(trailer review) - Blink Twice

 

I love it when an actor turns director. Sometimes it is about being in control of the art, knowing what you want to do and how you want it executed. And Zoe Kravitz is not someone I thought was going to make this turn. She has been in a few really good projects such as X-Men First Class, Mad Max: Fury Road and The Batman, but to get into directing and bringing us something that seems like a cross between Knives Out: Glass Onion and another thriller set on an island somewhere, this looks great. The acting, the cast, everything.

Channing Tatum seems to be some kind of billionaire who brings people to his wonderful island for a time of their lives only for it to literally be a time of their lives as people seem to go missing or end up dead? The end stinger with the lines "blink Twice if you are not ok" and Channing makes an slightly quick and awkward yet "charismatic" joke about the comment by covering the person's eyes and laughing it off, meaning he knows what is going on on his island. I think I need to see a other trailer to fully confirm how I feel, but I do want to watch this as I love a "murder mystery", suspense thriller.

(episode review) - X-Men '97 - Episode 7

I am pretty sure I had mentioned before that I sat down and watched all five seasons of the 1992 X-Men series from beginning to end. When I got my hands on Disney+, it did not take me that long to have a look and find the show to watch and reminisce on specific episodes. Moreover, I would watch the show just before bed or at random times going back-to-back with episodes and eventually falling asleep not knowing where I left off. So recently and just before X-Men '97 started, I watched all 5 seasons and made sure I paid a lot of attention to the episodes. I had heard the fifth season was not great and whoever told me that, was 100% correct. It was somewhat jarring due to the contrast between all the seasons and the last season. X-Men '97 though, although also jarring, the animation is EVERYTHING! It looks so good and even though some liberties have been taken in regards to how some of the characters look and dress, well only for some characters as they do look the same but with an upgraded artistic style. The same goes for the fighting scenes and scope of powers. I say all that to say this. Did these guys model Rogue's fighting moves off of the Marvel Vs Capcom computer game?

Not to go into too many spoilers because even mentioning Rogue fighting is a little spoilery, but this episode is called 'Bright Eyes', so we pick up after the events of episode five. It is not very hard to imagine Rogue going rogue in this episode but the cameos and name drops were great. I wanted to see Rogue fight the cameo, but in all honesty, there would have been no need other than seeing how well the other person did against Rogue, since Rogue has definitely been pulling her punches, at least we forget, Rogue got her powers from Miss Marvel and drained her of her power I put her into a coma. The cameo felt a little forced but it was good to see nevertheless to open out the universe.

This episode also touches on grief and how different people deal with it. It was touching and well written. I was hoping to see someone or a couple of people come back but that never happened in this episode, well...the other cameo came back which was also good. The writing and dialogue is top notch in this updated series. I just feel like I can relate to 90% of the things said in this show on a personal level. They really know how to humanise these characters. Minor spoiler, but there was a comment made from a famous real-life person, uttered in this show and if you know who Magneto and Charles Xavier's ideologies were based on, you will understand that, it's like poetry, it rhymes. Another great episode! Last week's episode was good, but not a weighty as this week due to the continuation from episode 5. The next 3 episodes are going to be a monster, I can tell.

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(trailer review) - Deadpool and Wolverine

(TEASER TRAILER) 

So trailer two is here and Marvel did not hold back. It was mentioned that Kevin Feige said the Deadpool sequel would be the only Rated R movie from Disney. That he would not tamper with the Deadpool formula at all. But then the fans of the MCU, across the world looked at each other in disbelief and some even screamed out "Marvel is going to ruin Deadpool", "Marvel is going to ruin the ending of Logan". So with that teaser trailer they showed, they wanted to let people know, they were not holding back, other than holding back Wolverine of course. As I stated in my first review "...this movie is not for kids, and I love it!". But this trailer, on the other hand, wow, just wow. Definitely not for kids, especially as there were so many "F-Bombs" before the trailer even started properly telling us (the audience), that Kevin has indeed kept his world.

This trailer starts with Wolverine at a bar as usual and Deadpool comes in to take him somewhere. I am guessing a fight ensues pretty much immediately because, if this trailer has shown us anything other than a bunch of swear words, is that Wade and Logan are fighting for the majority of it and the easter eggs are plenty. There are a few characters you can see, albeit small and no real close-ups. There is an Ant-Man or Giant Man head which is similar to the Ant-Man/Giant Man in the Old Man Logan Novel (if you read that comic [the novel 'Logan' was loosely based on] you see the skeleton of a dead giant man in the Ant-Man outfit). You can see Alioth from the Loki TV series (somewhat fitting due to the TVA being involved), the reference to Rob's feet drawings from the comics, 20th Century Fox in ruins as if it has been pruned and not only do we see them eventually team up, but the Mad Max reference and the Red Skull's car. This looks like it is going to be very funny with layers upon layers of easter eggs in the end movie. One of the best parts for me in this trailer which had me crying with laughter, was the different slang terms for cocaine. I mean, is 'White Girl Interrupted' real? It cannot be! The music too!? Deadpool is a virgin to the MCU. Not to sound like a broken record Ryan Reynolds is Deadpool and High Jackman is Wolverine. I am happy they have not spoiled the trailer with lots of Cameos and I hope there are none in future trailers but even if they do show some, I feel that would not even scratch the surface of what they have in store for us. Maybe this movie will knock the MCU out of its slump.