Civil War II Review

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

The Disaster Artist Film Review

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

Captain Marvel: Civil War II Review

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

All New, All Different Avengers: Civil War II Review

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

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

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

Captain America: Steve Rogers: Hail Hydra Review

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

Ultimates: Omniversal: Civil War II Review

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