Star Wars: Yoda's Secret War Review

Finished reading Star Wars: Yoda's Secret War, writer Jason Aaron changes the focus of the series to show a story involving Yoda thanks to the use of the journal of Obi-Wan that was left for Luke. The book opens with C-3PO telling the Scar Squadron everything he knows which is no a lot of help to the Empire. Meanwhile with the Rebels R2-D2 takes a X-Wing in hope to rescue C-3PO. When Luke try's to stop him, R2 hacks into Luke's X-Wing to stop him from following and while Luke's back up droid in the ship try's to repair it it gives Luke time to read more of Obi-Wan's journal in where Obi-Wan recites a story Yoda told him about the time he went to a distant planet run by two factions of children after feeling a disturbance in the force calling to him. The second story within the book takes place on the planet Skorii-Lei as former engineer Pash Davane has found an injured Princess Leia and finds herself in a predicament with what to do with Leia as multiple Stormtroopers are out look for the Princess and Pash blames both factions for the lost of life and jobs thanks to the war. Overall this was an amazing book as writer Jason Aaron tells a captivating story focusing of an adventure that Yoda went on which leads to him discovering a different aspects of the force thanks to the people he meets and interacts with, while also showing some great action moments. The story centring around Pash by writer Kelly Thompson is great as it brings the view of the every day person of the Star Wars universe towards the Rebellion and the Empire, while bring some amazing character development for Leia as it gives some insight to how she deals with the destruction of her home world. The art throughout the book is amazing as Salvador Larroca draws a Yoda that looks like he has been taking straight from the film's and brings the locations to life extremely well. While Emilio Laso's artwork in the last story of the book brings the world of Skorii-Loi to life a extremely well which also show some amazing detail in the characters emotions throughout the story. 9/10.

Dunkirk Film Review

Finished watching Dunkirk, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Fionn Whitehead, Mark Rylance, Tom Glynn-Carney, Barry Keoghan, Tom Hardy, Jack Lowden and Cillian Murphy. The film opens to the entire British on the beach of Dunkirk in 1940 waiting for boats to arrive and safely take them back home before the advancing German army can take over the beach. While seeing what is happening on the beach thanks to the point of view of British soldier Tommy (Fionn Whitehead) the film also shows how one of the smaller boats, the navy planed on commandeering as its owner Mr Dawson (Mark Rylance) with along with his son, Peter (Tom Glynn-Carney) and local boy, George (Barry Keoghan). Along with the interconnecting story of pilots Farrier (Tom Hardy) and Collins (Jack Lowden) as they try to stop any German planes attacking the boats crossing the sea. Overall this was a great film as it brings to life the Dunkirk evacuation at the beginning of the Second World War with some amazing visuals from the beach of Dunkirk to the boats and planes on and over the sea connecting Dunkirk to Britain. There is some great character interactions with the scenes on the boat is able to show how every day citizen in Britain wants to help the army while the soldier on the boat (Cillian Murphy) and even the ones on the beach view the rescue as the unseen threat and presence of the German army gives the film an almost horror feel to it. Additionally the way that the three separate stories eventually line up with one another is a great pay off for the flip while also allowing to see things happen from the multiple perspectives without them feeling repetitive. 8.5/10.

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra: Aphra Review

Finished reading Star Wars: Doctor Aphra: Aphra, spinning out of Marvel's Darth Vader series as writer Kieron Gillen brings Vader supporting character Doctor Aphra into the limelight with her own series. The book opens with Aphra shooting a man who just found an artefact which she takes in hoping to sell it and pay some of her debts. However when Aphra goes to her buyer she finds out that her doctorate has been put into question, leading to Aphra meeting with her father who is need of her help to complete his life's work and in return will will help Aphra is getting her doctorate back. Overall this was a good book as it dives into the background of Aphra and the relationship she has with her father with leads to the book's very fun adventure to happen. While the surprising parallels of the book compared to a famous action hero, archaeologist is very interesting with how it allows writer Kieron Gillen to bring the history of the Star Wars universe to live along with the aspects of archaeology in the universe as well. The art by Kev Walker is amazing as it brings the action set pieces look great and the way the characters react to everything happening around them help with their expressions makes for some great storytelling. While the additional art by Salvador Larroca in the flashback sub story is nice as it helps to separate Aphra's past by one art style and giving her present a different look. 7.5/10.

Amazing Spider-Man: Worldwide: Volume Three Review

Finished reading Amazing Spider-Man: Worldwide: Volume Three, continuing writer Dan Slott's run on the main Spider-Man series as Peter finds himself teaming up with Iron Man as the main Marvel universe version of the villain Regent begins to set his plan into motion. The book opens with Peter Parker readying to give a speech when he notice Mary Jane who has come with her new boss, Tony Stark which begins a rivalry between the two when the Ghost appears to try and kill the C.E.O of Empire Unlimited, Augustus Roman who helped build New York's newest prison where Augustus has been siphoning of the powers of the super villains to use as Regent where he soon begins to turn his attention onto the Superheroes. There is an additional story at the later part of the book which puts the spotlight onto Mary Jane where her and Peter where dating and is coming to terms with knowing that Peter is Spider-Man which leads to her being captured due to being mistaken for Spider-Man. Overall this was a great book as it continues to venture into Peter's life as the head of a large company and how that has effected people close to to him, with the return of Mary Jane helps to show this while also dealing with the intervention of Iron Man into the lives of Mary Jane and Peter's protégé Miles, which leads to some very interesting conflicts between the two. Bringing Regent into the main Marvel universe is very interesting thanks to the reveal of what motivates him and how that effects the characters within the book when Regent begins to turn his plan of capturing super powered humans on to the heroes. The art by Giuseppe Camuncoli continues to be a great addition to the series as the action and character moments are all drawn extremely well. 8/10.

War for the Planet of the Apes Film Review

Finished watching War for the Planet of the Apes, directed by Matt Reeves and starring Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Judy Greer and Max Lloyd-Jones. The film opens with a group of soldiers getting into a battle with a group of apes where the humans soon discover that they are extremely out numbered. Once  the battle is over Caesar(Andy Serkis) comes to meet with the apes and the remaining soldiers who survived the battle as Caesar put the soldiers onto horses to go back home to their Colonel (Woody Harrelson) as a sign of mercy by Caesar before returning home to his family. After spending the night with his wife, Cornelia (Judy Greer) and kids when Caesar notices a group of soldiers have come to assassinate Caesar only for him to miss being killed by the shooter as Caesar finds his oldest son, Blue Eyes (Max Lloyd-Jones) and wife dead. This leads to Caesar to go his own way in order to get revenge for the death of his family while the rest of his tribe head in the other direction in search for a new home. Overall this was an amazing film as the continues the franchise and ends by almost lining up to the original film while also making itself very assessable to people who not see all of the previous films. There is some amazing character development and insight to the film's cast which makes Caesar and his tribe feel very human is the way they interact with one another and the journey they go on. The CGI of the apes and action scenes are amazing with how the whole film looks and feels very realistic which helps to make all the emotions are relatable and understandable. 9/10.

Guardians of the Galaxy: New Guard: Wanted Review

Finished reading Guardians of the Galaxy: New Guard: Wanted continuing writer Brian Michael Bendis' run on the with a the team as they find themselves braking onto a Badoon  prison planet. The book opens with Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde being chased by a group of Badoon when the lost of the Spartax home world finally hits Peter. While try to escape from the Badoon Peter soon finds himself captured and a the mercy of the leader of the Badoon. The book then jumps to different sides of the planet showing the pairings of Rocket and the Thing, Venom and Groot and finally Gamora and Drax who are all on the planet to save the Badoon prisoners and a former member of the team. Overall this was a decent book as it separates the team four pairs which helps to give some of the team spotlight and show how the work within their pairings. However what lets the book down the fact it's very much style over substance which leads to very little character development for the majority of the characters while also leave what lead to the team splitting up to halfway through which is quite confusing. The art by Valerio Schiti is great as the action scenes are drawn extremely well with also give some amazing visuals with the intergalactic setting and characters. 6/10.

Spider-Women Review

Finished reading Spider-Women, bringing together Spider-Woman, Silk and Spider-Gwen as the three heroes coming face to face with a threat from Gwen's universe who look frighteningly to familiar. The book opens with Gwen traveling to the main Marvel Universe to meet with Silk and Spider-Woman as they decide to go to a restaurant in Gwen's world. After catching up on what everyone has been up to recently as a version of the Super Adaptoid starts to cause damage in the middle of the city which is use to distract the heroes as the Earth-65 counterparts of Cindy and Jessica steals Gwen's inter-dimensional teleporter in order to go to the main Marvel Universe which leaves Cindy and Jessica stranded in Earth-65 and desperately needing to get back home. Overall this was a great book as writers Robbie Thompson, Jason Latour and Dennis Hopeless bring the Spider-Woman, Silk and Spider-Gwen together for a very intriguing story that span the two universes which allows the writers to explore the alternative versions of the characters. The book also does a good job in catching readers who have haven't been reading all three series while also giving all three characters some great interactions between each other and continues to develop each character and their supporting cast. The art throughout the book is good as each art style accompanies the feel of each character and universe that is taking centre stage within the story. 8/10.