Jessica Jones S1E5 AKA The Sandwich Saved Me Review

Yes, I am binge-watching this TV show, yes it's hard to stop watching an episode after the other but I'm loyal to giving you the reviews on each episode.

In episode four, we learnt that Malcolm (Eka Danville) was the one giving Kilgrave (David Tennent) the pictures of Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) so that he could get the drugs that Kilgrave was supplying him to keep him loyal. Jones and Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) learn that up until six months ago, Malcolm Ducasse was a functioning individual, when drugs weren't clouding his mind.

So Jessica Jones did what any human being would do. She follows Malcolm to where he meets Kilgrave and learns that he waits until Kilgrave controls a member of the public to tell Malcolm where to meet him. A different place every day at the same time. Like clockwork. After seeing Malcolm meet Kilgrave, she starts to plot her revenge alongside Walker and Officer Simpson (Wil Traval).

Simpson has now become a recurring character. He was included in Jones' and Trish's abduction plan and since Simpson and Walker have now become an item, it's safe to say that we will be seeing a lot more of him in future episodes. Did the show need to bring in a love interest to "save the damsel (Trish) in distress"? Maybe. Maybe not.

The plan to drug Kilgrave obviously doesn't work. Why would it? It's still early on. No superhero catches the villain that quickly and easy.

Now that Malcolm is of no use to Kilgrave, he no way of getting the drugs to feed his addiction. Luckily, Jessica is of help and gives Malcolm a choice. She puts the drugs in front of him and asks him to choose between helping her or carry on living in a drugged-up daze.

Kilgrave also gives Jones a choice. Now that he's not getting his photos of Jessica from Malcolm, he needs to get them from somewhere to feed his obsession of her. So he asks Jones to send him one photo of herself a day. She agrees (for some reason).

It was brilliant to see more of Malcolm in this episode and to see some character development finally. We've only seen passing moments of him and he's just Jessica Jones' neighbour, but now there is some depth in his character and it's very good for viewing pleasure.

Flashbacks into Jones' past was one of the best things about episode five. We saw the moment that Jones saved Malcolm's life from men mugging him, we saw the first time Kilgrave and Jessica first met and we saw how much Trish loved the idea that her best friend could be a superhero - it was adorable. Walker was thinking of superhero names for Jones and even showed her a potential costume that Jessica could wear. It was cute to see this different side to their friendship, they had no worries, no villain to worry about. It was a breath of fresh air to see them so care-free.

All in all, this was another good episode and the progress that Malcolm makes with his withdrawal symptoms will be interesting.

Everything That There Is To Know About Marvel's Doctor Strange Movie

We don't know much at all about the upcoming Doctor Strange film. We know the release date is October 28th 2016 for the UK and a week later on November 4th 2016 for the US. and we know that Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock, The Imitation Game) is starring as the eponymous role.

Also confirmed for roles in Marvel's Doctor Strange is Amy Landecker (Transparent), Rachel McAdams (Southpaw, True Detective), Tilda Swinton (Only Lovers Left Alive), Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years A Slave, The Martian), Mads Mikkelson (Hannibal, Casino Royale) and Michael Stuhlbarg (Boardwalk Empire, Hugo).

Tilda Swinton will be portraying the role of the Ancient One and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Baron Mordo.

Kevin Fiege will be producing and script duties will be handled by Jon Spaihts.

Shooting is currently underway for the mysterious film as Scott Derrickson directing but could have the film gone in a completely different direction?

Neil Gaiman posted a tweet on 27th November saying "@KurtBusiek I still wish Marvel had been interested in a @RealGDT & me Dr Strange movie, because I wanted to wrote Clea so badly after 1602." By @RealGDT, he means Guillermo del Torro. Can you imagine a Doctor Strange film by those two? It sounds fascinating and brilliant. Unfortunately, Marvel turned down their pitch and went with Derrickson's instead.

Supergirl and The Flash Crossover Rumoured!

We all love The Flash and we all love Supergirl right? Crossovers are sort of becoming a thing for the small screen of the DC universe, The Flash and Arrow are pretty much always meeting up with each other now that they're partners.

It's now a rumour that Supergirl and The Flash may have a crossover of their own if CBS could get the amount of episodes up.

And that, they certainly have.

Today it was announced that Supergirl would be getting the full twenty episodes for it's first season, adding an extra seven fantastic episodes to our screens.

So does that mean that we can get our crossover now please?

Jessica Jones S1E4 AKA 99 Friends Review

"AKA 99 Friends" is Jessica Jones focused. There's no Kilgrave appearances (apart from an eight-year-old girl taunting Jessica in the street) and it concentrates on fleshing out the characters already in the show.

In episode four, Jones (Krysten Ritter) is reluctant to accept a new P.I case due to the last referral that she had, ended up with Hope Schlottman (Erin Moriarty) being controlled by Kilgrave (David Tennent) to shoot her parents. Officer Simpson (Will Traval) wants to make up for the pain he caused Trish "Patsy" Walker (Rachael Taylor) when he was mind-controlled to kill her, Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) sends people to Jessica who think they have been mind controlled by Kilgrave and Jones starts up a 'support group' for the ones she thinks have been under Kilgrave's influence and Jessica searches for whoever has been following her on Kilgrave's behalf and gets her answer.

One of the interesting things about this episode is Jones' new client, Audrey Eastman (Jessica Hecht). We are made to think that Eastman was referred to Jones by Hogarth's business partner due to Eastman thinking that her husband is cheating on her and she wants proof. When Jessica follows Eastman to an abandoned building, she sees her with headphones on, music up loud and shooting at mannequins. Jones dismisses it, thinking she's getting ready to shoot her adulterous husband and convinces herself that Eastman isn't under Kilgrave's control.

Instead what's fascinating is the truth about Audrey Eastman.

Jessica follows Audrey's husband to see if she can catch him cheating but instead finds out it was a trap and finds Audrey in bed with her husband. We find out that Audrey's mother was killed during The Battle of New York and that she despises people with "gifts" and "abilities".

This is brilliant. It's brilliant how they've weaved in the story of The Battle of New York, but told it from a different perspective. Instead of everyone being grateful that New York was saved, we're shown the grief-stricken side of it, the side where we're told that people's families died, innocent people and it adds another dimension to the character of Audrey Eastman.

But when Eastman shoots Jones in the arm, we're then shown how strong Jones is. Yes, she bleeds but she pulls radiators from the walls and throws them near Eastman, again the show is adding dimension to the characters and it's brilliant.

The one uncertainty with this show is the relevance of Hogarth's marriage. The character of Hogarth herself is interesting and mysterious, especially when she said to Jones that Kilgrave "could solve so many problems with his gift". You start to wonder if she has a dark side to her as well.

But her marriage? Maybe it does have relevance in the upcoming episodes and that's why the foundations are being built now, but hopefully they're not just filler scenes.

Another interesting character development is that of Officer Simpson. We saw him in episode three be mind controlled by Kilgrave to kill Walker - luckily Jones intervened - but throughout this episode, he's trying to make up for his guilt by giving her a gun "for protection". After Walker and Simpson are sat on opposite sides of her door talking, she invites him in and we see the beginning of a bond forming and for the chance for Simpson to be a recurring character on the show.

This episode was again, entertaining and well written. It was nice to have the concentration on Jones for nearly the whole episode. Kristen Ritter portrays the character perfectly. With her one-liner jokes, sarcasm, swearing and the fact that she drinks whisky and energy drinks to keep herself going; she's not your average superhero. Which make her even this show even more enjoyable.

Jessica Jones S1E3 AKA It's Called Whiskey Review

This is it guys! This is the episode where things finally kick off and boy, is it fantastic.

The episode starts where episode two left off. With Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) and Luke Cage (Mike Colter) standing facing each other after just realising that both of them have "abilities". If you were Jones, wouldn't you just be standing there gawking at Cage whilst he puts an electric saw to his abs and it doesn't leave a scratch? The intense staring at each other finally leads to a much shorter sex scene (don't worry, they make up for it throughout the episode); and viewers sat there wondering "is this all they're going to do? Just have sex? All the time?"

Don't worry, we're then treated to a heart to heart between the two of them whilst they're sat in an outdoor cafe and you see a vulnerable side to Jones when Cage asks her "have you met anyone else like us?" You can see that she wants to say "yes, Kilgrave. He made me kill your wife", but she knows that it would just ruin the moment so what does she offer instead? Yes, more sex.

Jessica has found Kilgrave's weakness and throughout this episode, she makes it her mission to attempt to use it.

We meet the character of Kilgrave properly in this episode, coming face-to-face with the man himself  (David Tennent) and even though it's only for brief moments throughout, we understand more of what he is capable of. He controls a police officer to kill Trish "Patsy" Walker (and we get to see her use her self-defence training which is awesome) and for the police officer to then commit suicide. Kilgrave is dark and twisted but it's nice to see more of the character and to see how similar he is to Daredevil's main villain, Kingpin (except, Kilgrave can control people with his mind and not his money).

There's also a big character development between Walker (Rachael Taylor) and Jessica Jones. We see how caring and considerate Walker is with Hope Schlottman's (Erin Moriarty) case and see her try and help her case by broadcasting it on her talk show. Unfortunately, that doesn't go too well for her when Kilgrave phones in onto the show. But, she tried. Even though we can see that Jones is stubborn to ask for help off her best friend, we can see that she accepts it when Walker tries and that there is still a very strong bond there between the two characters even though Jones says to Walker that they "used to be best friends".

The last five minutes couldn't be more perfect. It couldn't be more sinister, eerie, it couldn't have built Kilgrave's character better. We see that Kilgrave is obsessed with Jessica Jones and it's perfect; the audience finally sees her slightly frightened by what she's decided to face.

Jessica Jones S1E2 AKA Crush Syndrome Review

The second episode of Marvel's Jessica Jones is a big eye opener. This episode revolves around Jones (Krysten Ritter) trying to start to prove Hope Shlottman's (Erin Moriarty) innocence and to convince Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) to take on the case as Hope's lawyer.

During this episode, you also learn more about Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and if you don't know the characters' background already, you're in for a massive surprise and a "what? How?" moment. Another good thing about this episode is that you start to see a connection develop between Jones and Cage; not the rough-sex-connection that you see in episode one, but more of an understanding, intrigue, the start of a bond your gut feeling knows will happen because they've both realised that they are "gifted".

Kilgrave (David Tennent) also make his first solid appearance in this episode and I can't help but feel like he should have made this appearance in episode three instead. This episode should have revolved around Jones digging into her newfound information of Kilgrave being alive and Luke and Jessica. The ending with Kilgrave was a good cliffhanger and it was good to see his mind-control in action - frightening, but good - but maybe it could have waited a bit longer?

Jessica's best friend - Trish "Patsy" Walker (Rachael Taylor) - also comes back in episode two which is brilliant. Walker's character is mysterious. In the first episode, you think she is just a talk show host who used to best friends with Jones; but in this episode you get to see much more. We first see Walker in her talk show office with bruises over her body and you can't help but think what the hell is going on with her. You then see her nose bleeding and finally, you see her training with a gun-wielding instructor about self-defence. In the comics, Trish "Patsy" Walker becomes Hellcat, so is this the beginning of her training to become a superhero?

This was a brilliant, packed episode. It gave you small slices of information to do with each character.  Character development in Jessica Jones in fantastic so far and we can only hope that this sense of script writing carries on throughout the show.

What did you think of episode two of Jessica Jones? Drop a comment in the box below!

DC's Legends of Tomorrow Trailer

Spinoff show, Legends of Tomorrow brings back the cast of Arrow and The Flash with some new names making an appearance in upcoming Arrow and The Flash episodes.

The trailer shows The Atom (Brandon Routh), White Canary (Caity Lotz), Firestorm (Jay Jackson and Victor Garber) , Heatwave (Dominic Purcell), Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller), Hawkman (Falk Hentschel) and Hawkgirl (Ciara Renée) with appearances from Stephen Amell (Arrow) and Katie Cassidy (Black Canary).

Hawkman and Hawkgirl

Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who) will also be in Legends of Tomorrow portraying the character of Rip Hunter who is a member of the Time Masters. Coincidence? I don't know but I love it.

Halfway through the trailer, there is a reference to Superman and Batman; Hunter tells eight individuals that he's seen "men of steel die and dark knights fall". A reference maybe to the Batman versus Superman movie coming out? I don't know, all we can do is wait.


Trailers:

Legends of Tomorrow will air on The CW in January 2016 in the US and the UK air date to follow.

Empire Magazine Releases Six Different Star Wars Covers For New Issue

You're a massive Star Wars fan and you want to keep up to date with everything about the new film: The Force Awakens.

Look no further. Empire Magazine, for their new issue (out November 26th), released six - yes, six! - different collectible covers that are in 3D.

You can purchase any of them in any newspaper/magazine store but you better be quick, because the magazine is selling fast.

Take a look at the different covers and see which one you're going to buy.

Stormtrooper-now-rebel Finn (John Boyega) wielding his blue lightsaber

                                      

  Rey (Daisy Ridley) with the new droid BB-8

   

  Game of Thrones' Gwendoline Christie moves from Westeros to The First Order as Captain Phasma

                     

   Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) 

                                                      

Adam Driver plays the main antagonist, Kylo Ren

                                                 

 Harrison Ford resuming his role as Han Solo, with Chewbacca played by Peter Mayhew

           
These covers are awesome. They are collectibles so go to a shop now, buy all of them and then sit and stare at them all day and night to revel in the fact that you have six things that are so beautiful, you just can't bear to them alone.

Don't forget! The covers are in 3D!

Comment below on which cover you want and if you've already bought it, share a picture with you and your cover!

Shadowhunters New Poster!

If you are a massive fan of the Mortal Instruments series (books or film) keep reading.

If you don't know already, there isn't going to be a sequel to the 2014 film but there is going to be a television series based on the series of books by Cassandra Clare.

The books were a massive success and even the prequel series - the Infernal Devices - have been successful so it's safe to say that this TV show is going to be a hit. If they do it right.

Katherine McNamara will star as the badass female lead, Clary Fray, along with Dominic Sherwood as Jace Wayland and Alberto Rosende as Simon Lewis.

Trailers:

Shadowhunters premiers on 12th January on ABC Family (now known as Freeform) in the US.
Date unknown for UK release.