Titans Hunt Review

Finished reading Titans Hunt, writer Dan Abnett brings the original original Teen Titans back together for the first time since the beginning of DC Comics' New 52 reboot. The book opens up with Roy Harper the former Green Arrow sidekick and current Arsenal in Cline, Oklahoma buying a bottle of whiskey from a nearby shop. Meanwhile in a warehouse district super spy Dick Grayson is on a mission to stop the selling of an Atlantean lungs. Before Dick can get the Lungs an Atlantean shows up an kills the seller and buyer of the lungs and even gets into a fight with Dick before escaping. After his fight with the Atlantean Dick is recovering in a local hotel room watching a film with a score by award winner Malcom Duncan while on the phone reporting to his boss only to be contacted by a telepath named Lilith telling him to find the Atlantean an then her. While back in Cline Roy wakes up after falling of the back of his truck and begins to drive to his counsellor who happens to be Lilith only to be stopped by the police on his way and eventually is helped out by the shop attendant earlier who turns out to be the former teen hero Caveboy. While Dick try's to gain the attention of Garth the Atlantean he fought earlier by using the lungs as bait with leads to a fight between the two that gains the attention of Amazon Donna Troy how joins the fight which only ends when the three see the inside of a building the crash into that makes them remember a memory that had which involves each other. The second story is set a few months after the formation of the Justice League as Batman brings Robin to meet the League as they have to deal with multiple threats appearing in Metropolis. The final story sets up the DC Rebirth Titans series as the team meet the one member that was missing from their fight with Mr Twister, Wally West the original Kid Flash. Overall this was a great book as it brings back the original Teen Titans back together in a way that does recon but it a way that makes enough sense and doesn't feel forced which allows for some character to have some great emotional moments especially in the case of Hawk remembering the original Dove. While the inclusion Malcolm and his wife Karen is great as this is the first time the two have shown since the beginning of DC reboot that came with their New 52 publishing line and their character acts is one of the most intriguing parts of the book as they are the only two who have been unaware of their powers with Malcolm rediscovering his. The villain of Mr Twister is great as he feels like a monster from a horror movie thanks to his horrifying design and the speech bubbles design helps to further strengthen the frightening presence that Mr Twister had in the book. Additionally the final story that helps to set up the next Titans series is a great addition to the book as it not only makes the team stronger with the addition of Wally allowing the reader to see some of the most cherished memories that the team have forgotten but wraps up the one loose end of the main story without needing to continue to the next series even though the story is a great set up for things to come. The art in the book is good as the whole art team does a good job in capturing the horrifying look of Mr Twister, the greatly paced action scenes and the emotions that comes form each character as they rediscover memories that was wiped from their mind. However the constant changing of the art does take a second to adjust to the different art style in some places. 8/10.

Passengers Film Review

Finished watching Passengers, directed by Morten Tyldum and staring Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen and Jennifer Lawrence. The film opens up with spaceship the Avalon thirty years into its hundred and twenty years journey to a distance planet in hope to colonise it with its five thousand passengers. After going through a bunch of asteroids when one brakes apart on the Avalon's shields and hitting into the shop which causes multiple system failures including a passenger's pods that awakes engineer Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) 90 years to early and no way of going back to sleep. After nearly a year alone in the ship with the only hint of interaction with another person is the android bartender Arthur (Michael Sheen) Jim gets dunk on night and almost commits suicide by jumping of the an airlock with no spacesuit but when he gets scared he falls over a bottle and notices writer Aurora Lane (Jennifer Lawrence) who he quickly becomes fascinated by her an her work and ends up making the decision to wake her up so he won't be alone any more. Overall this was a decent film as it focuses more on the character interactions rather than a good story as it is quite basic but is help by the level of acting of the films cast. The aesthetic of the Avalon is great as the futuristic designs of the different technologies on show is a nice touch to the film. 6/10.

Harley Quinn: The Joker's Last Laugh Review

Finished reading Harley Quinn: The Joker's Last Laugh, continuing writing duo Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti series as it continues Harley's own adventures in Coney Island but also having her come back to Gotham to face one of the demons of her past. The book opens up with Harley heading back home from Beverly Hills after doing a job over their. Meanwhile back on the east cost the grandson of former Russian agent Zena Bendemova has brought her back to seek revenge on Harley and Sy Borgman for her death. Once Harley gets back home she's picked up by one of Zena's men who takes Harley to a warehouse where she is welcomed by a group of soldiers gunning at her. When Harley finally returns to her apartment building her friend Tony updates her on what is happening with her current love interest Mason after he was sent back to prison earlier in the series. However before Harley can brake Mason out of prison she has to go save Sy Borgman from Zeba who has kidnapped him. The other story featured in the book has Harley coming across a bottle with a genie inside who grants her any wish she desires. Overall this was a great book as it continues to further develop Harley as a character of her own while also giving her supporting cast a great amount of development as well. The inclusion of the Joker within the book is geart as not only does he try to tell Mason all the bad things about Harley when he gets transferee to Arkham, but also causes Harley to lash out at him with the two getting into a fight that not only leads to Harley being victorious but helps to show how much she has grown as a character since the two broke up. The series comedic tone continues to be good and present while helping to bring moments of levity in the much more serious moments of the book that doesn't take away from the more serious tone of the story. The art of the main story by Chad Hardin is great as it captures the emotions of the characters extremely especially during the scenes Harley has with Mason while the fight between Harley and the Joker doesn't just show a fight but the emotion and expressions of the characters shines through really well. While the art of the genie story by Ananda Conner work perfectly in sync with the comedic and light hearted tone of the story. 8/10.

Justice League: The Darkseid War Part Two Review

Finished reading Justice League: The Darkseid War Part Two, concluding the final story arc of the New 52 series as writer Geoff John closes the Darseid War story in explosive fashion. The book opens up with everyone dealing with the revaluation of Darkseid's death at the hands of the Flash who is being possessed by the an embodiment of Death. Meanwhile on Apokolips a power corrupted Superman abandons Lex Luthor on the planet as he travels back to earth when a group of people mistake Lex as Superman which help happy plays along with which ends up with him being bestowed with the powers of Darksied. Elsewhere Batman has become so attached to the Mobius chair that he is trying ti find the truth about what it said to him about the Joker as Green Lantern continues to help Batman to get off it. After a fight with the remains of Darksied's forces Wonder Woman sends Cyborg and Power Ring along with Mister Miracle and is wife Big Barda break into Belle Reve Prison in hope that the remaining members of the Crime Syndicate might be able to help against the over shadowing threat of the Anti-Monitor who destroyed their Earth. Overall this was an amazing book as writer Geoff Johns brings an end to the Justice League series by warping up all of the plot lines of the series while laying out the ground work for some interesting and new developments for each team member to deal with in the future. The addition of the remaining members of the Crime Syndicate is great as not only does it raise the stakes of the story as Power Ring and Cyborg get possessed by Volthoom and Grid but also ties up the loose plot threads form the Forever Evil event as well. The use of Wonder Woman as the point of view character and the narrator of the story continues as a perfect fit to the story as each member of the Justice League gets corrupted by God levels of power and Diana is the only not effect by corruptible powers as she is already a demigod making her view on the situation more impactful. The art throughout is amazing as artist Francis Manapul does an amazing job in the first part of the book which has a lot more character moment and smaller action scenes which have a great amount of detail and character emotions show through very well. While the rest of the main story drawn by Jason Fabok brings the action to live incredibly well thanks to some breathtaking visuals with help from the rest of the art team. 9/10.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Film Review

Finished watching Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, directed by Gareth Edwards and staring Ben Mendelsohn, Felicity Jones, Forest Whitaker, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed and Alan Tudyk. The film opens up several years prior to the completion of the Death Star as the Imperial director of weapons research Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn)has come to the farm of Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelson) to force him to return to the empire and complete the Death Star. Meanwhile Galen's daughter Jyn (Felicity Jones) flees the farm and is later found and raised by the rebel Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker). Years later Jyn is in an imperial prison being prepared for transfer to a camp. In another part of the galaxy rebel intelligence officer Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) revives information of a defected pilot Bodhi Rook (Riz Ahmed) has information about the Death Star form its lead designer Galen Erso. The one set back to this is that the pilot is with Saw Gerrera which leads to Cassian and is partner droid K-2SO (Alan Tudyk) being sent by the Rebel Alliance to brake Jynout of jail during a transfer to the imperial camp in hope to use her as a way to get a meeting with Saw and find the pilot and the information he has. Overall this was an amazing film as it builds upon the story of the original Star Wars film by explaining one of the biggest plot holes of that film and also show how the events of the original was set into motion which should please any Star Wars fan. While the film should also please any casual audience member as he film does stand on its own as a great Si Fi action adventure film with elements of a war film as well. There is a great amount of character interaction and enough development for each character to have a very affective and impactful part in the ending sequence of the film. There is a surprising amount of comedy that gives the film some levity to a story that is quite dark and serious in tone. The CGI is great as the different planet locations and space battles are brought to life incredibly well and are truly spectacular. If anything feels out of place is the CGI faces of classic characters takes a second to get used to. 9.5/10.

Batman: Bloom Review

Finished reading Batman: Bloom, this brings an end to creative team Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo final story arc of DC's Batman series that began as part of DC's New 52 publishing line. The book opens up with Mr Bloom inside the Powers Building while being confronted by Jim Gordon. When Bloom escapes Jim goes to his boss Gerri to go after Bloom himself with is job on the line in order to stop him before the situation gets worse with the police coming in with their own Batman mechsuit's. Meanwhile on the other side of Gotham Duke Thomas is his Robin gear brakes into the Iceberg Lounge to find any information about Mr Bloom as the Penguin recently had a meeting with him which went down hill quite quickly. When Duke gets into trouble while trying to leave he gets some surprising help form Bruce Wayne, which leads to Duke deducing that Bruce Wayne is or rather was Batman. Which leads to Bruce going on on a journey of deciding whether he should become Batman again. Overall this was an amazing book as it brings an end to the Mr Bloom story in a great way as the story continues to have Jim Gordon's story as the main part of the book as Bloom is very much his villain which also making time to dive into Bruce's story of becoming Batman again without it taking to much time away for the conflict between Gordon and Bloom. The journey that Bruce takes to become Batman is great and extremely interesting as not only does Bruce become Batman again but writer Scott Snyder is able to give the story a great amount emotion that comes across thanks to the amount time that's been given to Bruce's live since his last fight with the Joker. The art by Greg Capullo continues to be amazing with the horror feel of the villainous Mr Bloom and his henchmen is creepy as anything and the action scenes are epic in scale and the amount of tension that is built within them. While the addition of Yanick Paquette art helps to convey some of the extremely emotional scene incredibly well, along with the time Bruce is in the machine that gives him back is memories of his time as Batman is visually structured in a very unique and creative way. 9/10.

Constantine: The Hellblazer: The Art of the Deal Review

Finished reading Constantine: The Hellblazer: The Art of the Deal, this concludes the series as writers Ming Doyle and James Tynion take John literally to hell and back as hell begins to knock on his front door. The book opens up with Swamp Thing coming to Constantine for help as he can see what's happening through the Green as the plants in Central Park is coming to life and killing young couples without Swamp Thing being able to stop it on his own. The book then continue with Constantine having to help club owner Papa Midnight using Constantine's boyfriend Oliver as a hostage to make John help him in getting his club back from the hands of high profile, demon businessman Neron plans to take over New York City in order to harvest the population's souls that would make Neron the most powerful being in hell and on Earth. After being sent on a trip through Hell by Neron, Constantine returns to Earth to warn Oliver of the impending doom heading to the city in hope for him and his daughters to get to safety while he heads to Los Angeles in hope to get help for the angels that are living in the city only to be forced back to New York by Deadman in order to help with the supernatural threat that is plaguing New York. The final part of the book is the first story form DC Rebirth's Hellblazer series as it as the series' writer Simon Oliver helps to set up Constantine's new direction going forth in John's newest series. Overall this was a good book as it continues Constantine's adventures within the magical side of the DC universe which also giving the supporting cast some great development especially in terms with Oliver who gets most of the development within the book. The inclusion of Constantine's Justice League Dark teammates is a nice addition to the book as Swamp Thing has a story the is quite centric to his character but still has Constantine in a prominent role. While the inclusion of Deadman brings a great amount of comedy to the book especially when he try's to possess Constantine which leads to and even more hilarious fight where Constantine is constantly hitting himself. The art in the book is good as each artist brings their own style to the book with the great creature designs and supernatural elements being brought to life extremely well. 7.5/10.

Moana Film Review

Finished watching Moana, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker and staring Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House and Temuera Morrison. The film opens up with a young Moana (Auli'i Cravalho) is listening to the story of Maui (Dwayne Johnson) the demigod who stole the heart of the goddess Te Fiti being told by her grandmother Tala (Rachel House). After the story Moana heads to the ocean which begins to play with her before her father the chief of the island (Temuera Morrison). As Moana grows older the ocean is constantly calling to her even though her father continues to play take up the family's tradition of becoming the next chef until the island's crops begin to decay and fish shop coming to the island cause Moana with the advice of her grandmother to find the demigod Maui in hope to fix the island that is being affected by his actions centuries prior. Overall this was a good film as it tells an adventure story of Moana trying to save her island from from rotten and decaying food along with fish not coming near the island, while also having a lot of great character growth for Moana and a great amount of character development for Maui. The music within the film form the score to the musical all work extremely well and don't feel awkward even the slightest. The animation works really well throughout the film even during the parts where different animation styles are shown at the same time works and doesn't feel out of place. 7.5/10.

Grayson: A Ghost in the Tomb Review

Finished reading Grayson: A Ghost in the Tomb, continues Dick Grayson story as an agent of Spyral as his time with the organisation seems to be heading to an end as he discovers one of the organisation's darkest secrets, but only after Dick is called back to Gotham to deal with the events of Robin War. The book opens up in Gotham at the beginning of the Robin War crossover as a member of the We Are Robin crew is trying to stop a robbery with goes horrifically bad for the kid as he accidentally causes the death of the thief and a cop. The news of the quickly report on this which leads to a local councilwoman to bring in a law that allows the police to arrest any person the believe to be a Robin which quickly gains the attention of Batman's very own Robins who return to Gotham to help the kids of the We Are Robin crew. The rest of the book continues with the series main story that has Dick and his partner Tiger continue to work for Spyral while in the background Dick is working with Red Robin and Midnighter to find out the organisation secrets which leads to Dick to come to the realisation that he and Tiger have to go rouge and brong down Spyral. Overall this was a decent book as it continues the main story of Dick as a Spyral agent while also having a story set in Gotham as Dick comes together with the other former sidekicks of Batman and the We Are Robin cast which makes this book feel like two completely different books. The Robin War story is just okay as it has a great premise that is base on the news headlines at the time but the final execution is very much a lacklustre while some characters including Dick act slightly out of character and just leaves you scratching your head. The second half of the book continues the great story of Dick Grayson agent of Spyral as the series starts the beginning of the end of Dick's spy story as he and his partner start to bring down the organisation. The artwork is pretty decent as the series' main art continues to be great while the Robin War art is good but it's inconsistent and doesn't help with the storytelling even though the art is good. 6/10.

Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death Review

Finished reading Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death, bringing famous Batman foe into the forefront of her own story as writer Amy Chu takes Pamela Isley back to her roots as a scientist before she became Poison Ivy. The book opens up with Doctor Pamela Isley in Africa retrieving a thousand year old plant from the desert for the Gotham Botanical Gardens where Pamela is currently working at. While giving a tour of the place to a group of students from Gotham Academy Harley comes in to meet with Pamela as the two go to a local bar to catch up. The next morning when Pamela returns to work she finds her coworker and the person who hired her Dr Luisa Cruz is found dead with the pairs research into human and plant DNA splicing. Overall this was a good book as it brings Poison Ivy to the forefront of her own book that allows the reader to dive into the mindset of Poison Ivy by show her views on the world and the different relationships she has with other characters within the DC universe and Pamela's human plant children. The mystery surrounding the deaths at the Botanical Gardens with Luisa being the first is intriguing especially with how it effects Poison Ivy's power source of the Green that then leads to a great appearance by Swap Thing at the end of the book. The artwork is great as it does a great job in depicting each characters emotional nicely and making the scenery look amazing with how the different variations of plants are showed in the book and how the colour palette works wonders for the book. What does let the book down is the there is quite a few inconsistencies between the character and costume designs due to the different art styles within the book. 7.5/10.

Sully Film Review

Finished watching Sully, directed by Clint Eastwood and staring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart and Laura Linney. The film opens with pilots Chelsey "Sully" Sullenberger (Tom Hanks) a few days after he landed the US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River as he and his copilot Jeffrey Skiles (Aaron Eckhart) are under investigation for what had happened to cause the plane to land on the river. While the media continue to parse Sully as a hero for landing the plane without any casualties. Overall this was a good film as it dives into the life of pilot Chelsey "Sully" Sullenberger during the inquest of Flight 1549 when it landed on the Hudson River in 2009. The actors put in some great performances as the relationships between the characters feel very real as the interactions between Sully and his wife Lorraine (Laura Linney) help to build upon Sully's character. The is a great amount of tension builded throughout the film form the whole inquest even with the scenes inside the plane itself as even though the film is based on true events it doesn't take away the amount of tension and the captivating scenes within the film. 7.5/10.

Earth 2 Society: Indivisible Review

Finished reading Earth 2: Society: Indivisible, writer Dan Abnett takes the reins of DC's Earth 2 by give the series a new lease of life and direction for the characters and the world. The book opens with Hawkgirl continuing to explore and map the new Earth when she notices a man made cavern within a canyon where she finds the home of large group of Amazons lead by Wonder Woman's daughter Fury. Meanwhile in Neotropolis Green Lantern, Commander Sato, Superman, Captain Steel and Sandman have formed a cabinet to discuss the public opinion of them which is only one of the man problems the new Earth is facing as two colonies are threatening war between each other on the low supplies of energy. While in New Gotham Batman has brought Red Arrow and Ted Grant in to help him with a black market batch of power cells that are being sold at extortionate price which contents are dangerous to humans. Overall this was a great book as it gives the series a welcome change of pace from the constant world ending story that have been the centre piece of DC's Earth 2 series' for the longest time during DC's New 52 publishing line. The multiple storylines are handed very well as even though they are partly link together they also work extremely well on their own but doesn't dip in quality at all. The art throughout the book is great as the action scenes are depicted extremely well while there's is a lot of factual expressions and body language that is show well and helps to strengthen the storytelling as the book is more heavy on dialogue than action due to it taking a more political tone. 8/10.

Batman and Robin Eternal: Volume Two Review

Finished reading Batman and Robin Eternal: Volume Two, concluding the adventure of the former Robins in their attempt to stop the villainous Mother and her 'Childern' from taken over the worlds children and turning them into her own personal army. The book opens up Cassandra heading to her old home of the Nursery where she is confronted by Orphan and is help by Harper and Dick who followed Cassandra and take her and Orphan to Spyral HQ in England. At Spyral the heroes meet back up with Red Hood and Red Robin who have just come back from a battle with Azrael and the Order of St Dumas in their home of Genosis where the two found a virus called Ichthys which is Mother's weapon to turn all of the children of the world into her own private army with the first major test run of the virus being use on the children of St. Hadrian's school were the headquarters of Spyral is located. Overall this was a great book as it continues the main story of the former Robins fighting against Mother in the present while the flashback story of Batman years prior continue to be as captivating as the main story with Mother's origin being told through a person that Bruce meet and the mystery of Batman shooting a child's parents as the beginning of the series being received as well. The inclusion of Midnighter towards the end of the book as all the heroes prepare for the final confrontation with Mother's forces is great as it allows for Bat family of characters to use Midnighter's technology which gives more of a creative fighting style for the art team to bring to life and also helps to bring some lightheartedness to the book as Dick and Midnighter continue to have their clash on their different views of fighting an enemy. While the earlier fight with Orphan and the mind controlled children at Spyral HQ brings a lot of great action an suspense along with the confrontation that Red Robin and Red Hood have with the Order of St Dumas and Azrael. Who in turn gets a nice amount of character development for the short amount of time he had in the book. 8/10.

A United Kingdom Film Review

Finished watching A United Kingdom, directed by Amma Asante and staring David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Nicholas Lyndhurst and Vusi Kunene. The film opens up in post World War Two London where the prince of Bechuanaland, Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo) is studying law locally before he is set back home to rule over his people. One night at a jazz club Seretse meets office worker Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike) and its love at first sight. As the two become closer they eventully get married, against the wishes of Ruth's father (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Seretse's uncle the current King of Bechuanaland (Vusi Kunene) and the views of other countries. Overall this was a great film as it dives into the relationship between Seretse and Ruth showing how they are affected by the worlds view of them. The emotional impacts of the characters are conveyed by the actors extremely well thanks to a just as good script and the material the actors have been given. 8/10.

New Suicide Squad: Freedom Review

Finished reading New Suicide Squad: Freedom, concluding writer Sean Ryan's run on the series as Amanda Waller, the head of Task Force X is forced to join the team on their missions after Vic Sage takes over the operation. The book opens up with Amanda Waller and the team are in Rio meeting with a dealer of a drug that gives its user superpowers. When the meeting goes south the team have to fight their way to the safety of a nearby cathedral where Waller goes rouge with the team and go after the Calvary Corporation which owns not only the companies that supply Belle Reve prison and its personal their weapons and equipment but also own the companies that have been appearing in the series that the squad have taken down. Overall this was a good book as it brings an end to writer Sean Ryan's run on the series by wrapping all of the loose plot threads very nicely. The final confrontation between Vic Sage and Amanda Waller is nice as the incorporation of Black Manta helps to bring the over arcing story full circle. The art by Philippe Briones continues to work extremely well with the series as the action and locations are drawn out greatly and work well for the book's story. The stories centring around Deadshot and Katana towards the end of the book feel that they have been added into the book just to make up the page count as they are only the first part of their respective stories and also to get people into the two series. 7/10.

Flash: Zoom Review

Finished reading Flash: Zoom, writes Robert Venditti and Van Jensen continue their run on DC's Flash series as Eobard Thawne the man behind the death of Barry's mother has returned to unleash havoc on Barry's life once again. The book opens up with Barry Allen getting use to living with his new roommate the former Pied Piper, Hartley Rathaway after Barry had to move out of his ex girlfriend's home after his breakup with Patty. After meeting with his dad at Iron Heights that morning with the information of a possible lead on the killer of his mother, Eobard Thawne, Henry breaks out of jail in hope to stop Eobard for doing the same to his son that he did to Henry's wife years prior. Unknown to Henry Eobard has already go his eyes on the Flash to not only kill him but the tarnish is reputation and legacy. Overall this was a great book as it gives Barry an extremely personal battle between Thawne who is after Barry because he despises the legacy that the Flash has in the future. While the battle also hits closer to home where Barry's farther Henry escapes prison in order to go after Eobard himself in the hope to save his son only to cause more problems for Barry as he his not allowed to get involved with helping the police with his own father's breakout. The side story within the middle of the book showing the history and origins of the members of Zoom's team that he builds throughout time helps to give these characters enough background to each of them to make the characters more that just pawns in Zoom's plan. The continuing build of the relationship between Barry, Iris and Wally continues to develop the characters with Barry become more of a surrogate father to Wally. The artwork by Brett Booth continues to be great as the paneling and action scenes are constantly gripping and help to convey the characters emotions as well. This is also Carey over to the back up story in the middle of the book with Bong Dazo's art being quite similar to the rest of the book while also having its own flavour as well. 8/10.

Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them Film Review

Finished watching Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them directed by David Yates and staring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler and Alison Sudol. The film opens up with wizard Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) arriving in New York City in 1926 with a suitcase containing multiple different species of magic creatures and once they begin to start causing trouble former Auror of the Magical Congress of the United States of America Tina Goldstein (Katherine Waterston) brings Newt in when of of his creatures gets loose inside a bank where a protest against witches is taking place outside. After discovering that he has the wrong suitcase Tina and Newt try to find muggle Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler) who has picked up Newt's creatures that are accidentally are released onto New York and with the help from Jacob, Tina and her sister Queenie (Alison Sudol) who Newt and Jacob meet when Tina takes them to her apartment to make a plan for how to capture the escaped creatures. Overall this was a good film as it dives into a different part of the world established within the Harry Potter franchise by going to the prohibition era of New York which shows of the history and even the legal system of this universe. The journey that the main characters go through in terms of development is great especially with Jacob as the ending of the film becomes quite emotional with how it affects the relationship that is built between Jacob and Queenie as well as the rest of the main cast. The creatures themselves are magnificent in their design are magnificent as they look different enough from real life animals to give them their own uniqueness but still being able to see the inspiration of the creatures as well. 7/10.

Harley Quinn: A Call to Arms

Finished reading Harley Quinn: A Call to Arms, with her very own gang of Harley's writers Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti continue to expand Harley Quinn's supporting cast with her own team as they become a group that helps the people in the community for a price. The book opens with Harley giving a roll call of the new Gang of Harley's as her friend Sy Borgman is spying on the mayor who he quickly finds dirt on. With evidence of the mayor taking money for himself Harley uses this to blackmail him into allowing her new gang to operate freely without the authorities getting in their way. This backfires badly when the mayor has Harley spied on and arresting her date for the night Mason Macabre after his mum help brake him out of prison earlier in the series. The next morning Harley and her gang get their first major job to find a missing fisherman who has discovered some strange seaweed that he quickly gets addicted to as it makes him near invulnerable. The second story see's Harley going to Hollywood to find a girl named Sparrow, after Harley's coworker had put a bounty on her daughter in hoping to bring her back home. However things don't go according to plan when it turns out that Harley's coworker had also offered the job to Deadshot who meets with Harley all guns blazing. The final story begins with Harley getting a call from her mum telling her the bad news that her uncle Louie has passed away in his home in California. With Harley joined by Poison Ivy and Catwoman the three of them embark on a cross country road trip back home with the open roof car and trailer that Harley's uncle left her. Overall this was a great book as it brings a new element in to Harley's life with her own gang that instantly have their background reviled within a few pages, which is a credit to the writing team of Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti. The way that Harley's training as a physiatrist helps to layer her character with how there is more to her than just the clown makeup and also helps to layer the book by not just making it a full on comedy as it links to situations that can happen in real life, just that the book tends to exaggerate a little. The comedy through out the book is great thanks to some nicely timed visual gags and the different situations Harley finds herself in along with the multiple pop culture references are used perfectly. The artwork throughout is great as the dream sequences are depicted extremely well as they feel less realistic than the feast of the book thanks to their tone and layout. While the rest of the book continues to capture the unpredictability of Harley's fighting style and also helps to make the locations feel as much as a character as the people in the forefront. 8/10.

Batman and Robin Eternal: Volume 1 Review

Finished reading Batman and Robin Eternal: Volume 1, writers Scott Snyder and James Tynion plot the sequel to the Batman Eternal series as they are joined by another team of writers telling a story centring around Batman's former sidekicks as they deal with a threat form one of Batman's old missions that has come back to haunt his former sidekicks. The book opens up in the with Batman moving a file form the Batcomputer to a USB as Dick Grayson, Robin sees him. The book then jumps to present day as current super spy of Spyral, Dick Grayson is back home in Gotham on a mission where he calls in an assist form Red Hood And Red Robin to deal with a technologically advance criminal that has caught his attention. After defeating the criminal Dick heads to the reopening of the Gotham State University Tower of Enlightenment only for the mission to go south incredibly fast as a mysterious villain called Mother has a group of kids and his Spyral partner of the mission Poppy Ashemore attack him. Once Dick begins to head back to the Batcave he is intercepted by a mysterious girl that has the USB that Batman had at the beginning of the book which contains Batman's confession and a list of names including those of the former Robins as a mysterious assassin is attacking Harper Row which Dick lucky sees. Once all of the young heroes meet back up in the Batcave and put their full attention on finding the person name Mother and what it she has to do with what Batman did several years ago while Dick was still Robin. Overall this was a great book as it tells a very Batman centric event that brings Batman's former sidekicks to the forefront that tests their relationships between one another as well as they relationship to Batman due to what comes to light in the duration of the book. Using Dick Grayson as the main point of view character is great as it allows for readers who have not been up to date with what is happening in the pages of the other Batman related books at the time due to Dick's absence. Additionally having Dick as the point of view character allows for some great timed flashbacks to Dicks time as Robin that help to further the story and give more information into what happened years prior. The art throughout the book is good as each style works extremely well for the different aspects of the story with some great bits of visual comedy and quite impressive moments that makes the book look great. While the changing art styles don't feel disjointed in the slightest and the styles are not radically different that it takes you out of the story. 8.5/10.

Arrival Film Review

Finished watching Arrival, directed by Denis Villeneuve and staring Amy Adams, Forest Whitaker, Jeremy Renner, Jadyn Malone, Abigail Pniowsky and Julia Scarlett Dan. The film opens up with linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) entering work and as she prepares for a lecture the students in the room say to turn the television on where the news of strange alien ships named shell have appeared in several different locations on Earth. After failing to make any headway in communicating with the aliens army colonel Weber (Forest Whitaker) meets with Louise in hope that she can find a way to communicate with the aliens. Later that night when the American army picks Louise up from outside of her home see meets with her new coworker Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) who helps Louise to communicate with the Aliens. Overall this was a great film as it shows how the world would deal with the appearance of aliens in an intriguing way with how everyone having a different view on the experience, with the way language plays a part is also very interesting. The flashes with Louise and her daughter Hannah (Jadyn Malone, Abigail Pniowsky and Julia Scarlett Dan) is emotionally driven and the reveal of their placement in the context of the film timeline makes the scenes even more emotional. The aliens designs and the rest rest of the CGI is rendered on to the film extremely well as nothing feels out of place, while the full reveal of aliens towards the end of the film is simply astonishing. 8/10.

Gotham By Midnight: Rest in Peace Review

Finished reading Gotham By Midnight: Rest in Peace, after the lost of one of their own the Midnight Shift of Gotham's 13th precinct are not only still trying to stop any supernatural threats on the city but also trying to deal with the police department's internal affairs from closing the precinct down. The book opens up with current Batman, Jim Gordon coming to Jim Corrigan asking for the help of his team as a strange supernatural threat is reanimating corpses that were caught in a blast. The book then continues with the funeral of Sister Justine as the Midnight Shift pay their respects to there fallen colleague when detectives Jim Corrigan and Lisa Drake are called to the Powers Corporation to deal with a ghost haunting the development of a new product that is expected launch in a matter of days. The book then continues with the team dealing with a group of appearing dead at their own homes while at Gotham police department internal affairs are beginning to file a report in the activities of the Midnight Shift as a warrant for detectives Corrigan and Drake arrests and to search the 13th Precent. There is an additional story in the book with detectives Corrigan and Drake trying to arrest Gentleman Ghost after he puts a woman in the hospital while trying to steal a piece of jewellery at is later revealing to be very sentimental value to him. Overall this was an amazing book as writer Ray Fawkes concludes the series with internal affairs caching up to the Midnight Shift which make for some great character interactions and even some development for Corrigan and his team. While the supernatural and horror element of the book continues to look amazing. The Gentleman Ghost story was great as it brings an interesting layer to the character while the art by Christian Duce does a great job in redesigning Gentleman Ghost to fit the more horror feel to the book. The artwork by artist Juan Ferreyra is gruesome and amazing at the same time as the designs of the supernatural creatures fit it to the style of the book perfectly. Additionally there's is a car chase scene toward the end of the book that Juan Ferreyra draws which feels like a scene ripped straight of a movie. 9/10.

Starfire: Welcome Home Review

Finished reading Starfire: Welcome Home, writers Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti bring a new series featuring renowned Teen Titan Starfire, who has left her previous team the Outlaws in hope to start a new life on her adopted planet. The book opens up with Starfire asking advice from members of the superhero community on where she could begin a new life for herself. With the help of Superman Starfire decides to make Key West in Florida her new home with her first stop being at the local police station where she quickly befriends the local sheriff, Stella Gomez who helps to find Starfire a place to live at a nearby trailer park. Not long after Starfire moves into her new home a large hurricane starts heading towards the island and with the help of Stella the two try to save the residents from the first of many situation Starfire encounters in her new home. Overall this was a good book as it brings the character of Starfire into the forefront of her own series and works greatly with writers Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti having a fish out of water take on the book which brings a nice amount of comedic moments which also benefits form how alien Starfire is to the world. With Starfire's story being primarily base on trying to fit into a more normal life on Earth it allows to book to have room to develop the supporting cast members of the book which helps to make each one as interesting with a nice amount of detail being put in making these people more than just simple background characters. The artwork by Emanuela Lupacchino brings the tropical location to life extremely well with it feel with the colouring of the book helping to bring it to life with a lot of bright and lighter tone colours. While the art also does a nice job in capturing the emotions and expressions of the characters very well. 7/10.

The Accountant Film Review

Finished watching The Accountant directed by Gavin O'Connor and staring Ben Affleck, J. K. Simmons, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Anna Kendrick and John Bernthal. The film opens up with accountant Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) being at a the centre of an investigation that director of the Treasury Department Raymond King (J. K. Simmons) has analysis Marybeth Medina (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) blackmailed into finding out the who Christian is. As this is happening in the background of the film Christian has be given a job for robotics company who's own accountant, Dana Cummings (Anna Kendrick) has discover that a sum of money is unaccounted for. When Christian discovers that there is a large amount of money missing a hired assassin (John Bernthal) begins to kill the people who know about the missing money with a hit being but on Christian's head as well. Overall this was a great film as it the action is great with the hand to hand combat of within the film being choreographed greatly with the other scenes leave an edge of you seat with the amount of suspense the film has throughout. There is a great amount of character interaction between Christian and the rest of the cast he interacts with works perfectly for the character's development and allows the film to show flashbacks of Christian's life. The eventual meeting between Christian and John Bernthal's character is one of the most emotionally driven scenes within the film thanks to the history the two characters discover to have. 8/10.

Grayson: Nemesis Review

Finished reading Grayson: Nemesis, continuing Dick Grayson's adventures as an agent of the spy organisation Spyral, writers Tim Seeley and Tom King takes Dick back home to see his friends since the events of Forever Evil, but first he must find someone killing spies while using Dick's own face. The book opens up with Dick Grayson on a mission with is new partner at Spyral Tiger as the two try to save Hal Jordan, Green Lantern's nephew for a hostage situation. The next story opens with Dick and Tiger infuriating a party in Madrid as a duchess attending the party is in possession of a necklace with a Kryptonite crystal, as the two have been tasked to steal the crystal for Lex Luthor. While at Spyral news has come through that Dick is being set up as a doppelgänger is running about killing other spies. The last part of the book sees Dick returning home to Gotham to meet with the his friends in the Bat family with an additional story where Dick teams up with the slightly depowered Superman as the two come face to face with the first villain they fought together against, Blockbuster. Overall this was a great book as it continues the series greatly as writers Tim Seeley and Tom King do a great job in the different character interactions and showing how Dick's life as a spy is beginning to take its toll on him. The fight against Dick's doppelgänger is great as it's executed extremely well by artist Mikel Janín while also being written greatly as the doppelgänger deconstructs Dick as a person during the fight. The later part of the book where Dick meets with the rest of the Batman family of characters and Superman is great and its not for being the first time Dick has seen these characters since the end of Forever Evil where only Batman knew he was alive and undercover. These interactions also bring a great amount of emotion that has been put into these scenes and how the art also accompanies them helps to give a stronger effect to the story. 8/10.

Batman: Superheavy Review

Finished reading Batman: Superheavy, dealing with the consequences of the Endgame story arc the creative team Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo continue their run on the series as former police commissioner Jim Gordon takes up the mantle of Batman after his predecessor was lose in the fight with the Joker. The book opens up two months after the event of Endgame with Gotham morning the lost of Batman, the CEO of Powers International, Geri Powers has created he own Batman initiative to hopefully fill the void left by the original. With former police commissioner Jim Gordon being her top candidate. After Gordon's first couple of mission ps he discovers that someone has been superpowers to gang members that Gordon has previously arrested during his time of the police force leads him to Bruce Wayne in hope he might have an idea since Wayne Industries develop most of the technology for the new Batman before Powers took over the company. Without Bruce's help Gordon decides to go rogue with the help of Julia, Alfred's daughter for the Batman Eternal series who knows the original Batman and is currently working with Gordon as the two try to find the new mysterious villain Mr Bloom. There is an additional towards the end of the book set just after the events of Zero Year as Bruce Wayne Batman finds himself on the case of the mysterious death of teenager Peter Duggio. Overall this was a great book as writer Scott Snyder with a different and interesting direction with Jim Gordon being the new Batman that give a different prospective on the world of superheroes thanks to his history in the police and the military. The reintroduction of Bruce Wayne is really impactful as this version of Bruce who has been healed completely has a much more brighter look on life with a girlfriend which still helping the people of Gotham in his own way, which sets the inevitable return of Bruce as Batman to be a very emotional scene. The flashback story is great as it does feel incredibly out of place as it does tie into the main story of the book by showing that Mr Bloom has been about earlier without anyone knowing while also set seeds of a revolution at the end of the book. The artwork throughout the book is great as artist Greg Capullo continues to deliver on the series, from the monstrous designs of the villains to the highly intense action. While Jock's artwork for the flashback story gives a noir feel to it that works perfectly what writer Scott Snyder and the story's cowriter Brian Azzarello have written. 8/10.

Doctor Strange Film Review

Finished watching Doctor Strange, directed by Scott Derrickson and staring Mads Mikkelsen, Tilda Swinton, Benedict Cumberbatch and Rachel McAdams. The film opens up with the villain Kaecilius (Mads Mikkelsen) braking into the library of the Ancient One (Tilda Swinton) to steal pages from a book that contains the ritual that would put the world in immense danger. The film than transitions over to New York were Doctor Steven Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) asks his colleague Christine Palmer (Rachel McAdams) to go out with him that night as he's doing a speech. However on the way Strange getting into a car crash that severely damages his hands that leads him to constantly paying for treatment to get his hands back the way they use to be. With everything failing Strange's last hope takes him to Nepal where he meets the Ancient One and begins to train within art of the magic in hope to mead his hands. Overall this was an amazing film as it introduces the magical side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe very nicely while still being attached to the rest of the universe as well. There is a great amount of character interactions thanks to Marvel's type of comedy that helps to make characters like the Ancient One see more human and relatable. While there is also a nice amount of development for most of the characters with in the film which bring about some powerful moments and while the villain of the piece is extremely one dimensional it does help to build the future of Marvel's films for later on. Additionally the visuals of the film works extremely well with the characters for the multiple dimensions that look jaw dropping amazing to the magic that is use in the fight scenes fit organically to the fight choreography of the actors and the stunt team. 9/10.

Justice League: The Darksied War Review

Finished reading Justice League: The Darksied War, this is the beginning of the end of DC comics' New 52 Justice League series as writer Geoff Johns begins the Darksied War storyline. The book opens up with the origin of new villain Grail, and the half Amazonian daughter of Darksied. With her birth happening on the other side of Paradise Island. The next part of the book follows the New God Metron around the multiverse breaking his vow of not interfering to tell the Anti-Monitor the his upcoming war against Darksied could have devastating consequences on the fabric of reality where it might not be able to come back from. The main story begins with Darksied's head assassin Kanto join by Lashina finding woman named Myrina Black and killing anyone with the name. The murders quickly gain the attention of the Justice League due to energy from a Mother Box being at each crime scene. Meanwhile on Apokolips Mister Miracle discovers that Darksied has been readying his army for another attack on Earth. But before Mister Miracle can warn the Justice League of any danger he finds himself face to face with the Myrina Black that Kano has been looking for which leaves Justice to face the threat of the Anti-Monitor and Grail on their own.

Overall this was a great book as writer Geoff John's lays out the ground work for an extremely interesting story that doesn't hold anything back when it gets going with the book ending on a cliffhanger that instantly leaves you asking for more. The use of Wonder Woman and Mister Miracle being the point of view characters of the book is great as it allows for Darksied's rule to be viewed by someone who has lived through it thanks to Mister Miracle's narration. While the main events taking place on Earth are shown for Wonder Woman's perspective which works extremely well in the book as it helps to show how the events effect the character which also giving more insight to Winder character and history as well. Artist Jason Fabok artwork is in the book is amazing as it does a great job in showing the scale of the fight scenes between Darksied and the Anti-Monitor along with the amount of the details show within the location and settings in the book. While the artwork use in the Metron story work extremely well as the changing art styles for different scenes works well for this story as each style working well for each universe that Metron visits. 8.5/10.

Earth 2: Society: Planetfall Review

Finished reading Earth 2: Society: Planetfall, beginning a new series for DC's Earth 2 characters, Earth 2: Worlds End co-writer Daniel H. Wilson brings the survivors of the original Earth 2 to another world to begin anew. The book opens up with the heroes of Earth 2 coming together to stop Huntress and Red Arrow form activating a device called the Genesis Machine form terraforming this new world into some thing that resembles their original world. The book then starts back up with this universe's new incarnation of Batman on the pursuit of Terry Sloan, who plans on terraforming this new world. Only to be stopped by the worlds heroes before Sloan can fully achieve his plan bout only to be found dead shortly after which causes a rise in tension between the former team until the killer has been found among them. Overall this was a decent book as it dives back into the universe of Earth 2 by telling a much more slower story allowing more time for some interesting character development. The structure of the story is great as the main and a nice pace as it also allows for some character development for the heroes of Earth 2 and what has been happening on this world since the survivors of the original Earth 2 inhabited it. The artwork is great as it makes the planet and the city's their own characters as much as the heroes with in the book. There are a few emotionally charged scenes that are amazingly put together. What does however let the book is the ending due to it being incredibly anticlimactic after having a large amount of set up. 6/10.

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Film Review

Finished watching Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, directed by Edward Zwick and staring Tom Cruise, Jason Douglas, Cobie Smulders, Robert Catrini and Danika Yarosh. The film opens up with Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) at a dinner in where he arrests the sheriff (Jason Douglas) for human trafficking with help from military police after being in contact with its head Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders). When Jack heads back to Washington DC to meet with Turner he discovers that she has been arrested on accounts of being involved with the death of two soldiers who went on a mission in Afghanistan under her command. With this news Jack tries to clear Turner's name which leads to the two going on the run when Reacher is arrested for the death of Turner's lawyer (Robert Catrini) who was beaten to death at his home. Overall this was a decent film as it is a good solid action film but is not without its faults. The subplot of Jack discovering that he may have a daughter (Danika Yarosh) is an interesting concept that helps to raise the stakes in the film but it does leave a lot to desire. The fighting choreography is great as it shows just how brutal each character fighting styles are extremely well but the editing doesn't flow as well as the choreography. 6.5/10.

New Suicide Squad: Monsters Review

Finished reading New Suicide Squad: Monsters, continuing writer Sean Ryan's run on the series the team of Task Force X find themselves infiltrating a terrorist organisation in hope to stop it from the inside. The book opens up with the small team of Captain Boomerang, Harley Quinn and Black Manta in a fight with a Russian Red Rocket in Ukraine. The rest of the book continues with the teams main mission of infuriating a terrorist splinter group of the League of Assassins who have made home in a war-torn city outside of Turkey as Amanda Waller and Vic Sage have given Deadshot, Captain Boomerang and Black Manta the mission of infuriating the group for reconnaissance. While the team is infiltrating the splinter group a secondary team consisting of Harley Quinn, Parasite and Reverse-Flash have also been deployed as backup for when the primary team is ready to escape form the group after they have completed the mission. However things don't go according to plan when the group decided to attack a British refinery nearby which leads to the secondary team being prisoners of the group. Overall this was a great book as writer Sean Ryan not only tells a very well action centric story but is also able to pull in some major news headlines of the time to influence the story. There is some great character development for Reverse-Flash and Black Manta who have a couple of great character arcs within the story. While Harley Quinn and Deadshot also have some interesting development as well thanks to the experiences they have within the story. The artwork by Philippe Briones does a great job with the location designs and also being able to an amazing jobs in being able to display different characters emotions extremely well. 8.5/10.

Constantine: The Hellblazer: Going Down Review

Finished reading Constantine: The Hellblazer: Going Down, this begins DC comics' second Constantine series since bringing the character into the main DC continuity as writers Ming Doyle and James Tynion scale back Constantine's world compared to the stories that Constantine has been a part of previously. The book opens up with John Constantine at a bar in the Lower East Side of New York meeting with a woman how makes clothes with the dead skins of daemons that she has summon. The next story opens with Constantine covered in blood and using his magic to persuade a shop attendant to give him a free set of clothes with the ghost of Constantine's friend Gary calling him out for what he's doing. With Gary and other ghosts following Constantine, he enters a local cafe to get away from them only to be eventually join by Blythe an old lover who is in need of his help. The book then continues with Constantine discovering that the ghost that haunt him are being killed of by a strange supernatural force and after failing to save the ghost Constantine reluctantly heads to England to meet with his old friend Georgie who is now a consultant exorcist of the secret service for help to deal with the problem facing the ghost which turns out to be caused by something very close to the two friends. The final story see's Constantine returning to New York and taking on a few smaller jobs that require his attention in order to find some money to pay his rent. Overall this was a good book as it dives back into the magical corner of the DC universe through the perspective of John Constantine while also very accessible to new readers. The flashbacks are a great addition to the book as it not only give more insight to what happen in Constantine's past and how it effects he present and the situations that Constantine has found himself in. The is some nice little comedic moments within the book that come from Constantine's own personality thanks to the way he reacts to some of the situations he finds himself in. The artwork throughout the book is great as the designs of the supernatural creatures and location bring across a great horror feel to the book which is also enforced by the paneling of the book. 7.5/10.

Inferno Film Review

Finished watching Inferno, directed by Ron Howard and staring Ben Foster, Tom Hanks, Ana Ularu and Felicity Jones. The film opens up with scientist Bertrand Zobrist (Ben Foster) being chased to a tall building were he jumps to his death because of his views and plans to deal with overpopulation. The film then cuts to a hospital in Florence, Italy were Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is being treated for a head wound that has caused some memory loss. Suddenly without warning a police woman (Ana Ularu) starts shooting at him, which causes doctor Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones) to get Langdon out of the hospital to her home for safety. Once the two are at Sienna's home Langdon come across a object within his clothes made out of human bone that contains an image of Sandro Botticelli's Map of Hell, based on Donte's Inferno, which contains a clue to the location of a virus that Zobrist created and planed to unleash onto the world. Overall this was a decent film as it brings another film the this franchise that began with the Da Vinci Code in 2006 with the same interesting premise that has continued with the franchise thanks to the character of Robert Langdon. The use of Langdon's amnesia in the film is good as it brings almost two mysteries into the film with Langdon's amnesia being the most interesting of the two. Some of the twist and turns within the film don't have the impact that they should as the reveals to some characters true intentions come across as predictable. 6/10.

Harley Quinn and Power Girl Review

Finished reading Harley Quinn and Power Girl, this tells the story of what happened to Harley and Power Girl when they were teleported by a ring in villain Clock King's possession as Harley Quinn writers Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti are joined by cowriter Justin Gray as the two heroes find themselves on an alien planet. The book opens up with Harley Quinn and Power Girl finding themselves on the alien planet Valeron after the two were teleported by Clock King and Sportsmaster during a fight on Earth. The two set out to find another teleportation ring to get back to Earth only for Harley and Power Girl being caught in the middle of an invasion on Valeron and the only way for the two to get back to Earth is to find and save the planet's leader Vartox. Overall this was a good book as it teams up Harley Quinn once again with Power Girl that fits perfectly as a standalone story as well as a great addition to the main Harley Quinn series. There is a great amount of comedy throughout the book thanks to the different situations Harley and Power Girl find themselves and reactions they have not just to the situations their in but also their interactions with the characters they meet and each other. The artwork throughout is not only captures the 1970's aesthetic of Valeron and its populous extremely well, while the art also does a great job in showcasing the action scenes and the characters emotions as well. 7.5/10.