Predator: The Badlands Review!

Predator: Badlands is a sci-fi action film set on a harsh alien world where survival is everything. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg and staring Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster‑Koloamatangi. The story focuses on an unlikely alliance formed under extreme circumstances, blending action, adventure, and emotional depth without relying solely on the traditional “human hunt” formula. It’s a fresh take and a respectful nod to the classic Predator legacy in one action protein shake! 🍻

It's so refreshing and interesting how the film shifts perspective by making a Yautja (the Predator species) the main character (Dek), giving that creature nuance and emotion rather than purely a monster. The chemistry between Dek and the android Thia (played by Elle Fanning) are fantastic! They have a surprisingly entertaining odd-couple dynamic which worked great. There was moments Dek and Thia both made me laugh, it was amusing.

The alien planet Genna is astonishing and so beautiful, amazing world building and worlds shown along with Yautja Prime. The new creature designs, and the interaction of Predator lore are fresh for the franchise and a much welcome addition.

As a big long time predator fan myself it was so refreshing to see more of the Yautja clan and hearing them interact with eachother. My hat is off to the sound design behind that and to the cool distorted daft punk like soundtrack we get with them at times. Some fans of the Pred films may feel the film softens the “monster” and horror aspect too much by giving The Predator more emotion, vulnerability and a journey but there's still ferociousness here.

The action and spectacle are strong, the pacing does slow down when characters outside of our titular ones are on screen. The tone shift from the traditional 18 to a mere 12A feels odd with what prior Predator films delivered (horror, action, gritty) but it still works here. Score is fantastic and elevates the film, trust me the distorted Yautja type vocal music whatever you call it, I'm so hyped I can't even word right now about it but yes that slaps!

Predator: Badlands is a big bold evolution of the franchise. It's so good to have more substance to the Predator species. The 12A rating is a shocking step down from the Horror series 18 ratings in the past but there's still blood to be shed here. It's not your typical Predator horror hunt like the past entries, but it does take interesting risks and delivers fun, strong visuals, and a new emotional core. It signals that the franchise is moving into territory traditional Pred fans may not like which may divide fans but arguably in an exciting way.

I thought this was incredible, I am looking forward to seeing what's next for the franchise. Thanks for reading, stay shiny and follow for more reviews! 😊

Chainsawman: The Reze Arc Movie REVIEW!

With great chainsaws, comes great bloody mercy!

Gear up and get those chainsaws ready and get ready for an animated spectacle like no other with the devil hunters, a sharkboy, a literal bombshell and a gremlin chainsaw. That's right, so if you mix them up with some blood, heart pumping action and ass kicking music, and you get this film. If you have not watched the series, this film will just be flashy confusion, but you will get the gist as it goes along if you are a new fan. 

The film follows our main character Denji just after CSM (chainsaw man) season 1, Denji gets to go on a date with Makima, the woman of his dreams and his boss in the special division 4's devil hunters. A storm hits and as Denji takes shelter from the rain he meets Reze, a girl who works in a café, and this starts to give Denji conflicted feelings, But there's more than meets the eye to Reze. We have a romantic, comedic and conflicted feeling first half of the film before descending into absolute bloody chaos to the rest of the film. 

First off, the opening title music video SLAPS HARD. The visuals were spectacular and so creative. If you compare this film to last month's demon slayer movie, in terms of animation, I'd easily say demon slayer wins. However, chainsaw man was very creative with the lighting, effects and visuals overall.

Ryan Colt Levy I would say gave his best performance so far of his career. Reze as played by Alexis Tipton I'd also say delivered some of her best work too as Reze. Derick Snow as Beam was a new voice to me, and he delivered a great job, and me and my friend even thought that Sharkboy was voiced by Bruce Papenbrook because it was reminiscent of Insouke. Reagen Murdock as Aki was also top-notch. Of all the voice actors, I give them credit, but these stood out the most to me.

The comedy and the timing was perfect in this film and so on point, it really surprised me at how funny it was. The music was so bloody good, too, and I'm playing the music on repeat since my viewing of the film.

Overall I had a great time watching Chainsawman's big screen debut and I highly recommend it and if you just came in off the street to see the hype of a man with chainsaws for hands and head, well I think you'll still have a good time.

*THIS DOES HAVE A FUNNY AFTER CREDITS SCENE, WHICH LOOMS ONTO SOMETHING SINISTER.....JUST WAIT*

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Demon Slayer movie: Infinity Castle REVIEW!

Kickin' demon cans all over the place....

Oh my god, this was worth the hype and then some!!!

So, Demon Slayer infinity castle the movie, what's it about?
We follow on from our fave demon slaying crew from the titular anime series, who make their final assault to go kill the big bad of the demons, MUZAN! However, it's not that simple as MUZAN springs a trap and gets all our slayers and Hashira trapped inside an endless castle that continues to shift and change and homes endless a horde of demons and the tough and scary Upper moon demons. Come see the thrilling fights and see who survives the night.

The fights oh my jumping johasaphats they were incredible with my most hyped being the best hands down with Akaza Vs Tanjiro & Giyu. Zenitsu Vs Kaigaku was so good too! The Doma first fight was great. One demon has probably the longest death on screen, it was crazy. Pacing is an issue, but we must remember this is a film. The TV series will flesh it out more.

For a part 1, this was solid gold and I can't wait for the next instalment. 

MUZAN WE COMING FOR YOUUUUUUU!!!!

The English dub cast was just spectacular, Akaza, Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Sayou voice actors were the obvious stand-outs. Music was 🔥 Visuals and animation was out of this world!!!

Overall a total contender for film of the year and one of the best anime films of all time! 

Go watch and enjoy!

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My Son Is Born!

⭐Ladies and Gentlemen introducing the one & only⭐

Thomas "Tommy" Evan Jones. 🥰

It was a gruelling week spent in hospital for my love but we are all home safe, sound and recovering. Hard to believe a week has come and gone since our Tommy entered the world. 😎

Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for your generosity with messages, gifts, cards, flowers, monies and your time. It means a lot to us with how much love and care he has already and he can't wait to meet you all❤️

Special thank you to the staff and crew of PCH.

Midwives: Lindsey, Menna, Becca, Bex, Ming, Jodi & Keira (the students), Beth, Helen Mccann

Labour and delivery: Holly and student midwives Lydia & Courtney

Being A Dad In Pregnancy Is Hard

No one ever told me how much I'd be asked daily so many questions about my unborn child. No one prepared me for the annoyance of so many voices and so many people trying to have their say on an unborn child that's not theirs or even related to them.

The easy part was all the appointments and running around and gathering items ready for the baby. The hard part was dealing with people.

That last one is so confusing, well let me tell you how annoying it is, to work retail and serve and see the same customers almost every day who pester you for news and information about your baby. I told you yesterday Charlotte, the baby is fine still cooking no news!!!

Stop sending me name suggestions when I don't ask. I appreciate you wanted to call your boy or girl this name or that name and ended up with another but I don't want your names. I want to give them one of me and my partner choosing.

I have told you a due date, please stop asking me when they are due.

I have also told you their gender because so many voices "needed" to know what he is going to be. Why do you "need" to know? We don't want you to go out and buy things for us, we appreciate the thought but please save your money, a card would be fine to say congratulations. That's not me being rude I just don't want people being silly about it, a gender neutral outfit is lovely we do really appreciate it but again we don't want people throwing money away on us haha. Again I'm not trying to be ungrateful or anything, it's the opposite. I suppose this is a response to being overwhelmed. Not feeling like deserve it.

Where's the baby/how's the baby? Well when I was bombarded with this question every day before I went on my paternity leave, the answer was that he's still growing and ok and oh look I've already answered this question again.

"Tell me soon as they are born I need to know everything and you need to show me" - NO! Demands will be met with a FUCK OFF. Don't you dare say such stupid shit and make your demands it's MY BABY and not your circus monkey. This isn't show and tell. I'll tell and show when I'm fucking ready.

There's so much I've been asked and repeated daily and my baby is almost here and then I'll be back to work so I'll probably take note and be annoyed again at the repeat in questions again that make my head crumble.