet which creates more questions to what Sue's role is in the story but it also has one of the best character moments within the book which leaves you asking for more. The changing artwork throughout the book works well within as a different artist is used for different parts of the story highlighting a curtain group of characters. However the changing artist also creates a little bit of inconsistency with some characters like Hulk who goes form having a Mohawk to a full head of hair and a change of clothes in the space of a handful of pages. 7/10.

The Nice Guys Film Review

Finished watching The Nice Guys directed by Shane Black and staring Murielle Telio, Ryan Gosling, Lois Smith, Margaret Qualley, Russell Crowe and Angourie Rice. The film opens up with a car crash which results in the death of actress Misty Mountains (Murielle Telio). Days later private eye Holland March (Ryan Gosling) is hired by Misty's aunt (Lois Smith) to find her niece after seeing her a couple of days after Misty's death. Holland starts his investigation by trying to look for the missing Amelia Kutner (Margaret Qualley) who might have answers. Only for Amelia to hire Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) to make Holland stop looking for her. Once news travels that Amelia made contact with Jackson he becomes a target for the criminals who are hunting Amelia causing Jackson to hire Holland in order to find Amelia before the criminals do. Overall this was a great film as it blends together the great action and hilarious comedy extremely well while also being able to give some great character development in the process. The inclusion of Holland's daughter Holly (Angourie Rice) is great as she is more competent than her father and Jackson within the case which brings about some hilarious moments. Holly also helps to further develop the two characters throughout the film as Holland and Jackson slowly become better colleagues and even friends as the film progresses. While the music used in the film is very indicative of the time while also working extremely well within the context of the film as well. 8/10.

Spider-Woman: New Duds Review

Finished reading Spider-Woman: New Duds, after tieing into the Spider-Verse event writer Dennis Hopeless continues the series by giving Jessica Drew a new status quo away from the Avengers along with a new costume as well. The book opens up with Spider-Woman stopping what looks to be a super villain mugging only for it to turn out to be a police exercise that she was unaware of due to not being updated by Steve Rogers after leaving the Avengers. After spending the night in a cell reporter Ben Urich meets with her as the police let Jess go asking her to look over a folder he has about the families of super villains going missing. Jess reluctantly takes the case when she sees Porcupine robbing a bank and says that he's doing because he's getting blackmailed by someone who has his daughter. The next story has Jess going on a road trip across America with Ben and Porcupine who hopes to turn over a new leaf on life after seeing how the consequences of being a super villain is affecting his family. The group eventually find themselves in Dodge City, Kansas when Roger gets some cowboy merchandise after reminiscing about watching westerns as a kind. Things take a turn for the worse when the townsfolk attack the group with Roger being shot with a shotgun and Jess waking up in a slaughterhouse looking to be the next on the cutting board. Overall this was a good book as writer Dennis Hopeless scales back Spider-Woman's world as she takes more street level criminals rather than the large alien treats as an Avenger which allows for more personal story's with the supporting cast and villains. Porcupine's role in the book is great as it works extremely well for the story as the book shows of how the lower level super villain's families are affected by their crimes. The art by Javier Rodriguez is stunning as it captures the tone of the book and the different settings thanks to the layout of the book and colour pallet that' use. While Natacha Bustos' artwork brings a more flashback feel to the ending of the final story as helps to show how Spider-Woman rejoins the Avengers during the events of Marvel's Time Runs Out story arc. 7/10.

Silver Surfer: Worlds Apart Review

Finished reading Silver Surfer: Worlds Apart, this continues the creative team of Dan Slott and Mike Allred's Marvel series as Silver Surfer's history comes back to haunt him and Dawn. The book opens up with Silver Surfer trying to get use to Dawn's human habits. When Norrin takes out Dawn's tonsils they travel to Planet Prime for the best ice cream in the universe as the planet is populated by a race that each member of society trains in one occupation and be the best in that one job. The second story see Dawn getting separated from Norrin when they travel through one of the darkest parts of the cosmos. The story continues with Norrin and his board reminiscing of their adventures with Dawn since she join them on their travels as the two try to find her. The final story begins with Norrin allowing Dawn to have a go on his board only for the pair to crash onto a planet which is populated the last members of alien races as each is a refugee of a planet that has been devoured by Galactus when the Surfer was his herald. However without knowing Norrin accidentally leads Galactus to the planet thanks to the trail of cosmic energy he left behind. Overall this was a great book as it continues the series with the same lighthearted tone and colour palette while also giving some great character development in the process. There is a large amount of great character development and interactions that helps to grow the relationship between Norrin and Dawn. Mike Allred's artwork is brilliant as the alien locations and species designs are stunning and work perfectly with the tone of the book which is strengthen by the colours that colourist Laura Allred uses within the book. 8.5/10.

Warcraft Film Review

Finished watching Warcraft directed by Duncan Jones and staring Daniel Wu, Toby Kebbell, Anna Galvin, Travis Fimmel, Dominic Cooper and Ben Foster. The film opens up on the Orc's home world as the Orc warlord Gul'dan (Daniel Wu) prepares to open a portal to a new world for the Orc's to live in as their current world is slowly dying. The leader of one of the Orc clans Durotan (Toby Kebbell) is with his pregnant mate Draka (Anna Galvin) hoping to find a new home to raise their child on the other side of the portal. Once a large group of Orc's find themselves on the new world they begin to pillage surrounding areas with the news quickly gaining the attention of military commander Sir Anduin Lothar (Travis Fimmel) who meets with his King and brother in law Llane Wrynn (Dominic Cooper) and Medivh (Ben Foster) the guardian of the world as the three try to come up with a plan to combat the Orc's. Overall this was a decent film as it brings world of Warcraft to life on film very well as the character designs and CGI works within the medium. The character moments that Durotan has with Draka and the humans helps to give Durotan and some of the other Orc's a great amount of humanity. However some of the human characters don't get that much development with the characters as its spread across the film, which makes them more interesting later on in the film but not as interesting as some of the Orc's dynamic. What lets the film down is the ending as its very abrupt as it leaves a couple of plot lines open and leaves you asking for more. 6.5/10.

Hulk: Omega Hulk Book Two Review

Finished reading Hulk: Omega Hulk Book Two, this concludes the series as writer Gerry Duggan brings an end to story of Doc Green as he deals with confronting the last of the Gamma powered people on the Earth. The book opens up with Doc Green and his assistants setting up their equipment in the Baxter Building since the Fantastic Four left their home. At the former home of the Fantastic Four the group of scientists develop a teleportation device to use on Lyra to send her back home only for something to go wrong when Doc Green's artificial intelligence goes rogue on him prompting Doc Green to search for her while still curing other gamma powered beings. This leads to him hiring Deadpool to track down Red Hulk since his AI went rouge. Additionally there's a story written by Aubrey Sitterson that shows how Doc Green's assistants found Lyra which has a great comedic tone and helps to wrap up the plot line that was left hanging at the beginning of the book. Overall this was a great book as it brings an end to the series on a great note as writer Gerry Duggan brings a close to the Omega Hulk story ack. The characterisation of Doc Green in played out incredibly well as writer Gerry Duggan umanises Doc Green as the fact of his AI going rouge and knowing that his intelligence is slowly decreasing allows for a very emotional conversation with She-Hulk towards the end of the book. While the final part of the book with Betty and Bruce which is much delayed has a great payoff. The inclusion of Deadpool into the fray brings a great amount of comic relief to the book while his interactions between Hulk and Steve Rogers work very well in the context of the book. The artwork by Mark Bagley works perfectly for the book as it shows how destructive the fight between Doc Green and Red Hulk is to the planet and to each other. While Rhoald Marcllius' artwork on the Lyla story work well for the more comedic tone to the story. 8/10.

S.H.I.E.L.D: Perfect Bullets Review

Finished reading S.H.I.E.L.D: Perfect Bullets, this begins Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D series that introduces the team from Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D TV show into the Marvel's comic universe. The book opens up with a quick origin to Phil Coulson before he gets promoted to the supreme commander of S.H.I.E.L.D's special ops department as Coulson leads the heroes of the Marvel universe against multiple forces of the Norse realms due to the Bifrost Bridge being broken by an unknown crystal leading to Heimdall falling on to Earth and losing his sword. The next story has S.H.I.E.L.D agent Jemma Simmons going undercover in the school of Ms Marvel due to one of her classmates selling supervillain weapons within the school. The following story has Coulson teaming up with Spider-Man as the pair embark on a mission into Dr Strange's home which has been broken into by a group lead by Colonel Myrdden who has been hired to retrieve a few items form the Sanctum Sanctorum. The penultimate story has Coulson calling up Sue Storm who has apparently been an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D for quite some time, to rescue a scientist from Hydra. The final story has Coulson and his team coming together to fight against the forces of Dormammu who has put all of the mystics of the world into comas thanks to magical bullets allowing him to begin an invasion on Earth without being opposed. Overall this was a good book as writer Mark Waid does a great job of integrate the cast of the TV very organically. The episodic feel to the book is great as it helps to give time to each character to further develop each of them and to show how they react within the main Marvel universe. With the book being very episodic means that each part of the book has a different artists on each story, as each artist bring their own unique style which works extremely well for each story. Additionally thanks to Phil Coulson being the point of view character for the book it helps to show how each hero deal with their mission as he helps to bring out each hero's perennial in some very interesting ways. 7.5/10.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Film Review

Finished watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, directed by Dave Green and starring Pete Ploszek, Jeremy Howard, Alan Ritchson, Noel Fisher, Will Arnett, Megan Fox, Tyler Perry, Brian Tee, Gary Anthony Williams, Stephen Farrelly and Stephan Amell. The film opens up with Leonardo (Pete Ploszek), Donatello (Jeremy Howard), Raphael (Alan Ritchson) and Michaelanglo (Noel Fisher) heading to a local basketball game were they see Vern Fenwick (Will Arnett) who is getting all of the praise and glory for their hard work from the previous film. Meanwhile on the other side of the city April O'Neil (Megan Fox) hacks the CEO of TCRI Baxter Stockman (Tyler Perry) emails thanks to a device that Donnie gave her where she discovers that the Foot are planning to break Shredder (Brian Tee) out of jail during a prisoner transfer along with Bebop (Gary Anthony Williams) and Rocksteady (Stephen Farrelly) with Casey Jones (Stephan Amell) being a part of the transfer. After Shredder escapes thanks to a teleportation device which leads to Casey being forced to take a leave of absence from the police after being unable to stop Shredder, Rocksteady and Bebop from escaping. Overall this was a great film as it blends together the action and comedy extremely well while being able to tell a good story with the characters in the film. The soundtrack is amazing as it works perfectly well within the context of the film. The character interactions throughout the film are great from the way the turtles interact between each other to the friendship that Bebop and Rocksteady have is great as the two steal every scene they're in and being about most of the comedic moments in the film thanks to how the two actors play off one another. 8/10.