(trailer review) - Star Wars: The Bad Batch

I got onto The Clone Wars very late.  I think it was in it's 4th season when I got onboard.  I don't consider myself to be a super fan however, I do really like Star Wars.  The Story of good and evil and laser swords, it's all great...so getting into Clone Wars, although slow off the mark, I started at season four to six then went back to season one and watched it until the last season that came out recently, season seven.  The guy behind The Clone Wars, Dave Filoni did an excellent job fleshing out the characters of a galaxy far far away and the show did it's best to help you to like Episodes one to three.  Seeing The Bad Batch in two episodes in Season seven was ok, but it had promise. Watching this trailer, even more so.

As you can tell from the trailer for those who watched season seven of The Clone Wars will see this trailer as a reintroduction of the characters and it also implies The Empire knew about them.  As this seems to be covering a time period between Episode three and Episode Four, it will be nice to see what stories they tell and if we see any other characters from Star Wars lore...maybe some Rebels? I don't even know, but it looks like fun.

Directed by Dave Filoni and starring Dee Bradley Baker, Ming-Na Wen, Stephen Stanton and Andrew Kishino

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(trailer review) - Spiral

(Teaser Trailer)

On the 5th February 2020, a trailer for Spiral came out starring Chris Rock.  It was a teaser trailer, 1 minute and 40 seconds and although the Saw franchise is dead to me, I remember saying that I enjoyed the trailer.

A whole year (due to covid 19) later, another trailer drops because in May 2020, we were all locked away and couldn't go outside due to quarantining, we are presented with this very different trailer and it looks really really good.

Again, I am getting a Seven vibe from this trailer, but this time it seems as though this film might be more epic in scale due to connectivity within the "Saw World" but seems like it will be a small budget and more claustrophobic affair.  It will be interesting to see where we go in the future with this "franchise" and IF it will spin off sequels. I mean it does seem scary and maybe we need a new franchise, even if it is ripping on the old one a little.

Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols

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(trailer review) - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

(Friends Trailer)

(Final Trailer)

(Exclusive Clip)

(Official Trailer)

(First Look Trailer)

They are back on the hype train with the adverts for this.  Two episodes down and there is another trailer, but this is going to be an ongoing thing and that doesn't bother me at all.  What I will say is, Marvel have been seen to execute their promotional and marketing material very well. 
Have you seen the trailer with The Falcon? It's an X-Box ad for the Series X Xbox and Game Pass and it's also with the guy from the Apple store in Captain America: The Winter Soldier film.  He talks to Sam about car chasing and killing bad guys then tells Sam his Gamertag is Noobmaster69 which is the same Gamertag from Avengers: Endgame when Hulk and Rocket go to see Thor, Korg & Meek.  The connectivity and attention to detail is crazy.

Another thing to note, not only do they promote their original series and property well, the clips are spp carefully cut, it doesn't give away any spoilers.  And the show is soo good too.  A different type of intrigue than WandaVision but has a more Captain America: The Winter Solider vibe but as a buddy cop movie and the jokes are hilarious...whilst still maintaining it's seriousness.

Directed by Kari Skogland and starring ,Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Daniel Brühl, Emily VanCamp, Wyatt Russell

(trailer review) - The Suicide Squad

Red Band Trailer - Please note adult themed material.

Warner Bros. are literally out here trying to control the narrative and stop people hashtagging #ReleaseTheAyerCut and #ReleaseTheSnyderCut by distracting them with a traiker for #TheSuicideSquad.  While those hashtags are still on Twitter, The Suicide Squad is definitely making moves and trending. And why, not? I loved it!

James Gunn was brought on to direct 'The Suicide Squad' because he was fired from Disney/Marvel when someone found over a decade old bunch of tweets from him ("Cancel Culture") and they were obviously horrible.  WB thought, "Well he is a great Director, let's snap him up" and they did. And here we are and it looks great. The best bits in this trailer for me is Harley Quinn saying she can go back in as they were attempting to rescue her and when Peacemaker says he doesn't know why bad guys do the things they do. Two moments I found absolutely hilarious.

It looks like great banter and I'm here for all of it...especially the gore. I'm just wondering if it is going to stay as an 'R-Rated' movie. We need some more trailers.

Directed by James Gunn and starring Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Sylvester Stallone, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney and Peter Capaldi

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(series review) [STREAMING] - Marvel Studios: Legends - "The Winter Soldier"

These short reels are 9-10 minutes of excellent footage and storytelling.

Please note: this review may have mild spoilers as this docuseries acts as a "catch-up", reminder and/or telling of a characters' inception in the Marvel Cinematic Universe up until now in phase 4 collated in 9-10 minutes.

In case you haven't seen a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie before, any or a couple, this is 10 glorious minutes cleverly cut from multiple films that act as a highlight reel of a character's journey or backstory through the MCU into Phase 4.  Extremely important if you want to learn about a character before heading into DisneyPlus's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, starring The Falcon and The Winter Soldier with supporting cast.

The Winter Soldier, James "Bucky" Barnes grew up in the 1930's and was friends with Steve Rogers.  Steve was a small-framed guy and James once defended Steve from some bullies.  Whilst James was enlisted in the army, Steve was unable to due to his health/body, but when he underwent the "Super-Soldier" experiment, Steve's body was changed beyond recognition enabling him to join.
Whilst the Army wasn't what it was cracked up to be and having nothing to do, Steve paraded as a mascot for America, but when he heard a group of soldiers were captured behind enemy lines, including James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve went out and saved them becoming a hero.  James was part of Steve's team and they went on many missions together but on one tragic mission, James was blasted off a moving train and when Steve tried to save him, James fell into a rivene.
Decades later, Nick Fury was assassinated in front of Steve Rogers and when Steve saw the assailant, Steve chased him but the assassin got away.  The assassin turned out to be The Winter Soldier, a man of myth and legend and during a fight on a freeway into the street, Steve learns the assassin, The Winter Soldier himself, is James "Bucky" Barnes.  Steve does what he can to reason with him until James researches himself and when confronted with Steve, Steve takes him to The Wakandan's who attempt to cure Bucky's condition.  In the many decades James has been operating as The Winter Soldier who has committed countless crimes including some very personal ones close to The Avengers, but to help right the wrongs of his past, Bucky teams up with The Avengers and the fight against Thanos and his Army.
Bucky arrives with The Falcon in the ultimate fight against Thanos, fighting side-by-side with Captain America to save the world.

These 10 minutes are a collection of clips, but if you were to get the backstory so far surrounding this character and all the events that lead up to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, you must watch Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War & Avengers: Endgame.

This is an excellent recap for both fans and newbies alike.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier picks up after these events. 

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(This is a LEGENDS trailer for the show. Disney Plus has individual character trailers)

(film review) - Zack Snyder's Justice League

We live in a world where 'Cancel Culture' is a thing and if you bang on about something on the interwebs and maybe even start a petition to show your disgust at the misuse of the source material for a beloved IP, you may actually just get your way.  While people can change over time and a blue hedgehog has no business looking anything other than like the source material, this society we live in can be very dangerous and some might say toxic, but at the same time, can grant you benefits as we are the consumer.  While that statement is obviously debatable and I don't agree with cancel culture or agree with brats or people just wanting their own way, there are some cases where petitioning or banging on about a "Snyder Cut" could work out in the consumer's favour.

In 2017 when Justice League came out, there were a lot of negative things surrounding the various movies which came before it, such as a divisive Man of Steel and a forced Batman v Superman with terrible trailers.  While over time Man of Steel had got better for me on each watch, my own idea of a BvS movie was sooo much better than what we got.  I couldn't understand at the time (and even now to be honest), why two of the most recognisable characters in comic book history, who have had source material detailing their "beef" at times, was NOT as great as it could have been making the studio billions.  A film with soo much potential, wasted.  And while I've said some of these things in my Justice League theatrical cut review, I am very much aware that I am not a director or CEO of a movie studio, but having watched 'The Snyder Cut' which ONLY really came about because the fans kept banging on about it, not only do you get a lengthy 4 hour film, the movie gives every character a moment to shine, the story - a more organic plot, the villain - some layers and the jokes land better and you can only ponder, why didn't they go with this in the first place!?  This led me into thinking about Zack as a director.  Not only can he NOT tell a short story about something he is passionate about (well at least it seems that way to me) and has never met an action scene he didn't want to slow down, he is a very very talented director with a vision that really shouldn't be tampered with.  And I feel, after Man of Steel, Zack has been hampered, he has had his hands tied or doors closed on him from trying to execute his vision, and his vision of Justice League is GREAT!!!

So as I've stated before in my Justice League review, Superman is dead.  With the visions Batman received from The Flash, he teams up with Wonder Woman in order to recruit a few extraordinary people to help him in his cause to stop an unknown threat.  This threat is Steppenwolf, a being of great power who has come to Earth to collect these ancient boxes, called 'Motherbox' and use them to take over all life on the planet.  While Steppenwolf and his Parademons, scour the planet for these three boxes, will loner Batman be able to gel with his potential new recruits and will they have what it takes to thwart Steppenwolf and save all life on Earth? But the difference with this film is, although Steppenwolf is the antagonist, the main big bad is Darkseid.  Whilst Superman IS dead, HIS death awakened the Motherboxes whom call out to their master and Steppenwolf comes looking for them in a hope to find them and not only destroy the earth but to gain the trust and respect of Darkseid again.  Although Batman reaches out to Aquaman and the Flash, Wonder Woman is the one who finds out about the coming threat and tries to get Cyborg onboard.  Together united, they band together to take out Steppenwolf and stop Darkseid from getting a hold of the Anti-Life Equation.

Whilst the two films are essentially the same in plot, a lot of Zack's vision was removed altogether and some story beats changed.  Cyborg's story is axed from the theatrical cut, more or less the human element that grounds the film.  His mother, the relationship he has with his father.  Cyborg plays an integral role because he is the only person who can connect to the mother boxes, knows what it is capable of and relays the information that sparks the thought "we can use this to awaken Superman". 
The Flash's story is cut from him meeting Iris West for the first time and the relationship he has with his father is streamlined.  The Flash is simply played as the comic relief.
Some story beats with Aquaman is trimmed down and he doesn't save Mera when she is under attack in the theatrical cut.
Superman doesn't just wake up out of his death for Batman to use Lois as a tool for his contingency plan in case Superman goes wild, Superman wakes up and while most of that scene plays just like the theatrical cut, we get Cyborg saving the police officer.

With four hours, this move breathes but it also sails.  There are a few quiet moments but there is always something going on.  My real main concern with this movie is, why wasn't this movie released in 2017? This movie is being praised left and right and people want a sequel or more from Zack Snyder because they loved what they got.  At the time, Warner Bros. said, they didn't like the direction the movie was going so they decided to bring in Josh Whedon and pull Zack off of the project.  Granted Zack had a family tragedy too, but it did at the time feel like a firing.  So if they didn't like the direction of the movie, why was the movie cut short but still heading in the same direction? The same story beats and/or outcome?  At the time we thought that Josh came in and reshot a lot of the movie and a lot of it was his, but that was a lie.  A lot of the things that were great with the theatrical cut was ALL apart of Zack's vision but all the characters play differently and with more jokes thrown in.  Having watched 'The Snyder Cut', the theatrical cut blatantly felt like plagiarism.

There is an argument to be made that this is more Cyborg's story than anybody else as he is the heart of it, so why remove all of his story?  I understand cutting the runtime down but would it not have been better at 2 hours 30mins tops, ask Zack to trim it OR (and an even better option) get Zack to re-work the story to release the movie as a two-parter.  I can't say if it is/was a racial thing, but I felt like, if you were black and NOT Cyborg, you were cut from the movie.  The black police officer at the beginning, cut. The black Amazonian with the war cry, cut. Story beats to do with Victor's personality, cut.  And as I said before, his mother cut and the relationship he has with his father cut and reworked.  Victor is played out as if he is someone who was given a second chance at life and is brooding the entire movie, no story arc whatsoever.  Even Ryan Choi is cut.  And yes, I get it, streamlining, but really? I fully understand but I just feel there may have been better ways to cut the movie without changing the dynamics of the characters.  
I am also hyper aware that due to the comments recently from actor Ray Fisher about the treatment he had on set in the reshoots might have made me conscious of the differences in the two movies involving race, but these cuts do and have made a major difference to how people of colour now receive the theatrical cut.  It might not have even been a race thing as you will notice most of the action scenes are sped up a little, but to cut and change the one black character in the team (and in the theatrical cut, as it goes), the character who is the heart of the movie, is definitely foul play.  But then to cut all the other black characters out and the rumoured John Stewart (the black Green Lantern) out of it just seems dodgy and a conversation needs to be had.  Small lines like "looks expensive" was the change from "took me a minute to get past it" diminishing Wonder Woman's skillset. Lines like "I belong to no one" was changed for " You over estimate yourself" and "You spoke" was changed to " You smell nice", just little weird changes.  Added nonsensical moments like "Aliens stole my man" and Flash saving Wonder Woman and laying on top of her played for laughs.  At first, when I first watched it, it was funny, you know awkward comedy humour, but watching 'The Snyder Cut', the humour balanced out well.  As serious as the film may have seemed and likely to Warner Bros, this films didn't need forced humour.

The music was great, the action was even better and it really does boggle me as to why Warner Bros. did what they did.  But for those who do not know, it was because they were too busy chasing Marvel and their success rather than just trying to be their own thing.  Granted now, they are doing their own thing but the fans are NOT impressed (like Superman - you know the scene).  What I really feel Warner Bros. should do, is carry on with the Snyder Universe (#releasethesnyderverse).  Let him do whatever movies he likes and at the same time, work on other movies and other characters.  Everyone wants a Man of Steel sequel, so why can't that exist? It's not like Henry doesn't want to play the character any more, he has been banging on about it for years.  WB can effectively have two separate universes running side by side and I believe the audience is smart enough to know the difference.  Using The Flash and his skillset, you can weave characters between the universe or just use that as the explainer as to having the two, the possibilities are endless.

The theatrical cut is simply a 'sigh' when you go back to watch it after watching this version.  I feel like the theatrical cut exists as a mere Josh Whedon extended director's cut trailer for The Zack Snyder's Justice League.  WB, let the man do what he enjoys doing...telling great stories because if this is anything to go by, he CAN do it, you were just too busy chasing the competition rather than being your own thing.
Imagine, Wonder Woman, Shazam, Aquaman, 'The Snyder Cut', Suicide Squad, Birds of Prey Black Adam, all being in one universe.  Then introducing other characaters like Blue Beetle etc, then the Matt Reeves Batman being another Universe and may even have other characters like Swamp Thing, then films like Joker, being in another universe.  As much as we fans love connectivity, we just really want great stories more.

If you've seen the theatrical cut, then you need to see this. Very Zack Snyder but also very good and better than what was brought out before in 2017.

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(trailer review) - Godzilla Vs. Kong

I was hearing buzz about a new trailer so I took this moment to look for it and damn...damn it, I'm gassed! I didn't think I could be any more gassed than I already am and yes, this looks good!

I liked the way the trailer was cut on this one as the action blends in well with the music and who doesn't want to see two titan's tumping down each other only to, wait...wait for it, call a truce and tag team the bigger bad,  Mecha-Godzilla!  I kid you not, if they manage to support one another in some way or form with a double team tag team special, I will absolutely lose it! Imagine Godzilla Launching Mecha Godzilla into the air an then Kong coming down with a People's Elbow!  I remember the cinema I was in watching Blade 2 starring Wesley Snipes and the bad vampire jump on some walls to get high and came down with an elbow, THE CINEMA LOST IT!  However, I'm not sure if cinemas will be open for this but we will have to see.  Nobody really cares about the human characters in these films really, so if they are used to help push the narrative, then cool.  I just need to catch up on the films that came before this so I am all up-to-date.

Directed by Adam Wingard and starring Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza González, Julian Dennison, Kyle Chandler, Demián Bichir

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(series review) [STREAMING] - Marvel Studios: Legends - "The Falcon"

These short reels are 8-9 minutes of excellent footage and storytelling.

Please note: this review may have mild spoilers as this docuseries acts as a "catch-up", reminder and/or telling of a characters' inception in the Marvel Cinematic Universe up until now in phase 4 collated in 8-9 minutes.

In case you haven't seen a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie before, any or a couple, this is 7 glorious minutes cleverly cut from multiple films that act as a highlight reel of a character's journey or backstory through the MCU into Phase 4.  Extremely important if you want to learn about a character before heading into DisneyPlus's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, starring The Falcon and The Winter Soldier with supporting cast.

The Falcon, Sam Wilson became friends with Captain America, Steve Rogers by having something in common, they were both soldiers .  One, a soldier from the 1940's and the other a Pararescueman who now spends his time looking after/helping vets.  They created an immediate bond via their banter and when things got difficult due to the rise of Hydra, Sam was the person Steve turned to when S.H.I.E.L.D was compromised.  Sam helped Steve on defeating Hydra as well as fighting Steve's best friend Bucky.  Sam stood by Steve's side after the attack to Sokovia and ultimately also went on the run with him when The Avengers were torn apart.
When news of the mad titan Thano's was coming to Earth, Sam once again came out of hiding with Captain America and fought by his side and after the objective was completed, Sam came back calling "On your Left!", a call back to when Sam and Steve first met and they fought once again, side-by-side to save the world.

These 9 minutes are a collection of clips, but if you were to get the backstory so far surrounding this character and all the events that lead up to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, you must watch Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War & Avengers: Endgame.

This is an excellent recap for both fans and newbies alike.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier picks up after these events. 

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(This is a LEGENDS trailer for the show. Disney Plus has individual character trailers)

(trailer review) - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

(Final Trailer)

(Exclusive Clip)

(Official Trailer)

(First Look Trailer)

Disney are not playing are they!? A first look trailer and then an official trailer.  Two Exclusive clips (One I haven't posted yet) and then this "FINAL TRAILER".  While I think this IS in fact the final trailer, I do feel they will do what they did with WandaVision with a trailer each week or so getting people hyped.  But if this trailer alone didn't do it?  It was like I felt a great disturbance in the fandom, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in nerdgasm and were suddenly silenced.

This trailer is amazing. Visually stunning with the cinematography and colours. It felt plush but gritty.  Weirdly enough we still haven't seen some of the main characters, but at this rate, Disney's marketing machine cannot be toppled as they tease us with plenty of visuals and still not give away the story, I'm looking at you BvS.  Friday couldn't come soon enough to see these two, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier come together to take out these bad guys...

Directed by Kari Skogland and starring ,Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Daniel Brühl, Emily VanCamp, Wyatt Russell

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(trailer review) - Zack Snyder's Justice League

(Official Teaser Update)

(Teaser Trailer)

I tell you what.  You cannot say that, Zack Snyder does not have a vision.  You also cannot say that, Zack Snyder does not know how to execute said vision with create great cinematography.  For a film which was essentially 4 hours or so, stopped, taken over by someone else, continued filming, chop and screwed and ended up being 120 minutes long...you can definitely say that Zack Snyder does not know how to tell short stories and truncate his work, because this movie is 242 minutes, that's equivalent to 4.03 hours!!!  From this trailer alone though...you can see what is difference from the original Justice League movie Zack was unable to make and this trailer, in all it's glory, shows the world what we have been missing and what happens when a studio ties your hands and restricts your creativity.  Granted, some people may go off the rails and maybe this does too, but it's Zack...let him tell his story.

This trailer looks more than phenomenal.  I actually feel like the word EPIC doesn't even begin to some it up.  From beginning to end, the trailer shows the threat, shows the harbinger, shows the heroes and pretty much, a lot of the shots in this trailer is FRESH AND NOT in previous trailers.  I mean he has 4 hours and 3 minutes to play with but every shot looks amazing.  As if you could pause the film and frame specific shots.  That Omega Beam shot as well as two Superman shots and that Wonder Woman fighting shot and the Cyborg shot....too much.  There is definitely an argument to be made to say that you have seen this before, but to be perfectly honest... 120 and 242 minutes...this different pretty much says it all.  Can't wait to somehow see it.

Directed by Zack Snyder and starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, J. K. Simmons, Ciarán Hinds

(trailer review) - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

(Exclusive Clip)

(Official Trailer)

(First Look Trailer)

It's funny, who would have thought Marvel fans would be on such a high after watching WandaVision?  The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was meant to be the first show out the gates last year, but then CoVid hit us, tearing up the world leaving us fans waiting and waiting in a drought.  Not just Marvel, but ANYTHING film related.  TV shows got cut short and the world was in a position where we couldn't do anything at all.  However Disney launched Disney+ and we now have the MCU's Phase 4 and second debut on the Disney Streaming Service and...so far so good?

The trailers to this show looks great and my only hope is to have a show that is similar to the film Captain America The Winter Soldier in tone, THIS and Black Widow, for these properties to feel similar.  The buddy-cop aspect to it, I don't mind and brings a different type of dynamic and this short clips shows just that.  Also, I thought Redwing was the remote controlled bird...

Directed by Kari Skogland and starring ,Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Daniel Brühl, Emily VanCamp, Wyatt Russell

(series review) [STREAMING] - WandaVision

I'm going to be clear here and I'm only speaking for myself (as usual), but I feel a lot of people were with me and are with me when I say this, "Nobody really cared for Vision and Wanda in the MCU!"  Granted these characters will have their respective fans or even like them as a couple, but for the most part, these two people were side characters.  So to say that they were going to do a TV series about these side characters within the MCU, my interest was peaked only slightly, but ultimately I didn't care.  So they advertise and/or mention the appearance of the character Darcy we may recognise from the first two Thor movies, I didn't care.  Then advertise and/or mention the appearance of Jimmy Woo from the movie Ant-Man and the Wasp, I didn't care.  Advertising and/or introducing the character Monica Rambeau (all grown up), a name we may recognise from the movie Captain Marvel, was the announcement that stuck with me and got me more interested.  1, because she is a black character from the comics and 2, I thought she was going to be introduced in Captain Marvel 2, so this was a shock to me, therefore had me intrigued, but other than that, I simply wasn't interested in the show WandaVision.

This is a 9 episode show and naturally, with a 3 act structure like any movie, however the events for this show take place after the events of Avengers: Endgame, so it was intriguing to know what would be happening going forward.  When the show starts off, Wanda and her partner The Vision, having just got married (implied by the intro) drive into an area to live in their new home together.  The setting is the 1950's.  As this is set up as a TV show from that era, the aesthetics are as if you were watching a TV show from the 1950's.  Wanda stays at home whilst Vision goes to work.  A neighbour by the name of Agnes comes along to help assist Wanda whenever she might need some help from time to time to the two.  However, where Vision's boss comes over for dinner later that evening, he starts pressuring Wanda for an answer to a question and then he starts choking.  When Vision chokes on a Bubblegum, he acts drunk and Wanda spends her time trying to mask all the hi-jinx with clever stage props not to give away their abilities to the people in the town.

We are later introduced to a lady named Geraldine who becomes friends with Wanda and even delivers Wanda's children when Wanda becomes pregnant.  Whilst nothing seems to be right in the town and people start acting weird around and with Wanda, we find out that Geraldine is an intruder and Agnes doesn't like her so Geraldine is expelled from Wanda's life.  It is around this point, our viewing experience changes and we are introduced to a lady named Monica.  Monica has been away from work for a while and she is sent to the town of WestView to accompany Jimmy Woo who is looking for a missing person.  Discovering an invisible wall, Monica decides to force her way through the wall with the help of Darcy and her friend, but once Monica gets inside, everything changes.  Considered a threat, Director Haywood of SWORD plans on forcing his way through the wall and tries to solve the problem any way that he can, even if he needs to kill, Wanda.

This is the first of many from the MCU and writing about these will be extremely difficult without giving aware some details but ultimately trying NOT to spoil the show for you as essentially, this is a long drawn out movie split into episodes brought to us on a weekly basis.  In conclusion, what this ends up doing, is giving the audience seven whole days to speculate about the characters, the story, the overall story or over-arching story and the future of the MCU.  It has already been told by Kevin Feige himself that, shows will tie into movies unlike before (so you can kiss your Marvel's Agents of SHIELD goodbye, in regards to canon, but the jury is still out for the Netflix shows).  Kevin has also said that this show is part of a story arc that starts in this show and leads into Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, so not only is everything connected, but potentially setting up the universe going forward with the introduction of The Fantastic Four and Mutants.

A lot of time, effort and brilliant storytelling has gone into WandaVision which has set the bar very high.  With things like the changing of the aspect ratio to help with story telling and the many decades of TV infused into one show as part of the narrative is phenomenal.  If you didn't like these characters before, you are given around 6 hours of character development and focused storytelling to help you understand these characters on a deeper lever and the current story and/or the overarching story overall.  Elizabeth Olsen is incredible as she is given a lot to work with, this is her story.  Paul Bettany is also great in this show because he is the reason (among other things) why we are here in the first place.  His character development and efforts here, compared to what has been done before in the MCU are more than doubled.  The introduction of Kathryn Hahn and Teyonah Parris were great additions to the MCU and hopefully we get to see them going forward as what they brought to the show was beyond soo good.  Excellently crafted visuals and writing, leaving fans to speculate and lose sleep with nothing but theories controlling their every move.  The music was great but more importantly, the direction and execution of this show, providing you are patient to stick with it, this show takes a lot of chances with visiting areas new and old and if I'm honest, if all shows continue like this in the MCU, other studios might have to try and meet Disney's bar and surpass it, if they dare.  Oh and there are post credits scenes.  I mean, they did train us for 10 years! An excellent watch.

(film review) [STREAMING] - Coming 2 America

I would like to start off by saying, absolutely nobody has been asking for this movie, 30 years later.  Coming to America is a classic and is of an era where not every film had to be a franchise.  What we are seeing of late, are movie stars from the 80's and 90's trying to make a comeback with their most popular IP!  Is it because these actors have hit hard times or is it because studios are trying to milk every successful IP dry with a rinse and repeat effect with the attitude, "well it worked and was successful before, let's just do that again".  Don't get me wrong at all, there is absolutely nothing wrong with trying new things, maybe seeing a script or project and working on it again, a reboot or reimagining of something, but the 80's was the 80's and the 90's was the 90's and there are specific films, in my humble opinion, that should not be touched...ever.  And for the most part those who do want to delve back into a successful project from back in the day, they need to know what they are doing.  Did the people behind Coming 2 America know what they were doing? Hmmm...

Prince Akeem Joffer is the soon to be King of Zamunda, married to his wife Lisa McDowell from Queen's New York and they have 3 daughters with the eldest "next in line" to rule Zamunda.  But after having a conversation with his father King Jaffe Joffer, Akeem realises he has no male heir as he is told, only a male heir can reign and continue the kingship when he passes.  Although he initially shrugs this off, Akeem is made aware of a child he has living in Queens and sets out on a journey to get his child and bring him back to teach him the ways of his culture and prep him to be the new prince of Zamunda.

Don't get me wrong, from my intro, you might think that I think this film is trash, it isn't, but do I feel the movie didn't need to be made, of course.  But what I will say is, in 20 years, this film might actually be deemed a classic for this current era, whom it appeals to and for those who thoroughly enjoyed it, but for me personally, it was just an ok movie.  Without going into too much details and potentially spoiling the movie, I feel where the first movie was a romantic comedy, this movie is just a comedy so the "funny" came first, rather than the "drama", does that make sense? Soo much time has gone by, Eddie Murphy, whilst in his character, I could not unsee Eddie as Akeem, but his other characters looked great.  They slap you in the face with nostalgia and EVERYONE is in this movie...EVERYONE.  Although it was delightful and warming to see some actors back after 30 years (essentially everyone) this movie felt aged.  The best way to explain that is, while it was great seeing John Amos and he has aged well for 81, but he's 81! A very stark contrast to him 30 years ago.  It was nice to see him in the film and still acting, standing and doing it well, it was just a reminder of life and how the first film was 30 years ago - I guess... mortality came to mind and it weirded me out a little, especially a specific scene with James Earl Jones, they ALL just look older and that's not a bad thing at all,  I guess I'm not ready to not see my favourite stars any more, you know.  Maybe if they spaced out the sequels for every 10 years, I'd feel different?  I felt there was overacting from the cast in an aid to make the film funny and the story, although ok at best, I just felt the movie was trying too hard to be funny.

But it's not all doom and gloom though as the music was great, even the covers (you'll know what I mean).  Some of the cameos and/or characters were great to see, but the costume design was immaculate.  Every design, every colour, fabric and stitch looked amazing.  Leslie Jones was fairly good, as well as Wesley Snipes (again killing it like he did in 'Dolemite is my Name' - also directed by Craig Brewer).  The very last scene I really enjoyed.  The two quiet moments were also great and possibly another scene, but overall, I think I would have been thoroughly disappointed had I paid money to go to the cinema to watch this.  I had low expectations and I feel this film just about met them.  Maybe if I watch it a few more times it might grow on me, but I'm not in any rush, I can wait.

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(trailer review) - Without Remorse

So this one snuck up on me!  I try to keep my ears quite close to the streets of the movie and TV world and although I've heard Michael has been making some moves and putting things together, I never heard of this at all...or at least I definitely do not remember.  With a rumoured Creed 3 (I think he is meant to be directing), A Journal for Jordan he is currently filming and with a bunch of producing credits from Fahrenheit 451, Gen:Lock and Raising Dion, Mr. Jordan has come a long way since Wallace in the TV Show, The Wire and he is doing well.  This trailer on the other hand, not only shows us Michael can be a Movie Star (not like they exist much any more) but, he could possibly start a franchise with him as the leading guy.

This trailer looks great. Dark, gritty and with a great cast.  It really does irritate me that John is such a generic action name, Matrix, Rambo, Wick, Constantine, McClane and now Clark, but to see someone (what looks like) get shot from underwater and then a car getting set alight and someone going into it whilst it is burning and I'm assuming, seconds away from blowing up, I couldn't stress enough how much I am involved and looking forward to this movie.  Besides, it's nice to see Jamie Bell and Guy Pearce but even better to see Jodie Turner-Smith

Directed by Stefano Sollima and starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Luke Mitchell, Jack Kesy, Brett Gelman, Colman Domingo and Guy Pearce

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