Ultimates: Omniversal: Start With The Impossible Review

Finished reading Ultimates: Omniversal: Start With The Impossible, writer Al Ewing brings together a new superhero team to tackle the problems facing the main Marvel universe due and the ramifications of Marvel's Secret Wars event. The book opens with Black Panther and America Chavez successfully sealing up a breach in the fabric of Space-Time which leads to America being recruited into the Ultimates after meeting with Blue Marvel and Spectrum. The next story has the team coming to the decision to stop Galactus form devouring more wolds by using the machine that made him who he is now and changing Galactus into the lifebringer. The next mission for the Ultimates leads the team into the Neutral Zone, a place beyond the know multiverse in hope to mend the time stream due to many heroes and villains constantly abusing it. Only for the team to discover that Anti-Man, the person behind the death Blue Marvel's wife and his former best friend. The final part of the book sees Galactus fitting into his new role as Lifebringer which has come to the attention of Lord Chaos and Master Order who plan on making Galactus the devourer once again only for Galactus to declare that he won't go back to the way he was without a fight. Overall this was a good book as it dives into depths of the cosmic side of the Marvel universe by pulling in aspects form past stories. There is a great amount of character moments and even development with Galactus and Blue Marvel have time within the book for their origins to be showcased with great affect due to both stories factoring on the main story. The art throughout the book is great as Kenneth Rocafort does an amazing job in the action set pieces between the breathtakingly designed creatures the heroes face within the book. Additionally the art by Christian Ward in the Galactus centric story takes a bit of getting used to due to how different it is compared to the rest of the book but still works well for the story it's used for. 7.5/10.

Legendary Star-Lord: First Flight

Finished reading Legendary Star-Lord: First Flight, retuning to the main Marvel universe after the events of Secret Wars writer Sam Humphries retells the origin of Peter Quill and bringing in elements form the Guardians of the Galaxy film. The book opens with a young Peter Quill in a flight simulator before going back to work as one of NASA's janitors at the organisations facility in California which is in possession of a Kree spaceship that the Avengers brought back to earth when the were in space the last time. With the astronauts of NASA trying and failing to uncover the secrets of the spaceship and emulate its technology for NASA's own space project. When Peter gets to a fight because of a disagreement with how to get the warp drive of Kree ship to work which leads to Peter to be dismissed. Not talking the new of potentially being reassigned to a different facility Peter steals the ship and gets the warp drive to work which leads to Peter getting stranded in space only for Yondo and the Ravagers to find him. Overall this was great book as it dives into the story of how Peter Quill got himself into space and dealing with the differences it his to life on Earth and even how Peter hilariously finds himself in a similar situation in space to what his life was like back on Earth. The art by Javier Garrón is great as it fits the story extremely well with the differences and even the similarities between the scenes set on Earth and the scenes in space look great, while there is some great comedy with in its visuals. 8/10.

John Wick: Chapter 2 Film Review

Finished watching John Wick: Chapter 2, directed by Chad Stahelski and staring Keanu Reeves, Peter Stormare, Riccardo Scamarcio, Claudia Gerini, Common and Lawrence Fishburne. The film opens with John Wick (Keanu Reeves) infiltrating a warehouse own by the brother of the last film's antagonist, Abram Tarasov (Peter Stormare) how is housing John's stolen car. After getting his car back and finally putting an end to his former life, he is meet at his home by crime lord Santaino D'Antonio (Riccardo Scamarcio) who asks John to kill his sister Gianna (Claudia Gerini) by honouring a blood oath the two made years prior. When John declines, Santaino forces him to do the job when he blows up John's home. Overall this was an amazing film as it dives straight into the action which not only lives up to the film's predecessor but excels and improves upon with a lot more variety of fights and camera angles to give the film its own feel. The use of the supporting cast is great with Cassian (Common) apparently having history with John gives a great amount of interactions between the characters and up the stakes when the two are fighting each other. Additionally the character of the Bowery King (Lawrence Fishburne) opens the criminal underworld further in a surprising way that is still only the tip of the iceberg with shows itself in the ending moments of the film. 9/10.

New Avengers: A.I.M: Everything is New Review

Finished reading New Avengers: A.I.M: Everything is New, with the threat of Secret Wars long over former New Mutant and main Avengers team member, Roberto Da Costa still owns the criminal organisation of A.I.M and has rebranded it as a more heroic organisation with its own Avengers team. The book opens up with the villainous version of Reed Richards from the Ultimate universe known as the Maker, is using a kidnapped S.H.I.E.L.D agent to see what the future holds with Roberto and his Avengers team. The first mission for the Avengers sees the team racing to Paris as the Maker has unleashed a monstrous creature onto the city that is turning people into diamond headed slaves. The next part of the book sees a group of Kree and Skrull hybrids who head to Earth in hope to make Hulkling their new king and also be the one to unite the Kree and Skrull species since Hulkling is half Kree and half Skrull. Once the team are in space Hulkling and Wiccan come face to face with an ancient space wizard known as Mor-I-Dun who has taken the place of the leader of the group of aliens, and with his defeat Mor-I-Dun takes procession of Wiccan which leads to the next part of the book were the Avengers of the year 20XX travel back in time to stop Mor-I-Dun causing havoc in the future. Overall this was a great book as writer Al Ewing forms a new team of Avengers at the home of former criminal organisation A.I.M that leads to some great character moments and situations that the team finds themselves in. The threat of Maker and Mor-I-Dun make for great villains for this team of Avengers as not only does the villains get their own time to shine but it also allows for the team to show of some great technology and vehicles that A.I.M has developed. There is a great amount of comedy with the book from each character's interactions and reactions to the many events that transpire. The art by Gerardo Sandoval does a great job within the action scenes as well as the more quitter moments with the team on Avengers Island thanks to how the book is structured with the layout of the panels on each page. 8/10.

Spider-Gwen: Greater Power Review

Finished reading Spider-Gwen: Greater Power, restarting the series after the events of Secret Wars, Gwen Stacey, the Spider Woman of Earth-65 adventures continue as the newest treat that she has to face has ties to her past. The book opens up with Gwen being late for work only to discover that her workplace was ransacked by a lizard monster which also took small time criminal, the Bodega Bandit's dog, which gives Gwen a lead where see ends up in the sewers face to face with this worlds version of Captain America. After defeating a horde of Lizard monsters and getting some advice from Spider Woman in the main Marvel universe who also helps Gwen out of handcuffs that Captain America put her in, Gwen heads to a lake house where her band mates have gone to where the girls meet with Harry Osborn who has not been seen since the death of Peter Parker as Harry tells Gwen that the reason for his return is to get revenge on Spider Woman for not being able to save Peter. Overall this was a good book as writer Jason Latour continues to build upon Spider-Gwen's world with the introduction of this universe's version of Captain America and S.H.I.E.L.D is extremely interesting. While the use of Harry Osborn as the book's main villain is great as it allows the book to dive more into the Gwen's past at school and the events that lead to the death of this world's Peter Parker, and also allow for quite personal stakes within the book. The art by artist Robbi Rodriguez continues to greatly accompany the Spider-Gwen's story with the same aesthetic that has been apart of the world since the beginning. The additional art by Chris Visions continues to capture a similar look and feel but feels a little too crowded an out of place within the book. 7/10.

The Lego Batman Movie Review

Finished watching The Lego Batman Movie, directed by Chris McKay and staring Zach Galifiankis, Will Arnett, Ralph Finnes, Héctor Elizondo, Rosario Dawson and Michael Cera. The film opens up with the Joker (Zach Galifiankis), along with an array of Batman villains high jacking a cargo plane full of explosives that is flying over Gotham, which leads to the villains setting up a large bomb that will break Gotham in half. This plan is quick thwarted when Batman (Will Arnett) defeats the villains and deactivate the bomb. The next day Alfred (Ralph Finnes) reminds Batman that Bruce Wayne is to attend the retirement party of Commissioner Gordon (Héctor Elizondo) who is giving his position over to his daughter Barbara (Rosario Dawson) as Bruce inadvertently fosters Dick Grayson (Michael Cera) before all of Gotham's criminals lead by the Joker crash the party only for all of them to hand themselves in to the cops to Batman's dismay as this turn of events makes it look like Batman might be out of a job. Overall this was a great film as it builds upon the Lego version of Batman that the film's predecessor introduced and allows of the character to grow and interact within the Logo version of the DC universe. There's a wide range of references form Batman's over 75 years history that brings most of its great comedy with how the film pokes fun at Batman's previous incarnations. While the multiple character interactions are great as the way Batman is to everyone he comes into contact with always leads to a couple of laughs while also allowing time for other characters to get some great development. 8/10.

All-New Inhumans: Global Outreach Review

Finished reading All-New Inhumans: Global Outreach, spinning out of the pages of the main series as Medusa's sister Crystal has been set on a relief mission to help the world's NuHumans with their newly discovered powers. The book opens with a passenger plane flying into the Terrigen Cloud which leads to a NuHuman emerging from his cocoon when Crystal meets the passenger when plane lands in Miami. The book's main story with the Inhumans Flint, Grid and Gorgon heading to the Sydney to meet with Crystal who is leading a world wide relief mission to help newly discovered Inhumans. While being in Sidney Crystal deals with an armed group of Inhuman haters who have captured a NuHuman and even one of the group is revealed to be a NuHuman. After their business in Australia has come to an end Crystal and the crew of the Royal Inhuman Vessel head to the secluded country of Sin-Cong where the Terrigen Cloud has recently has just pasted through. Overall this was a great book as co-writers James Asmus and Charles Soule takes a group of Inhuman form by new and classic characters on a worldwide mission to help NuHumans which is an intriguing premise that the book delivers upon as the reaction of the Inhumans from the rest of the world outside of New Attilan is great and the way that Crystal and her team are welcome into the country of Sin-Cong and the way that the country treats its own Inhumans helps to show how different the world views the Inhuman. The art by Stefano Caselli is great as each character and location as a great amount of detail put into the artwork, while each character's powers and the design of newly established characters not only look amazing but fit into the world extremely well with is also a credit to colourist Andres Mossa, who brings a great tone of colour to different parts of the book while accompanying the art extremely well. 8/10.

All-New, All-Different Avengers: The Magnificent Seven Review

Finished reading All-New, All-Different Avengers: The Magnificent Seven, after the event of Secret Wars no main team of Avengers has been active with only spin off teams being active since and with the appearance of a deadly foe an another lying wait in the background, the world is in need for a new Avengers team. The book opens up with Sam Wilson, Captain America saving a family from their car which has been push of a bridge where he meets with Tony Stark who is currently stuck in traffic. When the past the former Avengers tower, which is now under new management, as the Chitauri, Warbringer crashes in and is quickly confronted by Miles Morales Spider-Man which help from Iron Man and Captain America who end up getting defeated as Warbringer begins to find items that will bring forth an army. The heroes give chase to Warbringer and are joined by the current Thor, Nova, Ms Marvel and Vision along the way as the form the newest incarnation of the Avengers. The next part of the book sees the Avengers setting up base in an old Stark Industries airfield when new of the super villain Cyclone is causing havoc in Atlantic City. While numerous other villains such as Radioactive Man and Equinox show up which cases the Avengers to assemble both times. Additionally there are two smaller stories featured with in the book one that focuses on the first encounter between Nova and Ms Marvel, while the other deals with Vision coming to the conclusion that to be able to deal with the multiple memories he's seeing at once, he decides to turn off his emotions which leads to an extremely emotional conversation with Scarlet Witch. Overall this was a great book as it it scales back the main team to a smaller roster that hasn't been seen in a while, which allows for writer Mark Waid to give each character their own time to shine and have some great interactions between one another. The contrast between the newly recruited Avengers and classic members works like a mentor and protégé relationship with the younger heroes gaining more experience during their time within the team that brings about some interesting situations between within the team. While the multiple interactions between each character is great as the teen drama from the younger characters helps to build their relationships between one another and the way it contrasts to the their interactions with the older heroes helps to give them some great character growth. The artwork throughout the book is great as the first half of the main story drawn by Adam Kubert brings to life the great acton between Warbringer and the Avengers as they find their rhythm as a team while Warbringer's destructive entrance and path he leads is displayed extremely well. Additionally the rest of the book's art by Mahmud Asrar does great in showing the more quieter character moments with also delivering on the explosive action. 8/10.

Gold Film Review

Finished watching Gold, directed by Stephen Gaghan and staring Matthew McConaughey, Craig T. Nelson, Bryce Dallas Howard and Édgar Ramírez. The film opens with Kenny Wells (Matthew McConaughey) struggling to make money after his family company as been struggling to get a contract of work to be able to mine for gold since his father's (Craig T. Nelson) death a few years prior, which has led Kenny to move in with his girlfriend Kay (Bryce Dallas Howard). In a final attempt to find work Kenny uses the last of his money to meet with geologist Michael Acosta (Édgar Ramírez) in Indonesia with the hope to find gold by mining in the local rainforest. Overall this was decent film as it dives into the world of the gold industry to tell the story of Kenny Wells who went from near broke to being able to rebuild his family company, which is quite the interesting premise, however with the film focusing the majority of its time on Kenny and how he rebuilds his company, it leaves other characters to be second fiddle and slightly underdeveloped. The different interactions between each character is pretty good as it helps to show how the relationship are and how they influence Kenny and the film. The musical choices form the soundtrack to the score by Daniel Pemberton is great as it fits the time period and even the film's tone extremely well with how it complements the film. 6/10.

Captain America: Sam Wilson: Not My Captain America Review

Finished reading Captain America: Sam Wilson: Not My Captain America, continuing with Sam Wilson taking up the mantle of Captain America writer Nick Spencer reveals that much has changed for the former Falcon in the time jump form Secret Wars. The book opens up with current Captain America, Sam Wilson boarding a plane to head back home after stopping a group named the Sons of the Serpent who have been kidnapping immigrants on the American border to be used as test subjects for the villainous Doctor Malus how as been experimenting with turning humans into large animals and even animal hybrids. Once Sam finds out the Malus is behind the kidnappings and after a quick talk with Steve Rogers who Sam is not working with since he parted ways with S.H.I.E.L.D. heads back to New York to close Malus' operation only to be caught and turn into a new version of Cap-Wolf before he defeats the scientist. The second half of the book has Sam not only having to deal with being part wolf after his run in with Malus, facing against the Serpent Society how have rebranded themselves as Serpent Solutions and is making an impact in the business world. This leads to Sam in hop to get some intel on the villainous group, meets with reformed villain and former member of the Serpent Society, Diamondback who has fallen on bad times since her fiancé, another former member of the Serpent Society, Constrictor died recently. Overall this was an amazing book as it fuelled by tons of political and social commentary makes the fight between heroes and villains less black and white by incorporating many shades of grey with the villainous Serpent Society rebranding themselves as a company which allows their current leader, Viper to have some great dialogue that makes the group seem to have less villainous views on the way they work and even sharing similar views to some people in the world today, that is even shown in the book with how the public and media react to different events in the story and even the views on Sam as Captain America. The supporting cast of Misty Knight, D-Man and the new Falcon get a great amount of time to shine in the book and not take the lime light away from Sam as each one is use to great effect in the way they interact with Sam and help him during the story. The artwork throughout the book is great as each art team does a great job in bring the fight scenes to life and even the quite moments with each character emotions being expressed very well especially when Sam finds himself being pretty much a werewolf for the majority of the book. 9/10.

Uncanny Avengers: Unity: Lost Future Review

Finished reading Uncanny Avengers: Unity: Lost Future, in the months since Marvel's Secret Wars event the mission of a unified Avengers team no loner means unity between human and mutants but the Inhuman community as well and with writer Gerry Duggan bringing Deadpool onto the team makes for a very unpredictable ride. The book opens up with Deadpool leading the Avengers unity squad into battle against the Super-Adaptoid after Steve Rogers required him into the team when he help to get a sample of the Terrigen Mist to help find a cure for Rouge who has been affected by the mist. After beating the Adaptoid Spider-Man decides to leave the team before the current roster have their first press conference. After having a moments to themselves only to be called to Boston as strange plant life and creatures have appeared and causing havoc as a figure called the Shredded Man has turn the city into his own horrifying ecosystem. The second story sees a group of the team crashing a casino out at sea to find information about the Red Skull which leads to Deadpool, Rouge and the Human Torch heading to Bagalia where the group meet up with Gambit who is braking into a vault. The final story sees the Wrecker barging his way though Avengers Mansion which has now become a costumed them hotel as Deadpool and Quicksilver try to stop him. Meanwhile the Avengers Inhuman member Sunapse is taken to New Attilan where she and Medusa take about the recent events with the Shredded man. Overall this was a good book as it re-establishes the Unity Squad of Avengers with the newest members of Synapse, Human Torch, Deadpool and even Cable bring bring some great character interactions with members who have been on the team longer as Deadpool being a part of the team bring some hilarious moments while Cable brings his own approach to different situations which plays off very well within the context of the book. The introduction of the newest Inhuman and Avenger member, Synapse is great as she gets a nice bit of develop with how she is related to the villainous Shredded man and her interactions with Medusa helps to show how different her views on the Inhumans are compared to other new Inhuman characters that have appear in other Marvel series. Artwork by Ryan Stegman in the first part of the book tone and an almost horror feel to the story with the Shredded Man as his design and the way his powers work feels like something out of a horror story. While Carlos Pacheco's art towards the end of the book feels more smaller scale story of the team trying to find the Red Skull and fits the later part of the book. 7.5/10.

Hacksaw Ridge Film Review

Finished watching Hacksaw Ridge, directed by Mel Gibson and staring Andrew Garfield, Nathaniel Buzolic, Rachel Griffiths, Hugo Weaving and Teresa Palmer. The film opens up in the mists of battle of Okinawa in Japan as army medic Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield) is being carried of on a stretcher as he fall unconscious, as the film transitions to several years in the past as Desmond and his brother Hal (Nathaniel Buzolic) after exploring the forest near their home get into a fight that ends with Desmond hitting Hal around the head with a brick, which causes him to freeze up and as his parents (Rachel Griffiths and Hugo Weaving) try to help Hal, Desmond is drawn to the commandment of not killing on a wall display of the commandments in the bible. Years later Desmond is helping a man who has been crushed by a car in taking the man to the hospital where his future wife in the form of nurse Dorothy Schutte (Teresa Palmer). As the Second World War continues to rage on overseas and his urge to help people and wanting to get into the filed of medicine Desmond enlist into the army in hope to become a medic, which cause one problem, he won't use any weapons which goes against his superiors' rules and believes. Overall this was an amazing film as it dives in to the time period of the World War Two in a visually stunning and brilliantly acted film. The action is breathtaking as the cinematography from the camera work to the editing makes the battles feel seamless and allows of the film to focus on how brutal the Second World War was. There are some great character moments and interactions throughout the film from Desmond's back story that has a lot of intriguing and emotionally driven scenes. Additionally there are some amazing character moments in between the battles in Okinawa helps to flesh out the secondary characters within the film extremely well and makes the whole cast involved immensely more reliable while allowed for some emotionally shocks. 9/10.