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(movie) Ant-Man and the Wasp:Quantumania(2023) – Marvel continues their vision

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Marvel movies continue their vision in post Avengers phase with new storyline and new characters continuing their missions and spectacular action. Ant-Man was always dear to my heart, I find the first movie one of the best Marvel movies I have watched until now. This is third installment of Ant-Man’s adventures although he appeared in Avengers and other movies too because of the multiverse.

This one starts all beautiful, Scott Lang aka Ant-Man(Paul Rudd) wrote a book about his adventures, he is happy with Hope(Evangeline Lilly), and her parents original Ant-Man dr Hank Pym(Michael Douglas) and Janet (Michelle Pfeiffer), but also with his rebellious daughter Cassie(Kathryn Newton), but the whole family ends in Quantum Realm by accident. There they find out that things were not as Janet told them, and they join the rebels to bring down the evil empire of Kang(excellent Jonathan Majors as villain). There they also encounter plethora of new characters like Lord Krylar(Bill Murray), M.O.D.O.K.(Corey Stoll) and many more.

This adventure reminded me lot more of Guardians of Galaxy than on average Marvel movies, but me being kind of sci fi opera freak, I found lots of Star Wars parallels in this one, but watch the movie, maybe it is only me wishing to be Star Wars, but I actually found this one pretty entertaining, action filled and lots of fun to watch, continuing me being fan of Marvel but also DC movies too. Kang is charismatic new villain, of whom we hear for the first time, and he will return in other adventures soon, him being sinister and epic emperor of the Quantum Realm and timeline folder and also Avengers killer. Paul Rudd is, I can’t help myself, so great and I have so much heart for him being Scott Lang, making him one of my favorite Marvel characters. I can’t wait for the continuation of this new storyline(s), because they are fresh and show that the franchise did not die after the ending of Avengers.

Acting: 8/10 axes – Cool and great line-ip

Overall conclusion: 7,5/10 axes – action packed, good story and fun to watch!

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(review) NUFO – ‘stick together’

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NUFO are coming from Graz, Austria and this is their new release and it contains nine songs. NUFO are playing nineties styled melodic punk hardcore and if I must compare it to some band, it would be a mixture of No Fun At All and all those California’s bands we love, like Pennywise for example. That means fast songs, ultra melodic beautiful singer’s voice topped with backing vocal harmonies and superb songwriting. Lyrics deal with isolation, hysteria, dealing with personal problems in your head, keeping the faith and trying to stay normal in this crazy world but also with a touch of engaged politics, also humor and self irony too. I think some of the song themes were influenced with covid lockdown and some of the themes remind me of what I was thinking during that pandemic and I can totally relate to most of the lyrics on this album. My personal favorites are ‘Transparent Barriers’, ‘Hysteria’, also ‘Tear Gas’ and ‘Keep Your Faith’. Bandcamp version of the album also contain the lyrics, so it is a whole package, I recommend this one, since this is an awesome melodic hardcore punk album.

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(review) Incendiary – ‘Change The Way You Think About Pain’

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Incendiary are hailing from New York upstate area and this is their brand new full length release. This one contains ten songs. Incendiary play what we use to call back in the nineties new school hardcore, being a mixture of old school hardcore punk with lots of metallic influences, groove and moshing parts, but just being good old NYHC style with some punk roots and fast parts in there as well. Vocals are shouted, but not screamed, fitting just perfectly to the music and angry, wicked hardcore songs, with couple of hooks and tough sounding melodies thrown in behind all the brutality, like in awesome ‘Jesus Bones’. Besides mentioned song, my personal favorites are ‘Rats In The Cellar’, ‘Lie of Liberty’ and the title song. There are also couple of sing along gang backing vocals and song themes deal with survival, healing wounds, friendship which failed, personal thoughts, anger, inner self and more. I think you as a listener can find yourself in these songs and music, being a hardcore kid for more than thirty years now. I really enjoyed this album, so if you like your hardcore tough, metallic, street smart and wise, go grab this one, you will not regret it!

8/10 axes

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