Amazing Spider-Man: Worldwide: Volume Four Review

Finished reading Amazing Spider-Man: Worldwide: Volume Four, setting up for the Clone Conspiracy event writer Dan Slott has Peter Parker dealing with the choice of how to help his Aunt May's husband Jay Jameson Sr as a revolutionary new treatment has come to light. The book opens within the hospital room of Jay Jameson Sr's as his family begin to talk about how to help with his condition. This leads to an employee of New U Technologies to the family to discuss about a new procedure which Peter as for more information on before considering it a possibility which angers J Jonah Jameson as its his father's life being talked about. As he goes over the data the New U while on a plane to San Francisco Perter finds himself having to take a detour to Oklahoma as one of his company's chemical plants have just has an explosion where one of Peters employee's find themselves fighting for their life and the only way to save them is the use of New U's new medical procedure. After the procedure when Peter meets with his employee he becomes sceptical of New U which leads to him calling on the help of the Prowler and his coworker Anna Maria to take a further look into New U before using their procedure on Jay Jameson Sr. The also has an additional story that sees the Jackal meeting with Wilson Fisk in hopes to get his backing an invest within New U only for things to take a turn when the Jackal shows Fisk his wife who he has resurrected only for Fisk to decide the Jackal's offer which leads to a fight with the Rhino that gains the attention of Spider-Man. Overall this was a good book as it sets up the upcoming Clone Conspiracy event by introducing new concepts and giving a new status quo for some characters as the event looms closer. The framing device of the book is very intriguing as it has its main story with Spider-Man dealing with the discovery of New U while also being able to give some his the recurring supporting cast some great development that sets up their story for Clone Conspiracy with the book being used as a precursor to the event. The art throughout the good is great as each art team is able to bring their own art style to the book without it feeling disjointed thanks to the books structure and how it deals with the changing art. 7/10.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Film Review

Finished watching Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, directed by Jake Kasdan and starring Mason Guccione, Alex Wolff, Ser'Darius Blain, Madison Iseman, Morgan Turner, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Karen Gillan. The film opens with the Jumanji game finding its way into the hands of a teenager named Alex Vreeke (Mason Guccione) in 1996 as Alex finds himself being sucked into the game when it changes into a video game. Years later a group of kids named Spencer (Alex Wolff), Fridge (Ser'Darius Blain), Bethany (Madison Iseman) and Martha (Morgan Turner) all find themselves in detention where they discover the Jumanji video game and once they begin the game they soon find themselves inside the game as the characters Doctor Smolder Bravestone (Dwayne Johnson), Mouse (Kevin Hart), Professor Shelly Oberon (Jack Black) and Ruby Roundhouse (Karen Gillan) respectively as their only hope to escape is to complete it. Overall this was a great film as it reinvents Jumanji with it becoming a video game making able to fit within a more modern setting while also give the film an opportunity to explore the world inside the game as the characters find themselves trap inside it. There is a great amount of character development throughout the film as each character is able to grow and surprisingly learn the lessons that they were sent to detention for while also building relationships between one another which leads to some great character moments. The film is also filled with some amazing comedic moments that primarily come from the fact that the characters find themselves trapped as the characters within Jumanji and the situations that find themselves in  which both sets of actors are able to capture extremely well thanks to how well the transition between each group of actors play the same characters. 8/10.

Moon Knight: Lunatic Review

Finished reading Moon Knight: Lunatic, beginning a new Moon Knight series writer Jeff Lenore sends the character into one crazy and psychedelic adventure. The book opens with Marc Spector speaking with the Egyptian moon god Khonshu before waking up inside of an asylum where he is beating up a couple of the staff. In the morning meeting with the other patients within the asylum who turn out to be old friends who have help Marc in the past as he is being lead to his therapy session. Later that night Marc, with the help of Khonshu try's to escape the asylum only to find that the Egyptian gods have begun to invaded New York, however when Marc gets caught he has to work together with is friends in order to try and save the city. Overall this was a great book as it brings a new direction as the way that Marc’s relationship with Khonshu is used with how they work together and interaction with one another brings some surprising moment of comedy is a couple of places, while the book’s ending has an interesting twist for their relationship. The inclusion of some of Moon Knight's old supporting cast is great as not only does it bring some great interactions between the characters and development for Marc but also gives more emotion to parts of the book's story. The art by Greg Smallwood is amazing as the blend between the aesthetic of ancient Egypt with the aesthetic of modern New York and the Asylum that Moon Knight finds himself in. Additionally the colourist Jordie Bellaire does an amazing on the colour palette that is used within the book helps to make some pages breathtaking to look at. 8.5/10.

Spider-Gwen: Weapon of Choice Review

Finished reading Spider-Gwen: Weapon of Choice, with the events of Spider-Women behind her, Gwen Stacy of Earth-65 finds herself with the fear of losing her powers while being followed by a colleague of her fathers from the police as her life as Spider-Woman is about to get more complicated. The book opens with Gwen dealing with the fact that her time as a superhero is nearing its end after the events of Spider-Women cost her her powers. Meanwhile police captain Frank Castle has been following Gwen since there fight with the with the hope to catch Gwen and get evidence of her being Spider-Woman. The final story sees Gwen going trick or treating with her friends during Halloween when they decided to head into the wood the group find an old abandon carnival that is being run by the mystery Mysterio. Overall this was a great book as it continues this universe’s Gwen Stacey’s adventures as Spider-Woman and how it’s affecting her friends and family especially now that Gwen is dealing with the fact that she might not have her powers for much longer. Writer Jason Latour also continues to expand upon the alternative versions of classic Marvel characters and concepts with the universe’s characters are being developed is incredibly intriguing. The art throughout the book continues to be one of the best parts of the series as artist Robbie Rodriguez's art brings a great aesthetic to the universe while also delivering on the action and character moments. 8/10.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Film Review

Finished watching Star Wars: The Last Jedi, directed by Rian Johnson and starring Oscar Isaac, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, Joonas Suotamo, Mark Hamill and Adam Driver. The film opens with the Resistance evacuation for their current base as the First Order has discovered their location as Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) leads an attack on the First Order to district them while General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) can focus on the evacuation. Meanwhile Ray (Daisy Ridley) and Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) have gone to find Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in hopes to get him to return with them and help in the fight against the First Order and his former student Kylo Ren (Adam Driver). Overall this was an amazing film as it continues the main Star Wars saga (exceptionally) well as it brings back some great characters from the previous films to great effect than issue t to the way each character interacts with one another and the amount of character development that is on show which is a credit to the writers and actors. The fights scenes within are breathtaking for the way the space dogfights are plan to the close combat fights with the film going a surprisingly amount of time without showing a lightsaber helps to make the scenes feel even more suspenseful. The multiple plots within the film are blended together and give enough time for each character to have some great interactions and development of their own while also going to different locations that have not been explored before. There is also an amazing amount of comedic moments within the film as its blended in extremely well and doesn't feel force thanks to how organic the comedy comes across. 9/10.

Uncanny Avengers: Unity: Civil War II Review

Finished reading Uncanny Avengers: Unity: Civil War II, continuing the series as writer Gerry Duggan as the Avengers find themselves dealing with the events as aftermath of Marvel's Civil War II. The book opens with Deadpool reacting to the death of Bruce Banner which leads to Wade braking into Hawkeye's prison cell with the hope to break him out which Clint declines. Meanwhile Medusa has invited Captain America to meet with Ulysses who has see a vision of Cable fighting within a war. This leads to Captain America to meet with Cable before he gets onto a plane with Rouge and the villains Sebastian Shaw and Toad in hope to find a cure for the mutants being effected by the Terrigen Mist. The second sees Deadpool and Rogue trying to come to terms with Captain America ending the team when Doctor Voodoo teleports into the room with the news that the Hand has taken the body of Bruce Banner with the hope to resurrect the Hulk under their control. This leads to the team to be called upon as they travel to Japan where they meet up with Elektra as the heroes team up in hope to find Banner's body only to find out that the Hand now has resurrected a mindless Hulk. Overall this was a great book as its able to bring some great character driven moments to the book within the events of Civil War II especially with the conversation that Deadpool and Hawkeye have together. The writer Gerry Duggan brings a lot of great comedy to the book thanks to the way that some of the characters interact with one another, with the aftermath story set in Japan is able to mix the comedy with the large action set pieces extremely well thanks to the way the the characters react to the situation they find themselves in along with the way they interact with one another as well. The book's art it's amazing throughout from Ryan Stegman's art on the first part of the book helps to bring a slightly darker tone to the backdrop of Civil War II, while Pepe Larraz's art on the second part of the book brings the larger fight scenes between the Avengers fighting the Hand and the Hulk to life extremely well along with the way that some of the book's more visual comedy is brought to life. 8/10.

Civil War II Review

Finished reading Civil War II, Marvel sends its heroes once again into another Civil War event as writer Brian Michael Bendis tells a story that centres around the debate of predictive justice. The book opens with She-Hulk in court defending the villain The Jester after being wrongfully arrested. Meanwhile War Machine is meeting with the President about the current political climate while Captain Marvel is talking to Doc Samson over her work life. As all this is happening the Terrigen cloud makes it way to the campus of Ohio State University where a young students named Ulysses discovers that he now has the ability to see future events which leads to the scared student to run into the Inhumans. Later on the heroes of the Marvel universe find themselves fighting against a Celestial in the middle of New York which the heroes defeat and Tony Stark decides to celebrate their victory by having a party in Stark Tower where the heroes meet with Ulysses. Following the meeting with Ulysses a small group of heroes lead by Captain Marvel find themselves battling Thanos thanks to one of Ulysses' visions, however the battle is not without casualties as She-Hulk finds herself in intensive care and War Machine losing his life which puts Tony into a state of grief with the death of his best friend leading to him to kidnapped Ulysses in hope to find out how his powers work. Before gaining any information Captain Marvel along with a group of heroes find Tony and while arguing with one another Ulysses has a vision of the Hulk killing everyone, leading to everyone going to see Bruce Banner and the way that the situation with Bruce goes with his dying at the hand of Hawkeye the heroes begin to choose sides on how to deal with Ulysses vision and whether or not to agree with them. Overall this was a good book as it has an intriguing premise that begins strong by having some very interesting developments with the story and the situations that the characters find themselves in however by the end of the book it becomes a superhero free for all that feels slightly underwhelming with the positions a few characters find themselves in at the end of the book and why some characters are being incredibly impulsive to fight each other. There is some great moments within the book especially during the first half of the book as the characters find themselves in some unique situations that leads to some interesting storytelling with how the books changes its structure to fit the situations the characters find themselves in feels refreshing and is great to read. The art throughout the book is amazing as Olivier Coipel and Jim Cheung's art towards the beginning of the book does a great job in setting the tone to the book while David Marquez's artwork for the majority of the book brings the characters interactions and the fight scenes between the characters feel breathtaking in places with how well scenes are drawn. 7/10. 

The Disaster Artist Film Review

Finished watching The Disaster Artist, starring director James Franco and Dave Franco. The film opens with Tommy Wiseau (James Franco) going on stage during an acting lesson after aspiring actor Greg Sestero (Dave Franco) has given a performance finds himself himself drawn to Tommy's confidence within his acting and asks for Tommy's help to improve his own acting. After spending time together Tommy and Greg decide to move to Los Angeles in hope to become actors. After trying for a while to get an acting job and constantly failing Tommy decides to make his own film, that becomes The Room with the hope his friend Greg would co-star alongside him. Overall this was a great film as it tells a great and intriguing story of how the film, The Room was created by diving into the how Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero became friends and how that friendship affects and is effected by the creation of the film leading to the film to have some great development for the characters and the relationship between them. There is an amazing amount of comedic moments throughout the film thanks to the way the characters within the film are and the sort of situations they find themselves with the making of and even the remade parts of The Room due to how accurate it is in places. 8.5/10.

Captain Marvel: Civil War II Review

Finished reading Captain Marvel: Civil War II, with the events of Civil War II affecting the wider Marvel universe as writers Ruth Fletcher Gage and Christos Gage continues Carol's story within her own book as she along with Alpha Flight find themselves working with the Inhuman Ulysses and his ability to predict the future. The book opens with Captain Marvel doing repairs on the Alpha Flight space station before discovering that the station has set up a surprise part for Carol to celebrate her first year as the commander of the station. Later Carol is meeting with Alpha Flight's board of governors to discuss about the the appearance of the Celestial at the beginning of Civil War II before getting news of Kree scientist Dr Minerva is on Earth. The book then continues with Captain Marvel have many successful missions as some ramifications of the use of Ulysses predictive powers as sons of the heroes began to question the results of with Hawkeye's choice of shooting Bruce Banner during the events of Civil War II being a main part of the book. The rest of the book sees tensions beginning to build between Carol and her Alpha Flight teammates when Carol discovers a leak from the space station which turns out to be someone in a high position within the Alpha Flight space station. Overall this was a decent book as it brings a different angle to Marvel's Civil War II event as Captain Marvel along with her Alpha Flight team are being watched by their peers within Alpha Filght's board of governors and the way the Ulysses predictions becomes more integral in the story uses' of profiling and surveillance which makes for some interesting character interactions. The book art throughout is great as it brings some great character moment along with some amazing action scenes that are designed and drawn with the great style the art has. 6.5/10.

All New, All Different Avengers: Civil War II Review

Finished reading All New, All Different Avengers: Civil War II, writer Mark Waid concludes the series by tying into the wider events of Civil War II by showing how the Marvel event is effecting the members of the Avengers who don't have their own series being effected by the event. The book opens with the Vision going to meet with the Inhuman Ulysses for advice on how to deal with the time traveling villain Kang who has been causing Vision and the Avengers some trouble recently. The next story cowritten by Jeremy Whitley see both Wasps dealing with a group of people pretending to be Russian officials in hope to take Nadia to W.H.I.S.P.E.R. After dealing with the group Janet, Nadia and Jarvis find out that the superhero community have found themselves dealing with the event of Civil War II which leads to Nadia to try and find a solution to the dispute. The following story sees Thor going to meet with Heimdall for advice on the current situation that the superhero community have found themselves in which leads to Heimdall telling a story from one of the Avengers earliest adventures. The final story within the book sees Ms Marvel returning home when she notices some fan fiction about her, Nova and Miles Morales, Spider-Man which unsettles Kamala leading to her to contact the stie's admin about the story and while she waits Kamala takes a look at some other stories on the site. Overall this was a great book as writer Mark Ward is able to tell some great stories that focus more on character development and uses the events of Civil War II to help give the book a time frame for where it takes place which is the books only connection to the event which is one of its strongest aspects. The Ms Marvel story has a great premise thanks to the way it allows a wide range of creative teams to have some fun with multiple Marvel characters in different stories with some of Kamala's reactions being perfectly hilarious which some stories. The books art is great throughout as the multiple fan fiction stores have their own unique look and feel thanks to the creators on each story. Additionally artist Adam Kubert's work on the rest of the book is amazing as each story centring around Vision, Thor and the two Wasps brings the great character moments to life extremely well along with the flashback story of the more classic Avengers feels suited to the aesthetic of the classic Avengers while also not feeling out of place from the current series. 8.5/10.

Guardians of the Galaxy: New Guard: Civil War II Review

Finished reading Guardians of the Galaxy: New Guard: Civil War II, writer Brian Michael Bendis brings the Guardians of the Galaxy to Earth as the events of Civil War II has begun to affect the heroes of Earth. The book opens with a group of heroes lead by Captain Marvel readying for Thanos' appearance on Earth that has been predicted by the Inhuman Ulysses. The next story sees the Guardians celebrating their victory on defeating the Badoon previously in the series the team get a massage for Captain Marvel asking for their help within the events of Civil War II as the team vote in favour to help Carol in her dispute with Iron Man. However once the team arrive on Earth they find themselves stranded with their ship blown up and separated when they discover Thanos is on the planet. The final story story sees Rocket remembering a time the Guardians had to rescue Spider-Man from a group of Skrulls who wanted to use him as bait to capture Venom, more specifically the symbiote itself. Overall this was a good book as it shows how the Guardians got to Earth to partake in the events of Civil War II and how being involved has left them stranded on the planet and going off on their separate ways. There is a nice amount of character interactions between the team that helps to grieve some character substance before the events of Civil War II jettison the team in to the disputed between Earth's superhero community. The book art is great as it delivers on the great action set pieces and location designs while also doing a great job in the character moments. 7/10.

Captain America: Steve Rogers: Hail Hydra Review

Finished reading Captain America: Steve Rogers: Hail Hydra, with the events of Standoff behind him and and finding himself back in a younger body, Steve Rogers becomes Captain America once again. The book opens with Sharon Carter at a committee hearing about the new tactics that Hydra is using as she is in charge of a fraction of S.H.I.E.L.D. along with Steve Rogers back as Captain America taking the lead in tackling Hydra head on. The next story is used a an interlude to show how the the revelation of Steve being an agent of Hydra and how it happened before continuing with the main story. The rest of the book deals with Steve setting up his own base of operations along with Doctor Selvig as and begin to map out there own plans for Hydra. Meanwhile the events of Civil War II have come to the superhero community as the Inhuman Ulysses may cause a problem with Steve's plans with Hydra thanks to Ulysses abilities to see the future. Overall this was amazing book as writer Nick Spencer brings Steve Rogers back into the Captain America mantle with an intriguing twist that makes some great story telling with the direction the story is going and how Steve interacts with the other heroes of the Marvel universe seem unaware on whats going within Steve's life. The book does an amazing job in giving exposition to the goings on of the book with what lead to Steve becoming a Hydra agent and how the events of Civil War II have affected and even been manipulated to a degree by Steve while still making the book extremely intriguing and still all part of the book. The artwork of throughout the book is amazing as the book is able to bring the more character driven moments to life just as well as the great action set pieces with the flashback scenes having their own unique aesthetic thanks to the changing colour palette. While the art for Civil War II parts of the book does an amazing job in emulating the look and feel of the main series while also bring its own feel. 9/10.

Ultimates: Omniversal: Civil War II Review

Finished reading Ultimates: Omniversal: Civil War II, concluding this series of the Ultimates as the team finds themselves facing the events of Civil War II. The book opens up with Captain Marvel speaking to a Shi'ar Commander who has notice Cosmic Cube energy on Earth. Meanwhile Blue Marvel, Ms America and Black Panther are trying to come to a decision on what to to with Conner Sims, the Anti-Man. The next story sees how Captain Marvel was able to bring the Ultimates together while in the present the team are dealing with the arrival of Thanos on Earth during the events of Civil War II. The next story sees the team using the timing of one of Ulysses visions to prepare for another breach within time and space that Blue Marvel has been able to temporarily stop before but with the timing the team find out that the breach are of a traveler coming through to meet with the people of Earth. Meanwhile Connor Sims is being contacted be Thanos through a psychic projection as he try's to manipulate Connor to brake out which becomes very easy to do when the team begin to disagree with the use of Ulysses and his predictions of the future. The final story of the book sees the Ultimates dealing with the ramifications of the events of Civil War II as the team have gone their separate ways for the time being. Overall this was a decent book as it expands upon parts of the main Civil War II book with how it effects the team members in the way that partake in missions and where they find themselves at the end of the book. The art within the book is good as each artist delivers on the character drama, action set pieces and the greatly designed character and locations extremely well. However the constant change of art styles becomes jarring in places with parts of the book change quite frequently. 6.5/10.