New Justice League Deleted Scene Shows Us Superman’s Black Suit
While audiences and critics are divided on Justice League, there was a lot cut from the movie that we would love to see. Now, with the Digital Release of Justice League coming out next week, we finally have our first look at one of the deleted scenes from the movie. It features Superman and a Black Suit that everyone wanted.
You can watch the scene down below:
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxquS8JYUuY[/embedyt]
Justice League is out on Digital HD February 13th with the Blu-Ray releasing on March 13th.
Here is the official synopsis:
“Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes—Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash—it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.”
Source: Comicbook.com
Tom Hardy’s New Venom Movie Gets First Trailer
The Venom movie has gone through several different writers and directors over the years. Now, the new Venom movie starring Tom Hardy got it’s first trailer today.
You can watch the trailer down below:
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzxFdtWmjto[/embedyt]
Venom will be released in theatres on October 5th.
Here is the synopsis for Venom:
“One of Marvel’s most enigmatic, complex and badass characters comes to the big screen, starring Academy Award® nominated actor Tom Hardy as the lethal protector Venom.”
Source: Sony and YouTube
Deadpool 2 Releases New Trailer with Cable as the Star
Deadpool is back with another new trailer for his new film, and it this time it features the time-travelling mutant Cable. This trailer is full of action and humour all Deadpool style and is an amazing way to introduce Deadpool’s best friend.
You can watch the trailer down below:
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZNBFcwd7zc[/embedyt]
Deadpool 2 will be released in theatres on May 18th.
Here is the synopsis for Deadpool 2:
“After surviving a near-fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfil his dream of becoming Mayberry’s hottest bartender while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor – finding a new taste for adventure and earning the coveted coffee mug title of World’s Best Lover.”
Source: FOX and YouTube
Legion is Coming Back This Spring with Season 2
After a critically acclaimed first season, FX has announced that the X-Men based show Legion will be returning on April 3.
Along with the announcement, FX also released a new photo for the series as well.
While there hasn’t been an official trailer released yet, FX has released a reel of their new and returning series with some footage of Season 2 of Legion in it. You can skip to 1:03 in the trailer down below for the new footage.
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRVYdMDpz20[/embedyt]
Source: FX & YouTube
Jessica Jones Gets a New Trailer for Season 2
After seeing set photos and waiting for so long, we finally got our first trailer for Season 2 of Jessica Jones. You can watch the trailer down below.
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSvnepZS26s[/embedyt]
Season 2 will be available to stream on March 8th.
Here is the synopsis for Season 2:
“Jessica Jones is back as New York City’s tough-as-nails private investigator. Although this time, the case is even more personal than ever before. Fueled by a myriad of questions and lies, she will do whatever it takes to uncover the truth”
Source: Netflix & Youtube
REVIEW: Batman: Gotham By Gaslight Animated Movie
Batman: Gotham By Gaslight is the latest DC Animated movie to hit Blu-Ray today. It’s based on the Graphic Novel of the same name but it’s not an adaptation.
If you want to watch the trailer before reading the review, here it is:
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ6EX6zX4FU[/embedyt]
Now before anyone mentions anything, there will be spoilers for the movie down below.
The story takes place in in the 19th century Gotham City where Jack the Ripper is murdering women on the streets and Batman is on the prowl to stop The Ripper. However, after chasing him down and almost catching him, Batman is then arrested and put in jail. Batman later then escapes and tracks down the ripper for one last fight.
The story of the film kind of forgettable which is a shame because the original graphic novel was such a huge success. This feels like if they copied their homework but changed it enough that it looks different.
While this isn’t a straight adaptation of the original graphic novel, it does thrive on its own by not following the source material. However, this also hurts the movie as well because it tries to deviate so much that the eventual twist at the end of Jim Gordon being the Ripper comes as more of a head-scratcher and feels like a forced change that hurts the overall narrative of the film.
The animation style is great, it looks very different from the last few animated movies we have gotten from DC. It has a mix of both 2D and 3D animation and that looks fluent and eye-catching, it captures the atmosphere of a 19th-century
The voice acting is awesome, Bruce Greenwood does the voice of Batman and he does an amazing job. Bruce is no stranger to Batman, he has been in other Batman animated movies and cartoons such as Batman Under The Red Hood and Young Justice. The rest of the voice cast did a great job in the movie as well but most of them were forgettable.
Overall, if you are looking for something different when it comes to DC Animation, Gotham By Gaslight is visually impressive and action-packed. However, the story may be forgettable compared to the original graphic novel, it’s still a good time and shouldn’t be overlooked.
7.5/10
REVIEW: Altered Carbon, Episode 102
Altered Carbon continues as we head into episode 2 of the new Sci-Fi Netflix series.
Now before anyone mentions anything, there will be spoilers for the episode down below.
We start the episode by seeing Takeshi Kovacs (Joel Kinnaman) and Kristin Ortega (Martha Higareda) morning routines. Kovacs wakes up and scolds his AI companion for the hotel Poe (Chris Conner) for letting the attorney Oumou Prescott (Tamara Taylor) into his room while he has no clothes on, and Ortega reluctantly wakes up to go for Boxing training with her partner Abboud (Waleed Zuaiter). The scene with Kovacs is funny and awkward since he is talking to the attorney with no clothes and Poe keeps trying to cover him up. While the scene with Ortega and Abboud is fun and intense, we get to learn why Ortega keeps a tracker on Kovacs as Abboud tells her to stop following him like a stalker.
Next, we go to a Sleeving (Body Swapping) Faculty where Kovacs and Prescott go to get some answers, only to find Laurens Bancroft (James Purefoy) getting back into his current sleeve and talks to Kovacs. This scene plays out as a world-building moment because we get to learn more about how and what Sleeves (Empty Bodies) are and what purpose they serve in this future.
Then, we move to a poker game that Poe is playing with his AI friends and this scene doesn’t really serve much but it will get mentioned because it has some great effects and it also gives some backstory to the Poe and the AI he calls his friends.
Next, we see Kovacs watch a bunch of videos of death threats that Bancroft has received and stumbles on one that sees’s a masked man show his gun to the camera. Kovacs is able to get a Serial Number and track down the gunman to his home and tries to question him about the video. We later find out that the man’s name is Vernon Elliot (Ato Essandoh) and he is trying to save his daughter. This conflict as a whole takes up a huge chunk of the episode and is awesome from start to finish. From the continuous fighting and special effects that are presented when Kovacs uses a VR headset to look where Elliot’s daughter Lizzie.
After this, Kovacs Visits a futuristic strip joint to find talk to one of the girls to find out more information about Lizzie and where to find her when he is then ambushed afterwards by Vernon. This turns sour because then Kovacs and Vernon are attacked by some gangster with some using a power enhancer. This scene was filled with action and violence to make it entertaining and it looked visually pleasing as well.
Finally, we end the episode by Kovacs coming back to his hotel home when he is greeted by Bancroft’s Wife who wants to sleep with Kovacs. They then spend the last few minutes of the episode having sex.
This was another great episode of Altered Carbon, it had a nice balance of both world building and action that keeps the viewer entertained and interested in what this world has to offer. Let’s hope that this series can continue going up from here.
9/10
REVIEW: Altered Carbon, Episode 101
Altered Carbon is the latest new series to stream on Netflix and is a Sci-Fi/Cyberpunk thriller that looks gorgeous and is thrilling at the same time. Just by watching the trailers, you can see that it is heavily inspired by Blade Runner and other Sci-Fi films. However, this isn’t a bad thing, Altered Carbon takes this notion and runs with it pretty well while also creating its own universe and characters.
Here is the trailer if you are interested:
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhFM8akm9a4[/embedyt]
Now before anyone mentions anything, there will be spoilers for the first episode down below.
Altered Carbon starts by throwing you right into the action, where we meet two criminals with guns, one is a woman (we don’t learn her name) and a guy by the name of Takeshi Kovacs (Will Yun Lee) who are ambushed by an armed forces group, they look like stormtroopers if they were scarier. The criminals put up a good fight, but are killed in the end. This scene was very tense at times and was full of action. Definitely a great way to start a pilot.
We then cut to 250 years into the future where we see Takeshi Kovacs (Joel Kinnaman) being reborn. However, he is in a different body and is having a hard time adjusting to his new environment. However, not only has his body changed, so has the world around him. It’s here that we get to see the CGI and set design really kick in. The world of Altered Carbon is visually stunning and it stands out enough that it doesn’t come off as a copy of Blade Runner (There’s going to be a lot of comparisons that so just a warning).
It’s after that stunning revelation that Kovacs is picked up by Kristin Ortega (Martha Higareda) who is a police lieutenant who picks up Kovacs and escorts him to a wealthy estate where we learn that Kovacs was hired to try and solve the murder of Laurens Bancroft (James Purefoy) who has already been reborn into a new body. However, Bancroft still wants to find out who wants him dead. It’s this conflict that is the driving force for the rest of the episode, as Kovacs spends his time thinking about taking the case for him to finally agree to at the end of the episode.
So far, Altered Carbon presents a beautiful world and some really good acting. However, the story feels pretty scarce and doesn’t explain everything clearly and it may come off as a lot of showing but not telling. Given that it is only the first episode of the series, we can cut it some slack. Let’s just hope that the story will pick up and gain more momentum while exploring more of the beautiful world around it.
8.5/10
Westworld Season 2 Returns This April
During the Super Bowl, we got our first look at Season 2 of HBO’S Westworld.
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUmfriZoMw0[/embedyt]
With Season 1 becoming a huge hit with fans and critics, the new season will premiere on April 22, 2018, at 9 pm on HBO.
Source: HBO
The Cloverfield Paradox is Now Available on Netflix
The long-awaited sequel to Cloverfield and 10 Cloverfield Lane has been revealed during the Super Bowl called, The Cloverfield Paradox.
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKTneuI-36o[/embedyt]
While the ad aired during the Super Bowl, the movie was released on Netflix after the Super Bowl finished airing. The movie is now available to stream on Netflix.
Here is the official synopsis:
“Orbiting about a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.”
Source: Netflix & IGN