A Long Time Ago, During the Clone Wars: "The Citadel," "Counterattack" & "Citadel Rescue"

 Star Wars: The Clone Wars

"Star Wars: The Clone Wars" is really hitting its stride and just keeps getting better and better. In these episodes, we are introduced to a really cool and perilous location and we check in with a character from the OG trilogy. Let's go.

"In The Name of the Moon" Re-Watch: "The School Festival Is for Me?! Queen Rei's Song" & "Is Seijuro the Moonlight Knight? Mako Falls In Love"

 Sailor Moon R

The Makai Tree arc is filler through and through, but at least it is giving each of the girls time to shine in episodes that feature them. It is one of the benefits of these filler arcs if they are done correctly. Let's see how Rei and Mako make out in their spotlight episodes.

"Last Son" Re-Watch: "The Prometheon" & "Speed Demons"

 Superman The Animated Series

We are continuing on with season 2 and "Superman: The Animated Series" does something "Batman: The Animated Series" never did. It actually introduced another DC superhero. There are actually other ones besides Batman and Superman! Can you believe! Let's get to it.

"The Truth Is Out There" Re-Watch: "Humbug" & "The Calusari"

The X-Files

 Man, it feels like we haven't checked in on Mulder and Scully for almost 3 months. Ha. Well, we are back, back, back again. Like I've said before, it feels like a lot of times, these dual episodes we go over have a theme and these are no exceptions. It's all about twins today, in one shape or another. Let's go.

"foX-Men" Re-Watch: X-Men: Dark Phoenix

 "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" (2019)

We have reached the final "X-Men" movie in Fox's series and it ends not with a bang but with a whimper. "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" was supposed to be a better re-telling of the famous X-story than what we got in "X-Men: The Last Stand." Spoiler alert, we didn't get it. The movie was plagued with delays and reshoots. It was not well received by audiences when it was released and is one of, if not the biggest box office bombs of all-time.

Principal photography on "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" began in June 2017 and ended in October 2017. The entire third act was re-shot in late 2018. The film stars Sophie Turner as Jean Grey/Phoenix/Dark Phoenix, James McAvoy as Charles Xavier, Michael Fassbender as Erik Lensherr/Magneto, Jennifer Lawrence as Raven Darkholme/Mystique, Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy/The Beast, Tye Sheridan as Scott Summers/Cyclops, Alexandra Shipp as Ororo Munroe/Storm, Evan Peters as Peter Maximoff/Quicksilver, Kodi Smit-Mcphee as Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler and Jessica Chastain as Vuk. The film was written and directed by Simon Kinberg. "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" premiered on June 7, 2019. 

"Hated and Feared" Re-Watch: "Reunion" Part 1 & 2

 X-Men

It's been almost two months since I've made a post. Not my longest break, but longer than I was intending. What can I say, life happened but I'm ready to get back on track. We are back with the X-Men and it's time to close out season 2 with Xavier rejoining the fold and a final confrontation with Mister Sinister. Let's go.

Re-Visiting the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Black Widow

 "Black Widow" (2021)

If you've followed my blog at all or you know me, you know that I'm a Marvel guy. I appreciate DC and think they're great. I'm a huge fan of Batman and Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn, but my loyalties and primary allegiance will always be with Marvel. So, it pains me to admit that there was one key area where DC beat Marvel. DC was the first to have female solo headlining film in their extended universe when "Wonder Woman" hit theaters. Black Widow was the first (and for a time) only female Avenger. She should have had a solo movie back in 2012. Natasha Romanoff gets no respect. She wasn't even Marvel's first female led solo movie. That honor belongs to "Captain Marvel" and no shade to Carol, but come on. It should have been Nat. Then there was the utter disrespect shown to Nat in "Avengers: Endgame" and let's just say this solo movie had a lot riding on it for me. Not to mention, it was the first movie of Phase 4, the first MCU movie to be released during the pandemic, after its release date had moved three times. Let's not mention the lawsuit. Well, mention again after this. 

Principal photography on "Black Widow" began in May 2019 and ended in October 2019. The film stars Scarlet Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova/Black Widow, David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian, O-T Fagbenle as Rick Mason, Olga Kurylenko as Antonia Dreykov/Taskmaster, William Hurt as Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, Ray Winstone as Dreykov and Rachel Weisz as Melina Vostokoff/Black Widow. The film was written by Eric Pearson, Jac Shaeffer and Ned Benson. It was directed by Cate Shortland. "Black Widow" premiered on July 9, 2021.