Reviews

This second episode didn't disappoint. It lets the show have a perfect amount of room for its tone and comedy. The teeth filing scene brought perfect tension to an episode filled with gags.

I'm fully invested in the characters and their plot lines. It was interesting to see how Ryan's death affected everyone and Barry attempting the priest monologue was hilarious. My favourite characters so far are Barry and Noho Hank, they both provide good comedy to the show and in Barry's case, aren't afraid to show a more emotional and mature side.

Overall, stronger than the first, especially in terms of comedy 8.4/10.

I'm not normally the kind of guy to watch adult animation but this show caught my eye with its dark superhero theme and fun characters. I was encouraged by a friend to watch this a few years back but it fell into my back catalogue. Season 2 is currently airing so I figure this is a good time to hop on the bandwagon.

The first 40 minutes of this episode is pretty conventional superhero stuff. It reminded of the first spiderman film in 2002. The way the dialogue flowed felt like something out of the early MCU, enjoyably quippy but not to the point where it was annoying. But that ending was incredible, oh my god! The last 9 minutes end with a fight between omni-man and the guardians of the globe, which is one of the craziest and most gory superhero fights I've ever seen. The fight is extremely satisfying and comes out of almost nowhere.

What an episode-9.3/10.

Wow this episode was insane. The increasing tension between all of the characters, the haunting final scene, the brilliant acting performances, this episode really packs a punch.

In my last review, I mentioned that I didn't really know what this show was going to do with itself, but with this episode it is clear where they're going to go. Brendan's death is obviously going to set tension between all the characters and Christopher's mock execution at the end had me worried for a second.

This episode definitely marks the show finding it's groove, with no characters having plot armour and good mob drama.

Overall:8.8/10 MVP:James Gandolfini.

Episode seven is an episode that focuses primarily on tosh, a character who otherwise hasn't been explored to this point. I've not got much to say about this episode but at the time some of the stuff with jack at the end being so pro-killing feels a bit weird and purposefully edgy and comes off as annoying. However, exploring tosh's loneliness in this episode and the burden of hearing other people's thoughts is a really great concept and I think that this episode gets in on greatness through its concept alone.

Overall, a nice episode which is brought down slightly by some edgy stuff for no reason.

7.5/10.

Very interesting episode here. This feels like a sort of low budget horror film and pretty much doesn't feel like torchwood at all. It pretty much serves no purpose within the show in terms of character development, apart from Ianto grieving slightly over lisa, characterwise this episode doesn't do much at all.

There are some poor moments here, such as the scene in the forest with Gwen and Owen, which I think is one of the weakest scenes in the whole season so far. It's trying so hard to be adult in the sense of just adding more sex and swearing. However, this episode also features some good moments, like the interrogation scene at the end.

A pretty decent horror episode that scares the life out of me. But in torchwood, the concept doesn't quite land and feels like it's from another show.

8.0/10.

This episode is a bit more of a different beast. Dealing with a more sensitive topic this time, it gets a bit more gritty. The story this time revolves around a device that shows people past events with the person forced to do nothing but watch. Owen stumbles across said device and is transported back to a rape under a bridge in the 1960s. Shocked, he goes to look up the case and finds that the man was never charged. He goes to hunt down the man and there is some great acting on show here from both characters in the scene. Burn Gorman really lets his acting skills shine in this episode and has some brilliant scenes here. Overall, a good episode with some great performances 8.3/10.

Now, I come from the side of this fandom that is doctor who and wasn't expecting torchwood series 1 and 2 to be very good. I had watched season 3 already and had not planned on watching the first two series'. However, after season 3 completely wowed me, I started to crave a bit more torchwood.

This episode is almost a trip back in time to the hit a sci-fi shows of the 2000s, starring a young, likeable, sexy cast of men and women. This first episode of Torchwood gives us a nice mystery around gwen cooper investigating the organisation. It has some moments that feel slightly out of place, such as the F-bomb in the first few minutes and some of the more over the top violence in the weevil scene but other than that it's a solid opener and holds promising things 8/10.

What a movie.

This movie delivers on every level. The cgi is the best we've seen from marvel in a long time and actually delivers some diverse locales for the characters to explore. It especially stands up to scrutiny compared to other recent marvel outings such as she hulk, wakanda forever and ant man and the wasp:quantumania.

The main gist of the story is that rocket is fatally injured at the start of the movie and the rest of the guardians need to save him. However, the person who genetically engineered him has implanted a kill switch whenever someone tries to heal him and the only thing that can break this switch is a pass key. This pass key can only be acquired from the people who engineered him which also turn out to be the main villains of the movie. Why this story works so well is because, for the first time in a long time, a marvel movie feels like it has stakes. It feels like any one of the guardians could die. Another thing which they have absolutely aced in this film is the villain. Chukwudi Iwuji is absolutely brilliant as the high evolutionary and didn't steal the show but as a new introduction to the franchise he did a fantastic job of keeping up chris pratt and bradley cooper. He had some really good moments, especially in the flashbacks, which is another field this movie absolutely excels in. The flashback sequences really really dig in to rocket's past and are guaranteed to get the waterworks flowing.

This was also the first marvel film in a while that didn't make me bored out of my mind while watching it. With Quantumania and Wakanda forever I found myself checking the time every so often and just couldn't get at all immersed in the world or experience. Whereas in Guardians vol.3 I found myself not wanting the movie to end. It is so refreshing to have a genuinely funny marvel movie as well. This trilogy practically started the mcu quipping and even now the same style that was introduced in the first guardians movie still is present here and brings plenty of laughs. It is miles better than the other comedy in the rest of the mcu because it was the guardians thing to begin with and this is their comedy at it's peak. Moments like chris pratt's 'get in the (word i can't say on imdb) car' demonstrate the guardians' dynamic at its absolute finest. The comedy also matches the tone. It's not the usual mcu job of interrupting serious moments just to make people laugh or cringe. Almost everything feels exactly how it should. A movie like endgame for example, is about half the world being gone, yet quite a lot of the movie is laughing at fat thor. It just doesn't go well with the tone. But in this movie, everything fits together nicely, you have your moments of happiness and witty banter, but also your solemn moments where some pretty deep and depressing things happen.

Now, let's take a minute to talk about the music in this movie. Oh my god, how did they get it so perfect! From the sullen opening with an acoustic version of radiohead's 'creep' to the amazing choice of 'no sleep till brooklyn' for one of the best marvel fight scenes. The Guardians fighting all together to the beastie boys is just something that's got to be experienced on the big screen. And if you stayed until post credits, you might have finally come and got your love, because the absolute classic by redbone rounds off the trilogy just as it began.

And finally moving on to the acting. The acting in this movie is phenomenal. Bradley cooper and Chris pratt just keep on coming with the jokes and heartfelt performances. Personally, I believe that Bradley cooper takes the cake here, bringing one of, if not my favourite mcu performance ever. I truly believe that this movie is the king of all marvel movies. This movie was so fun to watch and I would definitely recommend going to see it.

11/10.

Now, when I saw that they were making a dungeons and dragons movie,I was pretty skeptical(cue reviews of previous dnd movies). However, when I went to see this movie, I wasn't expecting much, I was expecting the sludge of the recent years to be reproduced here. But, I was pleasantly surprised by the films overall decent performances, a plot that was simplistic and predictable, yet enjoyable. Chris Pine and Hugh Grant were the best performances of the movie and I thought that while cringe at times, the supporting cast were fun too watch. I'd describe it as Guardians of the Galaxy but it's DnD. I would rate it 7.9/10 and would recommend that you go and see it with some friends.