Uncanny Avengers: Counter-Evolutionary Review

Finished reading Uncanny Avengers: Counter-Evolutionary, dealing with the aftermath of Marvel's Axis event writer Rick Remender brings together a new team of Uncanny Avengers as Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver travel to Counter Earth in hope to find answers of their true origins. The book opens up with Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch on Counter Earth hoping to find information about their true origins after finding out that Magneto is not their father during the events of Axis. Meanwhile back on Earth Rogue starts to get worried about the two since they have been missing for a week which causes her to form a new version of the Uncanny Avengers consisting of Vision, Captain America, Brother Voodoo and Sabretooth who head to Counter Earth in to help Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch only to find themselves separated across Counter Earth. Overall this was an okay book as it takes this incarnation of the Uncanny Avengers going to Counter Earth which is shown through some great designs and colouring by David Acuña works extremely well for the tone of the book and the world. What lets the book down is the fact that the story is quite a lacklustre as the revelation of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver's origin creates more questions than answers. While for a team book there's not much team in it as the book focuses more on the twins story while also giving Sabretooth a good amount of development as he deals with still being inverted after the events of Axis which shifts attention away for the other team members that stories feel incredibly sidelined. 5.5/10.

Angela: Asgard's Assassin: Priceless Review

Finished reading Angela: Asgard's Assassin: Priceless, after discovering her true heritage during Marvel's Original Sin event she discovers that her new born sister has a demon laying dormant inside of her. The book opens up with Angela in the wilderness of a planet holding the new born daughter of Odin and Freyja as Angela heads to the nearest town to meet with her friend Sera as Angela is being hunted down by the forces of Asgard. The book continues with Angela and Sera traveling across a handful of the Ten Realms to save the newest addition to Angela's family from a demon that lies dormant inside the body of the young baby. Overall this was a good book as writers Kieron Gillen and Marguerite Bennett craft an intriguing story that has some great emotional moments that drives some of the characters. The sub stories are great as they help to further develop the story and the characters by showing what events had transpired to cause the story of the book. Additionally the sub stories do a great job in building the relationship between Angela and Sera that have some great emotional scenes, while the sub stories also flesh out more of Angela's life with the Angels of Heven. The art throughout is breathtakingly amazing as both Phil Jimenez and Stephanie Hans draw out some great creature and character design and choreograph some stunning fight scenes that show of the amount skill the Angela has in her fighting style. While the colouring of the whole book feels as if it's been painted which works extremely well with the tone of the book and its characters. 7/10.

X-Men: Apocalypse Film Review

Finished watching X-Men: Apocalypse, directed by Bryan Singer and staring Oscar Isaac, Tye Sheridan, Lucas Till, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Alexandra Shipp, Ben Hardy, Olivia Munn, Michael Fassbender, Evan Peters and Hugh Jackman. The film opens up with the origins of Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) in ancient Egypt as he is betrayed by his followers and is buried alive during a ritual that would transfer his consciousness into a new body. Flash forward to 1983 and teenager Scott Summers (Tye Sheridan) discovers his mutant powers while at school, which leads to his brother Alex (Lucas Till) taking him to professor Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) school, that is now up and running again with the help of Hank McCoy (Nicholas Hoult). Meanwhile over in Egypt CIA agent Moira MacTaggert (Rose Byrne) accidentally resurrects Apocalypse when she stumbles onto a group of people praying to him as a large artefact begins to activate by the sunlight at the entrance of the cavern. With Apocalypse now awakened he sets out to lead a new group of horsemen which take the form of Storm (Alexandra Shipp), Angel (Ben Hardy), Psylocke (Olivia Munn) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender). Overall this was a good film as it brings an end to this chapter of the franchise on a nice note. Quicksilver (Evan Peters) has some amazing scenes within the film thanks to not one but two jaw dropping slow motion scenes. While the character himself is primarily used more for comic relief during the course of the film. Most of the character development is centred around Magneto's character as he goes from being a family man with a wife and daughter to becoming a horseman of Apocalypse which is great. While the action scene between Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) and the soldiers in Weapon X is one of the best fight scenes in the film even with parts of it being off scene due to the films age rating leaves little to the imagination in how Wolverine takes out the soldiers thanks to the screams and the blood splattering everywhere. What does let the film down is the fact that the Deadpool film came out before this which showed that 20th Century Fox was able to make a very comic book superhero film while this does feel like more of the same that Fox has used within its X-Men franchise while feels like they went a step backwards with this film even though it does looks like the filmmakers have tried in parts. 7.5/10.

Inhuman: Lineage Review

Finished reading Inhuman: Lineage, this concludes Marvel's Inhuman series as writer Charles Soule brings an end to the series long story as Inhuman Lineage finally shows his true colours but first New Attilan has do deal with an attack from Ennilux. The book opens up with the Inhumans of New Attilan under attack by the forces of Ennilux as their leader the Capo wants the Inhuman Iso back so he can live on for another generation by inhabitanting Iso's body. After the battle Black Bolt leaves Medusa after the two have a heated argument. Meanwhile in New York the NuHumans are joined by Gorgon in a club as Dante is playing with a local band only to lose control of his powers. Once the group return to New Attilan Gorgon is unable to find Medusa as she and a small team of Inhumans went to Europe to investigate the remains of a Kree laboratory that Lineage told them about, only for it to be a trap for Lash and his people to attack the group. While back in New Attilan Lineage paralyses Gorgon which restricts him to a wheelchair so Lineage can be unstoppable in accomplishing his plan to wipe out the human race by getting them to kill themselves. Overall this was a great book as as writer Charles Soule wraps up the series by the Inhumans fighting against Lineage on several different fronts and even with the large amount of action Charles Soule still makes room for some great character interactions and development along the way. The interactions between the new and classic Inhumans are great as the book shows how characters like Gorgan, Frank McGee and Medusa have grown over the course of the series, while the interaction between Black Bolt and Medusa is a great example for how much development Medusa had over the series as she's become more of a leader to the Inhumans since Black Bolt released the Terrigen Cloud around the world. The artwork throughout the book is amazing as artists Ryan Stegman and André Araújo draw out some amazing action scenes and character moments. There is some brilliantly crafted silent scenes drawn by Ryan Stegman which bring a large spotlight onto the emotions of Medusa after she has a large falling out with Black Bolt and the moment involving Inferno on the last page of the book with his sister and her newborn Inhuman baby is a perfect ending to the book and the series. 8.5/10.

Captain America and the Mighty Avengers: Open For Business Review

Finished reading Captain America and the Mighty Avengers: Open For Business, this begins writer Al Ewing's second Mighty Avengers series as the team deal with the events and aftermath of Marvel's Axis event. The book opens up with an inverted Sam Wilson Captain America planning to get rid of the Mighty Avengers with Iron Man and the other inverted heroes as they are not with them. Meanwhile the leader of the Mighty Avengers, Luke Cage who has also been inverted, try's to make money on the Mighty Avengers by selling their rights to the Cortex corporation only to realise that he doesn't own the Mighty Avengers as its split between each member. The rest of the book deals with the aftermath of Marvel's Axis event as Sam is in the Mighty Avengers board room questioning about his role as Captain America after being affected by the inversion while Luke Cage is still pretending to be invented so he can find out what Cortex's boss Jason Quantrell is up to. As this is going on White Tiger and Power Man are assisting the police in the murder of Gideon Mace who is becoming a monstrous creature thanks to the upgrade in powers that the Inhuman Quickfire got from her boss Jason Quantrell which turned her into a demonic creature. Overall this was a great book as it shows how the events of Axis affects the members of the Mighty Avengers while also bringing the fun and lightheartedness of the previous series as well. The way that the inversion effects the team is handled extremely well thanks to Sam's thought boxes and how the Mighty Avengers deal with Luke Cage's inversion is very interesting. While during the aftermath of the two characters being inverted Sam seems to take it very personally which allows writer Al Ewing to craft a great conversation between Sam and Monica about his place on the team along with how Sam deals with his teammates being turned into monsters helps to bring some nice character development. The art is great as artists Luke Ross and Lban Coello do a great job in capturing the fast paced action and monstrous designs for characters are depicted brilliantly. 8/10.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Film Review

Finished watching Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, and staring Tina Fey, Josh Charles, Christopher Abbott, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman and Alfred Molina. The film opens up with journalist Kim Baker (Tina Fey) being offered a job as a war correspondent in Afghanistan which she accepts to the dismay of her boyfriend Chris (Josh Charles) who meets with Kim at the airport after returning home from a flight. Once Kim lands in Afghanistan she meets with local fixer Fahim Ahmadzai (Christopher Abbott) who takes her to her new home where all of the international journalists live while they are on assignments in the country. Overall this was a great film as it shows how news journalists deal with working in a war torn country and how it affects both their personal and professional lives. There are some great character interactions and moments throughout the film from the friendships that Kim forms with fellow journalist Tanya Vanderpoel (Margot Robbie), photographer Iain MacKelpie (Martin Freeman) and government member Ali Massoud Sadiq (Alfred Molina) which are incredibly interesting especially with how each relationship between the characters changes over the course of the film thanks to the amount of development each character has and how that affects one another. The soundtrack of the film is great as it works extremely well by certain songs that tonally and lyrically matchup to what is going on in parts of the film. 8/10.

Iron Fist: The Living Weapon: Redemption Review

Finished reading Iron Fist: The Living Weapon: Redemption, this concludes Marvel's series by writer/artist Kaare Kyle Andrews as Iron Fist makes his way back to New York after recuperating from the last battle with a cyborg version of his father. The book opens up with Iron Fist's reanimated father in a conference so that he can regain control of the his company, meanwhile in the Himalayas Danny Rand is recovering from the injuries he sustained from the battle he had with his father as he is training with is childhood friend Sparrow. Before Danny goes back to New York he heads to Diyu to see his mother for one last time before she has finished atoning for her sins. Overall this was a great book as series creator Kaare Kyle Andrews beings an end to the series with some great action and character moments while also being able to have some great comedic moments within the book that are blended throughout extremely well. There is great character moments between Danny and the supporting cast as Kaare Kyle Andrews writes some heart felt moments between Danny and his mother as well as Danny's interactions with Brenda. While the twist reveal of Brenda's origin is surprisingly jaw dropping and makes you feel for Danny. The artwork throughout the book is amazingly breathtaking form the amount of detail that Kaare Kyle Andrews puts into the fight scenes from Danny's fight with his father which gets quite emotional for Danny as the book makes his knockout punch feel as if it was in slow motion to allow more time for Danny's thought process. Additionally the big Kaare Kyle Andrews pice of the book with Danny using the Rand building as a gigantic mechsuit to fight the god, Zhu-Roug is drawn in incredible detail and doesn't skip a beat. 8.5/10. 

Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Verse Review

Finished reading Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Verse, bringing together all of the different Spider-Men, women and animals of Marvels multiverse writer Dan Slott tells one of Marvel's biggest Spider-Man events that threaten the whole landscape of the multiverse. The book opens when the Spider-Man of Earth-449 is killed by Morlun when he goes to the Armstrong Park of New Lunar York. The book then jumps to the main Marvel universe as Silk wakes up Peter Parker in is apartment as the two  head out to the streets of New York when they meet Spider-Woman, Spider-Girl and Spider-Man 2099 as they stop a group of criminals when another group of Spider-Men from across the multiverse come to take everyone to the safe zone of Earth-13 as one of the dimensional vampires called the Inheritors has gone after Kaine over at the New Warriors' base in Europe only to be saved by a smaller group of Spider-Men. Once everyone is on Earth-13 the team of multiversal Spider-Men detect another team of Spider-Men in the year of 2099 led and gathered by Doctor Octopus, the Superior Spider-Man and once the two factions meet the inheritors decide to go on the attack as all of their prey are in one spot which leads to the large group splitting up into smaller teams. Overall this was a great book as it brings together elements of writer Dan Slott's work on Marvel's Superior and Amazing Spider-Man series along with multiple different takes on Spider-Man which is written extremely well as does not feel too crowded. There is some great amount of comedy throughout the book form the use of Spider-Ham being the comic relief of the book has some great laugh out loud moments. There are some brilliant character moments between Doc Ock Spider-Man and Peter Parker Spider-Man thanks to how the two react to each other and when the Uncle Ben of Earth-3145 needs motivation it's actually Otto who gives the speech which said a a lot about his character. Additionally the small character moments between characters like Spider UK and Spider-Man India as well as the interaction Spider-Ham has with Mayday Parker towards the end of the story are handled in spectacular fashion. The art in the book is great as artists Olivier Coipel designs some amazing action set pieces between the Spider-Men and the Inheritors while the different art style that artist Giuseppie Camuncoli has during the middle part of the book works amazingly well for the more character driven moments of the book. 8.5/10.

Bad Neighbours 2 Film Review

Finished watching Bad Neighbours 2, directed by Nicholas Stoller, and staring Seth Rogan, Rose Byrne, Chloë Graze Moretz, Zac Efron and Dave Franco. The film opens up a with parents Mac (Seth Rogan) and Kelly Radner (Rose Byrne) expecting baby number two meaning that their house is up for sale due to the family needing to upsize. When the couple accept a buyers offer for the house a college sorority lead by Shelby (Chloë Graze Moretz) moves into the house next door threatening the sell especially when their former neighbour Teddy (Zac Efron) moves in with ten sorority after his best friend Pete (Dave Franco) got engaged with his boyfriend as the couple plan on starting a family together. Overall this was a good film as good comedic moments which are fairly hit and miss but when it hits it's mark the comedy works extremely well and brings with it some great laugh out loud moments. The journey that Teddy takes over the course of the film is great as his story feels very coming of age as his character has a lot of development over the course of the film which is extremely interesting. While the interactions and reactions the adult characters have towards the girls of the sorority is good as they try to deal with the predicament very early on which backfires in a spectacular fashion which leads to some great situations like the girls pranking Mac and Kelly by changing their contacts which leads to Mac finding himself in Australia while his colleagues believe that the building has airbags in it again which also make a return but in a different way. 7/10.

Captain Marvel: Alis Volat Propriis Review

Finished reading Captain Marvel: Alis Volat Propriis, this concludes writer Kelly Sue DeConnick's second Captain Marvel series as Carol Danvers adventures in space come to an end as she finally heads back to Earth. The book opens with Carol being teleported back on her ship after spending a day on Earth with mutant teleporter Lila Cheney only to find out that her ship has been raided by pirates who were after Carol's alien cat Chewie in how to use Chewie as a weapon while Tic is used as slave labour to keep the pirates shop running as Tic stays optimistic that Carol is on her way to save everyone. The next story is a part to Marvel's Black Vortex as Captain Marvel finds herself in possession of the Black Vortex artefact as she try's to keep it out of the hands of Mr Knife and Thanos' son Thane. The final story has Carol and Chewie returning to Earth only to find out that Carol's friend Tracy was unable to see her again as she had passed away a week prior however she was able to write a letter to Carol as a precaution. Overall this was a great book as it brings an end to the series in spectacular fashion as the book wraps up the stories of the supporting cast that have been prominent throughout the series from Tic getting her own ship and using it to find people in need along with the ending of Carol's friend Tracy's story that brings a tremendous amount of emotion that gives the series an amazing ending. There is some great comedic moments throughout the book the makes tension filled and sad moments help to keep the series lighter tone as the comedy doesn't feel forced as it comes incredibly natural to the story's. The artwork is amazing as artist David Lopez designs some amazing space battles and is also able to convey some great emotion within every page of the final story. While the addition of Lee Loughridge's colours helps to elevate the art work and helps the tone of the book with the brighter colour palette. What lets the book down is the fact that the Black Vortex story does not actually end in this book even though the beginning of it does a great job in catching the reader up with the event so far. 8.5/10.

Guardians of the Galaxy and X-Men: The Black Vortex

Finished reading Guardians of the Galaxy and X-Men: The Black Vortex, spinning out of the pages of Marvel's Legendary Star Lord, writer Sam Humphries carves a story that brings together the X-Men and the Guardians as a cosmic artefact threatens the future of the galaxy. The book opens up with a flashback to twelve billion years in the past showing the origins of the Black Vortex while back in the present Star Lord and Kitty Pryde bring together the X-Men and the Guardians of the Galaxy after the two stole the Black Vortex from Peter's father after his group called the Slaughter Lords were cosmically empowered by the artefact. However this was before Thane, the son of Thanos leading to the group lead by Mr Knife to try to retrieve the Black Vortex from the heroes only for Gamora, Beast and Angel to submit to the vortex when both teams teleport away. Things turn for the worst when Ronan the Accuser takes the Black Vortex to the Kree home world of Hela, only for the cosmically powered heroes to get the Vortex back due to losing themselves within their new powers while the Guardians and X-Men try to help the Kree and deal with Mr Knife as well. Overall this was a good book as it continues the storyline from the Legendary Star Lord series very nicely as it wraps up the overarching story of the series on an amazing note. The book does a great job in giving some great character moments thanks to the multiple writers of the book as most of the characters prospects come from the fact that different writers use certain characters as the point of view in parts of the book. The art throughout the book also works similarly to the writing as it changes due to the different writer and the change of the point of view character in parts of the book feel a little inconsistent but overall works of the tone of each part of the book. Also the character interactions between the Guardians and the X-Men is great especially when the cosmic powered heroes have a moment of realisation of what they're doing. Additionally the ending moments of the book between Star Lord and Kitty Pryde are amazing as its a great pay of for the pair's story that has been one the main parts of the Legendary Star Lord series. 7.5/10.

Captain America: Civil War Film Review

Finished watching Captain America: Civil War, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, and staring Sebastian Stan, Chris Evans, Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Olsen, Tom Holland and Chadwick Boseman. The film opens up to a mission that The Winter Solider (Sebastian Stan) was on in 1991. The film than flashes forward to the present where the Avengers led by Captain America (Chris Evans) are tracking down Crossbones (Frank Grillo) in Lagos. Only for things to go horribly wrong when Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) fails to get a bomb away in time causing it to go off on the side of a building were a group of humanitarian workers were located. This leads to the United Nations drawing up the Slokovia Accords that if passed would mean the Avengers would be overseen by a governing body. Later during the UN conference where the Accords are to be passed a bomb goes off with the culprit looking like Bucky. Captain America takes upon himself to bring his friend in leading to a divide in the Avengers in how to approach the situation. Overall this was an amazing film as it brings together the culmination of multiple plot points from previous Marvel Cinematic Universe films extremely well while also setting up the future of the franchise by introducing the new characters of Spider-Man (Tom Holland) and Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) into this world very organically. The fighting choreography within the film is great as well as the multiple action scenes throughout which are stunning to watch and immensely breathtaking in most places thanks to the high amount of tension that fills each scene. There's a great amount of comedy throughout the film which always hits the mark as most of the comedic moments come the fact that the audience has spent enough time with each character over the last few films that has allowed the characters to make a relationship with one another. Additionally the films story is great as there are many plot twists that are unexpected which helps to give some characters some amazing development and making others very captivating with how events transpire. 9.5/10.

All-New Captain America: Hydra Ascendant Review

Finished reading All-New Captain America: Hydra Ascendant, this begins Sam Wilsons adventures as the all new Captain America as writer Rick Remender puts the new Captain America against Hydra and a who's who of his predecessors rogues. The book opens up with Sam Wilson and his falcon Redwing breaking into a Hydra base were he meets up with the former Captain America's son Ian, as the two find themselves up against a large group of Captain America's villains. As the two fight the villains they also try to prevent Hydra from using the blood of a young Inhuman named Lucas which Hydra have developed into a bomb using Lucas' blood as it makes humans sterile. Overall this was a good book as writer Rick Remender does a great job in making Sam the new Captain America as he fits into the role perfectly as he makes it his own which is partly helped by Steve Rogers career overshadowing Sam. The use of the flashbacks and internal monologues and thoughts of Sam throughout the book is great as it helps to give him some great character development and also helps to show how good Sam is for the role of Captain America thanks to his past and his mentality. The art is great as artist Stuart Immonen draws great action scenes that work perfectly in each different location characters find themselves in while the team of colourists do a great job in setting the tone of the book and differentiating between the flashbacks and the main story. 7.5/10.