Charismagic # 1 - review

I just feel like Aspen Comics became a big favorite of mine.I just love their style of writing and drawing.They're such a cool group.I've haven't been a regular reader of their comics, but some of my friends pick up some issues and they fil me in on what's going on but now with Charismagic on sales I decided to read it and I will say it honestly, It didn't disappoint me, actually quite the opposite, after reading the last page of the first issue as well, I was amazed, I was like "Oh my God, why I haven't been paying more atention to Aspen Comics?".
The first issue was(as in all comics) a major issue because sets things in motion and shows us readers the direction the comic will take.I love that the comic holds mystery,magic and mystery as the main "source".The plot is promising as well.If you're a fan of thirller, mystery and any genre of that I encourage you to pick it up without hesitation.
The amazing first issue was written by Vince Hernandez and penciled by Khary Randolph.
So as I said before, this mini-series if probably the most exciting new comic this year from my point of view.Any more advice?Just the same as before, pick it up!

RAZOR rating: 9.5 ( out of 10)

FEAR ITSELF : BOOK ONE - review

The first chapter of this year's MARVEL EVENT arrived and it's something amazing.Marvel promised us an event even bigger than Civil War was back in 2006-07 which would change the status quo of the mainstream and they make a promising start where all hell break loose.The writer is non other than one of my favorites, Matt Fraction and the penciler , Stuart Immonen.
The issue begins in Broxton, where a riot errupts in the middle of a conference, because the citizens do not want to help Stark rebuild Asgard and make a home for the Gods.Riots were not all scary considering the fact that Sin found an old base which once belonged to Adolf Hitler and was secured by Nazis over the decades and which hold a powerful weapon which could cause unimaginable destruction if it would be released.This weapon is non other than the hammer that fell to the Earth during the second World War.Sin approaches the artifact and before touches reveals to her men that he had a vision which depicted her as the Queen of the World and Captain America dead at her feet, seconds later after taking the weapon she is transformed into Khadi, the Goddess of Fear.
Also another major conflict depicted in this issue is the struggle between Thor and his fatther, the All-Father, Odin.Odin is disappointed in his son because Thor consideres himself as a human and choose to defy the Asgardians to which Odin reponds in a battle and Thor is taken back to their world in chains.The Gods left the heroes and now they are in their own to face Fear itself.

It would be an interesting concept to see heroes and villains team-up against this threat that is older than the whole universe and more dangerous than any of them.And if things didn't get any worse, than the father of Khadi summoned the Worthy which is not revealed what to be, but seven meteortes fell to Earth and clashed into the Pacific Ocean,Brazil,China and Manhattan.
The first issue as I said before was off to a good start.It wasn't slow but neither fast, it was just right.The storytelling was just perfect thanks to Immonen's illustrations.Immonen really get's better and better whith every comic he does.There was no wasted page or panel in this issue, now everything is set to motion and whats next for our heroes is something non of them faced before.
BOOK TWO : Blitzkreig U.S.A. in stores  May 4, 2011.

RAZOR rating : 9 ( out of 10)

Limitless Review

Eddie Morra(Bradley Cooper)

Eddie Morra is a typewriter in New York City who has the ultimate writer's block and can't write down a single word for his book and besides that he lives in a shitty apartment plus his girlfriend, Lindy also dumped him. Eddie one day (maybe?!) accidentaly encounters Vernon, the brother of his ex-wife Mellisa and gives him a new drug, called NZT-48 and tells him to try it out which Eddie does and much to his amazement improves his focus and intelligence.Eddie finishes his book in four days and starting with that, his life takes a drastic turn, he is capable of using the 100 % of his brain, learns foreign languages withing hours and numbers become useful to him.

For me, this movie was one of the most anticipated movies of 2011 and I wasn't disappointed. The movie delivers the viewer action,drama,fun and everything you expect from such a movie.
The plot is amazingly awesome with some interesting but sometimes unnecessary twist but overall a must see movie.
Bradley Cooper does a terrific job portraying such a rich character as well as De Niro too, my only complaintment is that he didn't have much screentime plus the end of the movie was a bit rushed, at least from my point of view.The tracks featured in the movie are something spectacular as well.
The movie lived up to the overall expectations and can't wait for it to come out on DVD to buy it, also I ordered the book which was originally titled "The Dark Fields" written by Irish writer Alan Glynn.If you have the opportunity don't hesitate to read it.

RAZOR rating : 9 (out of 10)

Amazing Spider-Man : Big Time -Enter Phil Urich

Just finished recently the 'Amazing Spider-Man'   stories called 'Big Time' which pretty much to my surprise, was a really enjoyable storyline.Written by big spidey fan Dan Slott, and penciled by amazing artst, Humnerto Ramos. the story focuses on Peter's 'new' life.He get's hired to be a scientist,pretty much what he wanted to become his whole life, he get's together finally with Carlie Cooper and everything goes fine until the Kingpin hires the Hobgoblin to stole something for him but this Hobgoblin is killed by non other than Ben Urich's nephew, Phil Urich, who becomes the 'new' Hobgoblin and also the hitman for hire of the Kingpin of Crime.His motivations at first are unclear however as the story developes, it becomes clearer and clearer that all he wants is to get his hands on Norah Winters, kill Spider-Man plus become rich as hell.

'One More Day' was the finish line for me as a regular Spidey reader but sure I pick up in time to time the interesting stuff such as American Son,Shed,Grim Hunt,O.M.I.T., Origins of the Species and now Big Time. Dan Slott makes a perfect read, I think I'll be back reading it.
P.S. take a look at Spidey's new suit designed specially to use it against the Goblin.What can I say?Sweet :D

The Amazing Spider-Man will not be a reboot

According to Executive Producer Avi Arad, the upcoming 'The Amazing Spider-Man'(which is due to hit theaters July 2012) won't 'entirely be a reboot' of the franchise.The film which features new cast, director and even "webshooters" won't erease what came before but instead will be a sort of 'side story'.He said the following

"It’s not a comeback.You have to look at it this way: Do you want to know more about Spider-Man? This movie is going to tell stories that you didn’t see in movies 1, 2, and 3.”

Even though some events are "altered" by having Peter have mechanical webshooters instead of organical ones( like in the previous films) and having the Lizard as a villain I think it still can be an enjoyable movie, but know hearing that it won't restart the franchise at all, I have even higher hopes for it.Also rumors say that besides the Lizard we will have another minor-villain in the movie, the Proto-Goblin ; have to be honest, I never heard of him before and I'm a big comic book fan myself so I'm curious how will this play out.

The movie will star Andrew Garfield(The Social Network) as Peter Parker ; Emma Stone(Easy A) as Gwen Stacy ; Rhys Ifans as Dr.Curt Connors/The Lizard ; Marty Sheen and Sally Field as Ben & May Parker and Irrfan Khan as Van Atter/Proto-Goblin.

The Lizard

Proto-Goblin

My thought?Well I have some hope for the movie, well much more now that knowing that the movie will take place within the framework of previous ones so we can still call the emo Peter ( xD ) and other interesting stuff cannon but still bugs me for some reason that Mary Jane isn't in the movie.I mean producers said that the film will take place during Peter's High School Years.I'm also curious to see how the Lizard will look like onscreen and with special effects and to know more about this Proto-Goblin dude.I think that the movie won't present again the "spider bit me and I became Spidey" part but will open with Peter already being Spider-Man and will have a side story as mentioned before. Peter attends the same school with Gwen where Dr.Curt Connors is their teacher and after a failed experiment to restore his missing arm, he transforms into the Lizard causing havok in the city so Spidey must stop him.Also I'm interested to know if Harry Osborn will be in the movie or not.If yes, than maybe he will ally himself with Van Atter and test firstly on him the goblin serum to see what will happen and if it works than that would be the reason he takes the serum himself too in the Spider-Man 3 movie.And to make things a bit more 'twisty' and interesting maybe that's why the studio decided to use mechanical webshooters instead of the old organical one.

The movie will hit theaters July 3, 2012.

Fringe 3x18 Bloodline Review

I think many of you have already heard the great news , that Fringe was renewed by The FOX for a fourth and full(22 episodes) season, which is cool not only because we will have another year of excitment , but because we will have a proper follow up after season 3's ending.The producers said that they wrote and filmed the finale as a season finale and not a series finale and that they would have been shocked if the show would have got cancel.
This episode was the last to air until April 15th when the show will resume to air the last four episodes from this season.

This episode was an "over there" episode which are big favorites of mine.The last other side centered episode "Immortality" had many twists including the revelation that Bolivia is pregnant with Peter's baby.This episode we find out that if she will keep the child than she could die due to "viral propagated eclampsia" although she wanted to keep the child.Things went crazy after a group of mysterious people kidnapped her and experimented on her, than accelerated the "process" by having her have the child within hours instead of nine months with this surviving.
The episode also featured several revelations, Lincoln confessed his feelings for Bolivia and turned out that the real kidnapper was ultimately Walternate.
Despite lacking on some intense moments, the episode was a real blast and surprises but like I said, it lacked the well known WTF moments we used to get.
RAZOR rating: 8 (out of 10)

Breakout Kings 1x03 The Bag Man Review

 Just to set the record straight, I haven't been watching this show up until heard that Nick Santora and the crew behind Prison Break is making this show.First when I heard of it just thought that it may be a Prison Break rip off but gladly I was wrong.The show takes place in the PB universe which is a great concept from my point of view since I was(and am) of the original Prison Break and it was great to see Robert Knepper return to portray(even if it's for the last time) the psychopatic Theodor'T-Bag'Bagwell.He managed to escape for the third time from a prison.Once with Michael Scofield as being part of the Fox River Eight than second time from Sona and now once again.His motives were unclear at first but it was fun to keep the audience guessing.We knew that he didn't go after Susan Hollanders but who was the mystery woman he was after?Not telling the audience this maintained the suspense of the episode.
 The cast of the show is very rich and fabolous.Sure the only one I knew was Serinda Swan who portrayed Zatanna in Smallville(which is another of my all time favorites).The rest of the crew like I said is amazing,especially that hallorious 'nerd' type guy, Lloyd Lowery.Of course the show is far from Prison Break, it has many lacks as errors and even from one episode I could observe that some characters may not evolve beyond at some point.Some cases or even things were resolved with a simple phone call and they were some primitive moves as well but overall I think the series has potential.I may stick to this episode only and wait for the DVD to come out than watch the whole season and see what I think.(Kinda ironic because I'm not reading what Critics say but I write my own reveiwes so xD)

RAZOR rating : 6.5 (out of 10)