GOD OF WAR RAGNAROK REVIEW. 

How do you follow up on one of the greatest video games of all time Sony Santa Monica finds itself in a situation not dissimilar to when Francis ford Coppola created the sequel to his mob movies. 

Masterpiece the Godfather like part two of the Corleone story God of war ragnarok puts a fierce younger member of the family directly under the microscope in doing so it manages to reach the heights of its predecessor and in some ways even tower above it the writing performances and music are each exceptional bringing this expansive norse tapestry to life. 

But even as it holds your in one hand with its elegantly told story it's crunching bones in the other with fantastically ferocious combat it all binds together to forge a monumental action Epic that adds yet anpther impressive landmark to the video game landscape. 

Keeping things Broad and spoiler -free crates this story picks up a few years after the final revelations of 2018's God of war the apocalyptic Ragnarok is coming and its events circle around his son Atreus like one of Odin's ravens ragnarok wastes no time in stepping into the action. 

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And after a breakneck opening battle the first step of this new journey is to leave the frozen realm of mid-air behind and find a missing norse god in the broader and varied universe it may not be as tightly a told story as 2018's. 

But Ragnarok has much grander designs this is a sprawling epic that always keeps things on the move without ever becoming disorientating gluing me to the edge of my seat as it repeatedly toyed met by stunning execution with a momentum that never slips as you hurtle towards its bombastic ending. 

This journey to me just over 28 hours with a fair side quests completed along the way but with plenty still left to do afterwards prophecy and sacrifice swirl at the story center as it repeatedly produces the concept of Destiny. 

And whether blood runs thicker than the ink that pens it it doeasn't merely offer up surface level readings of these themes instead each character and their motives are given the respect they deserve by delving in deep. 

It's a truly special and fittingly Grand conclusion of Krato's norse saga despite being laden with myth and melodrama there's still plenty of time for welcome pockets of self-aware silliness that almost always elicit a laugh whether that be another bizarre Dwarven contraption or the simple thrill of Kratos eating a sausage  when not eating dinner krater's thunderous voice actor Christopher judge frequently engages in smarty realised dialogue with his equally impressive castmates. 

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Make no mistake though this is firmly judges court and one he frequently dominates krater's traumatic personal history is reflected in everything from his mournful tone of voice to his appearance to me his Icarus wings are long since clipped. 

But his complexion is still pale like a squares of wool where a family portrait used to hang the everlasting cycle of violence between parents and their children has long been a theme ever since the original God of War trilogy. 

Although one though is only truly emphasised in 2018s Revival now it's an inescapable fixture of Ragnarok an exploration of the rawest and most human of emotions and wha happens when they are channeled rough superhuman vessels pain leads to anger anglese to hate. 

This is the genesis of the stalking that embodied by the incomparable force that is a grieving mother, portrayed incredibly with a new found fury by Daniel biscuit freeway is a striking presence to be reckoned with in the sequel. 

No longer just a helpful  witch in the woods she's given a whole new spectrum of emotional depth to play in and Ragnarok is all the better for it each character is given their own moments to shine throughout sunny solijic fires back regularly with the sharp teenage tongue of brasher more confident atreyas and Aleister Duncan's severed head accessory mamir continues to provide levity. 

And exposition in abundance smashing through things for fun and profit lovely various newcomers to the vastly expanded cast also deliver fantastic performance with a particular standout being Leia Hayes radiating infectious energy from the mysterious anger Boda.

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The Falmouth bock and skittish syndrome provide pockets of humour as well as a lot of genuinely helpful info along the way as they play a much more central role in the story. 

This time around also returning is composer bear McCreary whose score like the dwarves smith brothers goes hammer and tongs from the first moment to the last there's some truly beautiful music to be heard along the journey as well as explosions of rural orchestral power during intense fight scenes layered writing impeccable acting. 

And stunning set design are all crucial aspects in driving god of Wars filmic aspirations home but they're also never let down by the Rock Solid technical craftsmanship at work the one continuous camera shot style of 2018,s. 

Reboot returns impressively snaking through the entirety of Ragnarok as if mimicking the world serpent Jordan Ganda himself. 

God of War's combat has always been the fleshly attraction that draws a crowd in to be wowed by its story however and Ragnarok continues that tradition krato's blades whip around in every direction delivering a clanking fiery pain to any face they meet heavy cleaves of his ax crunch into enemies. 

Making them fold like bloodied origami and yes that ax still slices through the air merely lodging itself into anything unfortunate enough to be in its path before being recalled to your palm with what remains one of the most satisfying button presses ever assigned to a controller. 

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It's all unapologetically fast and undeniably glorious harking back to the brand of frantic action in which the series was originally rooted but even with that slight short to old school action ragnaroks's eyes are still drawn more to the shimmer of Nathan Drake's gold rather than bayonet as platinum. 

Cinematic spectacle takes precedence over the chaotic bordering on cartoonish action of Old the ax feels largely similar to how you remember and that's no bad thing with its Dynamic mix of heavy attacks and ranged power but how you build the blades is noticeably different. 

There's a greater emphasis on using them to hook enemies and manoeuvre them around the arena whether that be dragging them in towards you or juggling them in the air like the hottest of potatoes. 

They're much closer to how they felt in the original games a nostalgic moves with a brilliant modern Edge both weapons have new tricks to show off too you can frost awaken the ax by holding in the triangle button to power up your next attack or mash the same button while the blades are equipped to ignite them even the shield is now more of an offensive tool. 

And different types can be important crafted to fit your playstyle runic abilities special cool down attacks assigned in your inventory also return and while there isn't the same abundance of choice this time around each is devastatingly effective brutal finishes on stunned enemies are another enjoyable throwback to the God of War of old. 

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There's noticeably a goos amount of variety in the randomly chosen weapon- specific animations too, movement is further emphasised by the way you can now grapple up from a distance using the blades and launch across gaps to dive into combat taller area design literally adda extra layers to battles allowing you to LEAP from a ledge to deliver death from above.

Combat sequences can feel akin to doom kill boxes as you dash and swing around elevated platforms towards your next victim in performances of acrobatic Bloodshed juggling cool downs addresses arrows and your rage meter to efficiently. 

And spectacularly destroy everyone's sin to stop you each fight feels like a real occasion as you slalom your way through ranged parryable and unblockable attacks in order to sneak in a hit or two enemies can now perform powerful but interruptible attacks signified by a blue ring above their head in addition to their regular skills. 

A double tap of the Shield will sort these out but get your timing wrong and you're in line for some considerable pain there are plenty of other big additions to combat that I won't divulge. 

So as not to ruin the sensation of discovering them yourself but rest assured Ragnarok has mirror already add more tools in its bag than God of War 2018. 

Ever did and is all the more enthralling for it all feels exceptional when in full flow often mesmerising with its top tier action drenched in rythmic brutality and is quite simply the best combat I can remember playing in game that just goes for the regular fights boss battles are of both a higher quantity and quality. 

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Including one encounter that makes the opening stranger fight from 2018 look like a playground scuffle, it's not just the story bosses either I thought massive alligator bastards called dreky on more than one occasion which are real event to fight and more of a challenge that 2018's . 

Trolls ever posed it's great to see sprinkling of that old school monster mayhem thrown into the mix which manages to successfully offset some of the more serious stretches of the story smart new puzzle idea are consistently introduced and building complexity throughout as more abilities are added to your arsenal. 

They're often fun and never in danger of slowing your progress to the detriment of the plot but even so Atreus omimir can't help but come in with a hint far too early and sometimes rob you of that satisfying aha moment it's a very rare annoyance in a world where normally every last word is joy to listen to arbor customisation has been streamlined. 

Resulting in the removal of the slotting system for a more straightforward upgrading mechanic enchantments are now placed inside a separate amulet rather than spread over various pieces of gear. 

This division makes seeing what you have equipped easier and means you aren't lost delving into too many menus within menus this also means you can upgrade a piece of armor and take it with you through your journey if your playstyle happens to perfectly clip with a certain set or you just love how it looks the same goes fo weaponry. 

Which can be upgraded as well as fitted with attachments such as individually named hilts and handles each with their own peaks and bonuses who wouldn't want to play with the stone cutters knob after all. 

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'S older new are regularly a sight to behold many looking torn from the pages of fairy tales stopped with oversized flora and fauna. 

There's an extra effort to delve deeper into the mythology this time around and as someone who's fan of the nordic source material it's a real pleasure to see all of the different interpretations of creatures people and places they inhabit brought to life in all manner of delightfully weird ways. 

For example the Dwarves city of nederville is a welcome rural change of scenery with its many homes and tunnels that kratos must amusingly crawl around in it's at the center of the rocky realm of smart alphheim where waterways weave through islets littered with bubbling geezers. 

There's a real sense that this realm was ripe right out of the Old norse poetic Eda's home of Iceland those geezers are also key solving many of the puzzles in the region as you freeze them to create stepping stones and manipulate machinery quirks like this help in making each place feel unique. 

Similarly fun ideas are introduced in the retiring alpheim such as reflective crystals that you can Ricochet your acts off of to open doors or even use the Blind side unwitting opponents in combat it's further example of not only each realm looking distinct. 

But also feeling distinct to play in from one another evry location almost fees like a puzzle box that you're gradually unlocking for a combination of brain and Brawn as you make your way through it. 

These worlds bring with them dangerous new threats if there are any faults to be found in 2018,s revival their modest enemy variety may well have been one of them. 

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However there is no such issue in ragnarok with its B street vastly expanded to accommodate all sizes and shapes of creatures familiar foes such as drowsier ad elves have made their way across but this time they're joined by creatures like Grims. 

Which you guessed it a pretty grim scuttling toad people then there's a personal favourite the einhei Asia warriors who harness the power of the bifrost that makes a section of your health bar glow before removing that chunk on the next hit. 

There's an engaging but never unfair difficulty curve throughout as you're met with progressively greater threats Dragon well at least it's attacking someone besides that side missions are sometimes spectacles in their own right. 

They're a great source of character development as you learn more about your friends and companions by helping them write past wrongs some side quests to just present a pure gameplay challenge over extra stories. 

However such as hunting down powerful legendary enemies dotted across the reals of ictrasisl's roots there is no shortage of genuinely tough side boss encounters either chipping away at larger health bars is really satisfying challenge. 

And remarkably well balanced against the standard quick hill nature of the majority of ragnarok's fights it's yet another testament to the masterful combat design on display and yes there are some absolutely tough as nails and game level challenges to rival the valkyries of 2018. 

But I'm gonna let you find out what those are for yourself there's a substantial slew of collectibles to clean up as well with Odin's ravens puzzle chests artefacts and much more to find in every corner. 

There's a ton to be done after 

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the main story has been brought to a close all of its incredibly moorish and fun to complete ragnarok never once rests on its laurels throwing new ways to play at you until the very end. 

Despite having a seemingly endless amount to praise here I really have barely scratched the surface of what God of all Ragnarok has to offer 'm deliberately omitting dozens of secrets and surprises. 

I wouldn't dare spoil what's to come for anyone bootie it up for first time but rest assured there are both huge story moments and fresh gameplay additions that live up to and often surpass expectations taken all together much like the Godfather part 2 God of War ragnarok delivers not only a chapter that reaches. 

The lofty heights of its predecessor but leaves it impossible to imagine the series without it, spectacle to behold and an even more exciting one to take the reins off God of War ragnarok med action and adventure together to create a new unforgettable or saga impeccable writing pitch perfect performances. 

Knockout action it's a complete work of art from top to bottom reflecting its core themes it's everything a sequel should be respectful of its legendary lineage. 

But not afraid to take it to exciting new places God of War Ragnarok is An Almighty achievement and creates a new high that makes many of its peers look positively mortal by comparison. 

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GOTHAM KNIGHTS REVIEW. 

Foreign up to this point Gotham Knights appeared to have all the makings of the ambitious action-packed smash hit that it was clearly intended to be. 

I mean who wouldn't want a new co-op centric take on rocksteady's spectacular Batman Arkham games that's built for the current console generation. 

But then as I played it for 30 hours it just kept hitting me with bad news underwhelming combat a weak predictable story puzzling progression design choices sub 30 frame rates I'm left wondering how it went so wrong. 

A few good parts of it shine through in a few key areas like the impressive open world Gotham sandbox but its problems never let me enjoy the moment -to-moment ceime fighting nearly as much as bat family fans deserve just like Bruce Wayne Gotham Knights was born to a well-respected. 

And rich family in this case the four third-person action games in the Arkham series that's not to say that this is a sequels to those games in a lot of places it goes out of its way to break with Arkham cannon and chart its own vigilante-based course. 

But when you're stealthily grappling from ledge to ledge crawling through ventilation shafts and beating up groups of criminals in a rhythmic combat system it's impossible not to compare it to the vastly superior Arkham games one key difference is that. 

Here you get to play as your choice of the four mostly lovable heroes knighting batgirl red hood and robin but no matter who you play as you'll still zip around an open world Gotham delivering justice to all manner .of superstitious cowards and unraveling a troubling mystery in the iconic cities murky streets. 

That mystery revolves around the death of none other than the batman himself which serves as a solid kicking off point for a new generation of crime fighters to take the spotlight in the wake of the Dark knights demise Bruce Wayne's ragtag gang of current. 

And former sidekicks step into the fray to filll his formidable shoes and serves as strong premise to what ultimately turns out to be a lacklustre story full of foreseeable twist and unsurprising turns. 

I knew exactly who this masked character was when I first laid eyes on him and while I really like the court of owls as villains in the comics here the shadowy secrete society never manages to pose any kind of actual threat century ago. 

The punishment for this insult remains the same it's all followed up with an ending that's foreshadowed so frequently and unsubly that involuntarily cringed when they actually went through with it. 

Combat is sadly one of the worst parts about Gotham Knights and that's not a great thing to have to say about a game that's virtually all about combat. 

It's not the worst thing I've ever played but if you were hoping for a return to the smooth incredibly fine-tuned brawls of the Arkham series you're in for a rude awakening when you're smacked in the face with this underwhelming substitute. 

The oversimplification of combat is perhaps best exemplified by the complete absence of anything resembling the Arkham games counter system in a mission that still baffles me even after completing it.

At its best dishing out justices merely boring you just repeat the same attacks and wait for your special ability meter to charge up and enemy health bars to whittle down at its worst it's actively frustrating as you're hit by attacks that seem almost impossible to dodge. 

And don't feel like you have full control of your character it doesn't help that the oddly brief campaign is padded out with hours of busy work like repeated section. 

Where you have to wander around d Gotham interrogating a string of different criminal factions headed by everyone from Harley Quinn to Mr freeze to gather clues about the next story development and doing dull side quests to unlock table stakes features like fast travel in between all those chores. 

You'll also have to contend with the RPG elements that force you to grind and min max equipment before the next story mission can be tackled all of these things do little more than drag out a story that's rarely worth the squeeze and make the pacing even more of a drag than it already. 

Even if you are just running around Gotham aimlessly or tackling minor crimes though the city itself can at least be a highlight it may not get a lot right but WB games Montreal succeeds at capturing the fantasy of exploring a crime-ridden city as a caped crusader. 

And I lost hours of time just grapple hooking around and exploring the area doing so with a friend is also rewarding especially since there are no limitations for how far you can be from one another you can fight together or split up to search for clues to unlock the next main mission or tackle optional quests twice as fast as you'd be able to do on your own. 

Even If those generally just boil down to more repetitive punching when so much of Gotham Knights is dull it's fortunate that each of the four protagonists are likeable and well written and there are plenty of amusing quips to help you get through the letdown of plot. 

Sure Red Hood mostly just keeps talking about how he died that one time like the edge lord that he is. 

And Robin swings wildly between being deeply depressed by his mentor's death and making silly jokes, but it's still impressive that these b-listers and sidekicks manage to step up to the plate as much as they do. 

It's a cool touch how the cutscenes adapt to whoever you're playing as at that moment with custom dialogue and I love how many cool costume options are available for each of them that said glitches do occasionally cause otherwise touching story moments to instantly transform onto comedies. 

Like this cut scene where Red hood's hoodie drawstrings tried to kill everyone Gotham City become Ground zero. 

Compounding the gameplay issues are th e RPG mechanics which only served to further muddy the waters with disorganised menus that have you grinding to unlock and craft better gear it just never Let me feel completely in control of my loadout. 

For example you might want to obtain weapons that apply a freezing status effect to your enemies but might not have the right items available at your current level to let you create that build trading with other players or targeting certain loot isn't an option. 

So you're forced to use whatever you've got lying around from random drops that was a constant frustration combat never gained enough complexity to become interesting but I can give it credit fr the diversity of options available to you in its four playable characters you can opt to be a DPS. 

Focused gun-toting maniac with red hood or a stealthy Tech hacking Egghead by playing batgirl steal thing around with Robin to take out enemies quietly is a markedly different experience from playing Nightwing who specialises in dancing around the map. 

And buffing allies and that means you can pick the character that best suits your play style and customise it to your liking momentum abilities which do things like let Robin become invisible or let Nightwing cast a healing bubble. 

Also help to break up the monotony at least a little bit to be clear I wouldn't call any of them good due to the failing of the combat system as a whole but at least they're different if you can conscript someone into joining you even after they've watched this review. 

Well Batman would have hated that playing with a friend is undoubtedly a better experience for one combat tends to go by much faster with someone else at your side and pulling off stunts like team attacks where two characters work together to execute a sweet finisher is one of the better things. 

Combat has to offer unfortunately many missions feel like they're balanced specifically for two crime fighters leaving anyone hoping to treat this as a solely single-player game and a little bit of  a lurch great. 

Gotham Knights also suffers from performance issues that range from amusing bugs to annoying hindrances the most grave of which is the frame rate on the Xbox series X, it was rare to see a stable 30FPS especially when our in the open world or during cut scenes. 

And God forbid I ride on my motorcycle for any amount of time beyond that my time in Gotham saw occasional crashes disconnects during multiplayer sessions and various bugs I wouldn't call it broken. 

But it certainly was not a smooth ride Gotham Knights is a consistently disappointing return to Batman's troubled city and a distinct step backwards from the past decade plus of Batman games even if running around Gotham and two-player co-op can be decent fun in each of the four playable crime fighters are well executed in their dialogue. 

And distinct moves too many of the fundamentals fall short for me to recommended it from the inconsistent frame rates to the weak story to one note combat that rarely feels good there was virtually always something going wrong to make sure I wasn't experiencing the triumphant return with my friends at my side I had envisioned.

BLACK ADAM REVIEW. 

Did you just catch a rocket what does it mean to be a hero that's the question posed by Black Adam dc's origin story about a super violent anti-hero.

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But  it struggles to find the answer amid a tiring string of non-stop action scenes hello my name is Chaltrends and this is my review of of black Adam. 

So Dwayne the rock Johnson stars as a powerhouse from ancient times who explodes into the present day with a bad attitude and lots of flashy lightning effects I knelling before no one. 

But unfortunately he's not the only things from the distant past the movie feels like he was made a few decades ago before the golden age koi superhero. 

Movies and carries none of the wisdom Hollywood has learned from the likes of the dark knight and iron man and all the other great comic book movies that have come out since then assemble the movie. 

Is made clunky by too much exposition the villain is one-dimensional and there's an overallliance on peaceable over character and story come on aren't we past all that don't we know better by now funny story a little bit of trivia. 

This movie has actually been in development by the rock for 15 years and it feels like the idea he had for that movie was like snapshotted and frozen in time and then he brought it to the present. 

But completely ignored all the other movies that have come out since then and learn none of the lessons so this is more of the vibe of like daredevil and like green lantern instead of all the much better superhero movies that have come out since then well that's good advice there are some flashes of brilliance here, and there largelythanks to the members of the justices society. 

But overall black Adam fizzles out which is a shame because it had a lot of potential the JSA comic run featuring black Adam is one DC's all-time greats it's one of my personal favourites it's so good it showed how his brutal sense of justice made even the best heroes re-examine the line between what is right and what is wrong. 

But the debate devolves until confusing gale of generic statelmemnt by ens it's hard to say who stands where on the subject and what which is bad when that's what your movies about and I do want to be crystal clear that even though  I love the comic book I was not expecting this movie to be a direct adaption of that that is not why I think this movie is not so great it's that they did recognise the awesome stuff in the comic, And tried to put in there movie and just didn't turn out well because this is not a we'll-made movie. 

Johnson plays black Adam in the same vein as Arnold  schwarzenegger in Terminator 2 a stoic seemingly soulless killing machine who gains a glimmer of humanity and even a sense of humour while he gets top marks for making his black Adam just as steely and imposing as in the comics the character feels a bit too confident and powerful makes him come off as one no when there are clearly more layers begging to be explored like an onion. 

The main figure opposing his violent ways is just a society member Hawkman while the veteran hero is a sight to behold with his gleaming wings and energised nth metal mace which is a nice touch I appreciated from the comics he mainly serves as a punching bag both physically and metaphorically. 

He spends the majority of the screen time getting his bird butt kicked like a lot and the rest of the time he's attempting to persuade black Adam to act more like a typical hero. 

But and I think unintentionally they make hackman a hypocrite because he aligns himself with a certain morally bankrupt mastermind plus he has no good answer for the people of a war-torn country when they question why his team of supposed heroes never came to save them. 

So here's the thing this whole moral quandary about how heroes shouldn't kill is very funny that it's taking place in a DC movie because we've seen superman batman and Wonder Woman straight up murder people in their movies. 

But Howkman's coming out saying hey heroes don't kill people I don't know if you've been paying attention but all of your heroes kill people so really black Adam fits in just fine and you're the weirdo Hawk man. 

Pierce Brosnan delivers a charming and mysterious performance as Dr fate although the script tries to do too much with his character without earning it and his abilities look a bit too similar to what we saw Dr strange do in avengers infinity war. 

So for example both doctor strange and Dr fate use this like crystalline fractal thing when casting spells doctor strange of course got that from the mirror dimension that's just what DR fate does when he is casting a spell we both use the doppelgänger spell effect where they make a bunch of copies of himself to beat up on one big bad guy. 

And then they both have foreboding visions of the future where they're not allowed to be very accurate about and it just feels like there's too much overlap between the two surely the people at DC have sen what marvel have done so when coming up with Dr Fate's whole deal and what he's going to  do in this movie. 

I think you know Dr Fate is deserving of something a little bit different and unique and that's his own thing for the DC universe cyclone and Adam smasher are in the movie but don't seem to matter to the plot and that's a shame especially for Adam shatter because he's the most Earnest entertaining and natural hereto of the bunch everyone else spends most of their time dryly explaining the MacGuffin or their backstory. 

See 'this is what I mean haven't we moved past this kind of thing so with a bit too much going on black Adam felt both overstuffed and underdeveloped and it's not hard to feel as though that's because so much emphasis was put on the Relentless barrage of action scenes. 

Now don't get me wrong I love a good action movie but when it's the same kind of action on repeat where we see black Adam perform a endless string of PG-13  Mortal combat 'fatalities against nameless goons. 

Then it all starts to get old after about the fourth scene of him mowing down dozens of baddies who didn't stand a chance I started to wonder why a sort of black Adam kryptonite was introduced in the first act.

But none of the bad guys though to use it against him later on I'm just saying it would have made things at least a little more interesting.

Also it has to be said how incredibly strange it is for this movie to completely ignore the fact that Black Adam is linked to Zachary Levi's Shazam even though they share the same powers same transformation word insane lightning bolt logo to fighting bad guys and instead it makes several references to superman as a rival. 

Now considering there's a second Shazam movies in the world the whole franchise going on there while superman pretty much has been MIA following the 2017 justice league movie that's a heck of a choice nothing but hearty. 

So my final thoughts are Black Adam overindulges to the point where it's hard to enjoy the movie it's packed with underdeveloped characters and an excessive number of repetitive action scenes to the point. 

Where it's half-baked debate on what it means to be a hero is lost in all the noise to wrap this up I'm giving Black Adam a score of 5 out of 10 which on our scale means it's a mediocre movie just kind of nah cry as it might to capture lightning in the bottle. 

Black Adam never manages to find its spark, went all out with the lightning puns when you get a chance to see Black Adam. 

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BEAST - MOVIE REVIEW. 

Beast stars Idris Elba and Charlton copely and comes to is from the director of such films as two guns and Everest amongst many others so father and his two teenage daughters find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the savannah has, But one apex predator. 

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Let's keep talking about beast there's a special place in my heart for a good old-fashioned monster movie and even though a lion is a real animal that exists on earth in every way. 

Beast is a creature feature if this movie was released in he 90s as is it would have been rated  I wouldn't have been able to see it as a kid and I would have waited for a few years for it to come on network television edited for content. 

And I would have ran to my VCR to program the out of that thing to make sure that I wouldn't miss it, this is exactly that kind of movie and if you inhabit a space in which you really enjoy watching a movie in which people face off against something much stronger than them a primal force of some kind. 

And cell phones and radios and all forms of contact have to be removed from the equation then beast is right up your alley it's Idris Elba versus a lion in the African wilderness that's it. 

Don't go in expecting anything other than that and you'll have a good time at the movies I'm probably going to pronounce this name wrong but the director Balthasar carmaker took a unique approach to this movie and that a lot of it is filmed in very long continuous takes some of them are stitched together with CGI to hide the edits. 

But there's a lot of really long takes early on in the movie setting up characters setting up location what this has aded to the movie is a very unique feel that I haven't seen from what could normally be described as Avery conventional movie. 

This technique made the environment come to life I really felt like I was there you see so much around the characters behind the, and in the distance it really does feel sometimes like the horizon stretches on forever. 

And there was one sequence introducing a pride of lions where you meet very integral characters and you go from wides to mediums to close-ups and I just kept picturing the first ac standing behind the camera like sweating bullets trying to make sure the focus stays perfect. 

It was actually really impressive even the ways he introduces the lion felt unconventional it's usually in a wide from the camera being very close to the characters not quite a pov. 

But you feel as if you see what they see I've only seen it once but I can't even recall a time where the lion's pov is a shot you're almost always with the characters and if the lion shows up its because it's head rose over the brush or because it's running towards them. 

And I thought that was a great way of making us feel like we're in the characters shoes during this horrific situation with movies like this you front load the character you know everything about the characters thir past the pertinent emotional information within the first 10 Orr 12 minuets of the movie you have to know all of that because once goes down. 

There's no time to talk about that stuff you have to just be on the run and so Idris Elba does a great job of maintaining a level of not just emotion and caring about his daughters but there's this fierce consistent adrenaline that he has to maintain and he's just fantastic in the movie. 

So is chalet copely I loved seeing him in a film he doesn't show up that much if I were to nitpick about this movie I would start talking about logic I would start talking about character choices I would talk about the cell phone signal and the radio signal and how certain things are set up and you're like yeah that's probably going to pay off. 

And it's not ;ike you watch this movie hoping to psychoanalyse it I mean maybe you do but I don't I don't go to see amok where the poster is Idris Elba versus a lion ready to put my thinking cap on. 

And break down every emotional beat of beast it's  movie where Idris Elba fights a lion in the African wilderness.

And that's exactly what I got and I was super excited about it all, that being said the eldest daughter in the film seems to have been written as the character that will make the stupid choices that sometimes get them in the middle of harm's way. 

There's a few times the movie where she does things that I think the water's goal was to portray her being brave but it just made her look kind of silly and there were other choices she made like randomly honking the horn in the car to get someone's attention things like that. 

That just seemed like a very stupid thing to do that I even heard audience members begin to like talk to the screen and be like why are you doing that there were moments like that that did take me out of it for a few beast. 

When it comes to movies like this it's so important that characters make it's so important that characters make choices that make sense when you have a film that's essentially one contained period of time. 

Where it's a group of characters against some kind of primal force where the entire goal is survive and protect the people you love. 

It's really all-out choices how do you get out os a situation and how does the antagonist in tis cases lion keep the character in that situation so the movie doesn't end and you have to make sure the character choices always work. 

In this case I mostly followed along with it but there were a few times where I was like come on don't do that, but honestly I left the theater energised this is the kind of movie I want to see more of I don't always need to go to a theater and have some incredible cathartic experience that challenges my emotions Sometimes I just want to see Idris Elba much a lion the face. 

 CANCER DIES WHEN YOU EAT THESE 15 FOODS! ANTI CANCER FOODS.

15 Foods that help fight cancer many people are interested in whether nutrition choices can help prevent cancer or slow its progress eating a wide variety of plant foods is a good start fruits vegetables grains and beans contain hundreds of health - promoting phytochemical that you can't get from a dietary supplement. 

Here are some of the best cancer-fighting foods to put on your plate. 

1. FLAXSEED LIGNANS HELP FIGHT CANCER. 

Reduce prostate cancer with flax seeds research studies have shown that lignin's can slow the growth of prostate cancer cells breast cancer survival was significant in three studies that followed thousands of women diagnosed with breast cancer published pubmed central 1 2 3. 

They found lignin's might play an important role in reducing all cause and cancer -specific mortality of the patir=ents operated on for breast cancer. 

2. TOMATOES LOWER RISK OF CANCER. 

Risk of breast cancer may be reduced with tomatoes due to their high amounts of carotenoids alpha carotene beta carotene lutein zexanthin lycopene and total carotenoids as shown by research in the journal of the national cancer institute risk of prostate cancer was found to be reduced in a study showing men who at more than 10 portions of tomatoes or tomato products per week reduced their risk of prostate cancer by 18 Compared to men who at less than 10. 

It is clear that the current evidence favours the consumption of tomatoes and tomato products rather than lycopene supplements as stated in the Oxford journals. 

3. AVOCADO HELP FIGHT CANCER CELLS. 

The glutathione found in avocados has been found to help prevent some kinds of cancers researchers at Ohio state university found nutrients in has avocados kill or stop the growth of pre-cancerous cells that had to oral cancer avocado extract was found to inhibit prostate cancer. 

Molecules in avocados have been found to attack leukaemia stem cells directly while leaving health cells unharmed according to a study.. 

4. GARLIC FIGHTS CANCER. 

Lung cancer risk decreased in a study with those who at raw garlic 2 or more times a week according to a study published in the journal cancer prevention research the researchers also found that even smokes who at raw garlic decreased their risk of lung cancer by around 30 percent.

Garlic as an alien vegetable has been found in a study to protect against stomach and colon cancers in test tubes garlic seems to kill cancer cells and studies suggest that people who eat more raw or cooked garlic are less likely to get colon and stomach cancers and cancer of the oesophagus.

5. LEGUMES BEANS AND LENTILS REDUCE CANCER RISK. 

Prostate cancer risk was found to be lower in the six-year study of more than 14 000 men living in the u.s those with the highest intake of legumes beans lentils or split peas had asignificantly lower risk of prostate cancer legumes were found to reduce risk for colon cancer. 

Scientist examined 14 studies with hundred and three thousand four hundred and fifty nine participants and found that those consuming the most legumes especially soy beans had the lowest risk for colon cancer pancreatic cancer risk was lessened legumes were consumed more than two times a week compared to this who had legumes rarely or less than once  a week according to a study. 

6. CRUCIFEROUS VEGETABLES BROCCOLI CABBAGE Brussels sprouts HELP PREVENT CANCER. 

Cruciferous vegetable have been shown to lower overall cancer risk according to research at Oregon state unversity they have been found to help inhibit and regulate cancer -causing genes according to research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham people who had greater amounts of the cruciferous vegetable Brussels sprouts had a lower risk of cancer. 

As stetted at the national cancer institute fact page

7. BERRIES 

Berries are rich in vitamins minerals and dietary fibres scientists have shown a lot of interest in berries due to their antioxidant properties and potential health benefits one study shows that anthocyanin which is a compound in blackberries lowers biomarker for colon cancer another study demonstrates that the anti-inflammatory effects of blueberries. 

Can prevent the growth of breast cancer tutors in mice. 

8. GRAPES. 

Resveratrol is an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compound found in grapes especially red and purple ones where it's most concentrated in the skin in animal studies resveratrol has been shown to prevent cancer and slow the growth of cancer cells. 

9. GREEN TEA 

This mild grassy tasting brew contains catechises antioxidants with anti-cancer properties in fact green tea contains three times more catechises than black tea drinking green tea regularly has been associated with lower risk for cabers of the blade and digestive tract. 

10. SOYA.

Whether you consume tofu miso tempeh Adam or soya milk you're getting the health benefits of soy beans soy foods are rich in oestrogen like isoflavones such as Feinstein and aids studies suggest that soy foods protect against hormone-related cancers including those of the breast prostate and endometrium. 

11. WINTER SQUASH.

The deep orange flesh of acorn butternut pumpkin and other winter squashes is a slew that they're rich in beta-carotene and other carotenoid pigments in addition to being an antioxidant beta-carotene is transformed into vitamin a nutrient that also may help prevent cancer. 

12. CARROTS. 

Carrots contain high amounts of beta-carotene which may prevent certain types of cancer carrots contains several essential nutrients including vitamin k vitamin a and antioxidants carrots also contain high amounts of beta-carotene which is responsible for the district orange color. 

Recent studies revealed that beta-carotene plays a vital role in supporting the immune system and may prevent certain types of cancer a review certain types of cancer a review of eight studies shows that beta-carotene has links to a reduction in the risk of breast and protaste cancer. 

Another analysis shows that higher consumption of carrots results in a 26 percent lower risk of developing stomach cancer. 

13. FATTY FISH. 

Including salmon mackerel and anchovies is rich in essential nutrients such as vitamin b potassium and omega -3 fatty acids one study found that people whose Diest were high in fresh water fish had a 53 percent lower risk for colorectal cancer than those low in fresh water fish.

Another study found that consumption of fish oil later in life has links significantly lower risk for prostate cancer finally a study following 68 109 people found that people who consumed fish ol supplements at least four times a week were 63 percent less likely to develop colon cancer than those who did not. 

14. WALNUTS 

According to the American institute for cancer research all nuts exhibit cancer preventing properties but scientist have studied walnuts more than other types of nut walnuts contain a substance called pejuncukar organ which the body metabolises into your illidans. 

Uraligns are compounds that blind to oestrogen receptors and may play role a role in preventing breast cancer in one animal study mice receiving whole walnuts and walnuts oil had higher levels of tumour suppressing genes than the mice receiving vegetable oil. 

15. SUPPLEMENTS AND MEDICATIONS 

Although the foods listed above our everyday products and readily available some people may not want to make significant dietary or lifestyle changes in this case there are plenty of supplements and medications available that contain anti-cancer compounds vitamin a c and e are notable for their anti-cancer. 

Properties and are availble as supplements in most major grocery stores most of the plant-based compounds listed throughout this Post such as floritain anthocyanin and sulforaphane. 

Come in oil form over-the-counter medications such as aspirin and ibuprofen may also lower the risk of cancer in some people always speak to a medical [rpfessional before starting a new medication or supplement regimen research into preventing cancer through diet is still in the early stages and requires further testing scientists carried out most of the studies mentioned in cells or mice. 

However it is important to remember eating a balanced diet high in fresh fruits vegetables and good fats will benefit overall health. 

5 BEST FREE VPN & WHY USE ONE. 

Hi everyone I'm Chaltrends here. Today we are going to look at the five best free VPN providers. 

To come up with this list, I installed just about every single free VPN provider out there and some are definitely better than others.

First, we'll look at what even is a VPN what are some of the advantages and disadvantages?And there are some definite drawbacks then we'll look at who some of the best free providers are. 

All right. Let's check this out 

So firsdtb off, what even is VPN VPN stands for virtual Private Network, and at a very very simple level, when you use a VPN, your internet service provider, so let's say a Comcast or Verizon, 

They no longer know what websites you're visiting. Also, the websites that you visit, they now only know the location of the VPN server. They can no longer see what your actual city and country is that you're visiting from. Ok, but why? well

There are three main benefits to using a VPN and first off it may give you access to additional entertainment content. 

Here, just as an example you can see how much content is available in various Netflix markets. So here you see in Slovakia you get over 7,000 movies and TV shows compared to the US where you get under 6,000. So if you could fake your location to connect through Slovakia, you can watch more movies and TV shows seconds, you can also get around local censorship. 

Just as an example, if you happen to live in china, you don't have access to youtube, the New York times or even facebook messagenger. 

But if you connect to a VPN, the government only knows that you're connecting to a VPN and you can now use all of those different services as an example, one of my favourite you tubers. 

Jeff Su, he is based out of China and he's building up his own youtube channel. Thanks to the magic of VPN we're able to enjoy his content. 

3. You also get some security and privacy benefits,. Your internet service provider no longer knows what websites you're visiting. 

But doesn't the vPN know what websites you're visiting? Most VPNs claim that they don't keep any logs: however this could be changing just as an example in India the government is now mandating that VPN services keeps logs. 

Si, depending on your market, this may change. It sounds like there are some good benefits are there any downside to using a VPN? and yeah there are a few.

First off, you have to installl an app on your  computer and that's going to consume some system resources. Also, because you've now introduced an extra step every single time you say head to a website, it's going to slow things down. 

There's going to be a little bit more latency your upload and download speeds won't be quite as fast. Now that what a VPN is, and also what some of the benefits are, let's take a look at some of free options. 

1. OPERA WEB BROWSER

We have the Opera web browser, and this is a chromium-based browser, just like Google chrome or Microsoft Edge and it has a VPN built directly into it and it's entirely free to use. 

Now enough, Opera is now owned by a consortium of Chinese investors, a country where people don't have internet freedom. 

But yet they made a VPN for their browser once you finish installing opera, you'll see a browser that looks like this. To enable the VPN, let's click on these setting icon in the top right -hand corner. 

When you scroll down a little bit, you'll see a button that allows you to enable VPN in settings Let's click on that. 

This opens a prompt warning us that this may affects your connection speed let's click on I understand' and right here you'll see a toggle to either enable or disable the VPN.

Once you enable it, you can now type in a website address, and this will use the VPN. Right up here in the address field, you'll see an icon that says VPN and it'll be blue, indicating that its currently active. 

If you click on this, you can confirm that is active. you can also see how much data has been transferred through the VPN, and down at the very bottom, you can also chose your VPN server location. 

In the top right-hand corner, you can click on this settings gear, and this will once again bring you back to the VPN settings. Opera also offers a pro vision that gives you access to even more servers. 

Now you might be thinking how could they possibly offer this for free? there is a cost involved in first off making a browser and then Laos offering free VPN. 

Well, most browsers make money off search engine agreements, so whenever people launch browsers, there's a default engine set and search engine companies pay a significant amount of money for that traffic. 

So boy adding this feature into opera, it makes the browers more attractive, so you get more people using it, and the more people who use it, the more money they can make off these search engine agreements. 

Interestingly, some other browsers are also looking at adding free VPN. for example, Microsoft recently posted a support article that shows you how to turn on VPN within the Edge browser. 

It's not available yet, but when it is, they're going to give you 1 gigabyte of data per month. Now, overall, having it built into your web browsers a pretty nice option, since that's where you tend to spend most of your time online, but once again, it requires that you change your default browser. 

So if, you're already using Opera or you're already using Edge, this may be a good option, but if you're not, there are some other options that may be better. 

2. PSIPHON PRO

We have the App Psiphon. 

And this was originally developed in the Citizen lab at University of Toronto. Its main goal is to help you get around internet censorship. On the website, click on get Psiphon and you can install it on pretty much any major platform. 

I'll select the one for windows. 

The neat thing on windows is it'll download an EXE, but when you click on it, it'll simply run it and it doesn't install anything on your computer, so it's very lightweight. 

Once you launch the app, it'll automatically connect to one of their servers. You'll also see  a pop-up browser window with ads on it, so this is one of the ways that they monetise their traffic, but once you close that out, you'll no longer see any ads. 

Down below you can choose a server and you can choose any Ione of these servers for free,. Now one thing you might notice when you use Psiphon is the speeds are somewhat limited and it tends  to just crawl along. 

Over on the left-hand side, they have something called PSICAHS and that allows you to unlock faster speeds. And that's another way that they monetise their app, but as long as you're ok with somewhat limited speeds, this is a very good option that you can use entirely for free.  

3. PROTON VPN

 We have one of My favourite free VPN providers, it's proton VPN. 

This is owned by a Switzerland based company proton technologies AG. You might have heard of them before it's the same company behind protonMail, a very popular end-to -end encrypted email service. 

On their website, you'll see the free plan alongside several premium Piad plans. So why do they offer a free plan and how do they make money on it? Well it's kind of like a sales funnel. 

Their belief is that some percentage of users who sign up for a free plan will then go on and purchase a premium plan. Once you sign up, over on the left -hand side, you can click on downloads, and you can download their VPN on pretty much all f the major platforms. 

Once you finish downloading, you'll see an interface that looks like this. Over here you can choose the servers that you want to connect to. also, you'll see that there's quite a bit functionality here, but when you click on a lot of it, you'll be reminded that there are premium options available. 

Now out of all of the different free VPN services, this is one of mu favourites. They're one of the different free VPN services, this is one of my favourites. 

They're one of the most generous where you get unlimited data, but once again you'll be reminded that there are premium features that you could be taking advantage of. 

4. PRIVADOVPN

We have PrivadoVPN. I guess a play on private.

This is another Switzerland based company. I guess Switzerland just has really solid privacy laws that attract companies like this. PrivadoVPN is a relatively young company. 

They started in 2019, but they have a very nice free offering. On their website, you can click on get Privadi and here this will show you all the different plans. Similar to Proton VPN, the hope here is that some number of people who chose the free lan will ned up upgrading and go with the premium plans. 

Once you sign up, you can then download the VPN on any of the major platforms. Just like with Proton and some of the  other options that we have looked at. Once you launch the app, you can connect to the VPN and here you can choose what server you what to connect to. 

For free you get 12 different servers. Now all-in-all, this a pretty good option. You get 10 gigabytes of data per month. So compare proton, you dont get quote as much data transfer and you also can only connect up to 12 servers, so it's a little bit more limited. 

But what I do like, though is for those 10 gigabytes, you get the speed of the premium service and this brings un to. 

5. HOTSPOT SHIELD VPN

This is the last free VPN service that we're looking at today and it's Hotspostshield. This is owned by a Boston based company called aura. When you land on their home page, up on the top navigation ar, click on pricing and here you'll see the free plan along side their premium plans, and here too, the hope is that some users will decide to upgrade to premium. 

Once you finish downloading and installing you'll see an interface that looks like this. Now with this app. This is probably you only get 500 megabytes of data per day, which works out to 15 gigabytes per month. 

But I don't like the daily restriction. You also only get speeds up to two megabits per second, and especially if you're trying to streamy content, that's just not very much. And worst of all, you can only connect to one server, so it tends to be the server that's closest to you. 

So it tends to be the servers that's closest to you so if you're say trying to watch Netflix connect in another market, you won't be able to do that. 

But all-in-all, if you just want to browser the web and get some of those privacy benefits, this is an ok option. 

All right well that was a quick look at some of my favourite free VPN providers.