Reviews

Okay, when I first heard this movie was announced, I was on edge. I always thought Kung Fu Panda 3 was the perfect ending to Po's story (so much that I hated the Netflix series The Dragon Knight for undoing everything he did and even butchering his character and feats), but after seeing this, I like this, although the movie has many flaws that keep it from being in line with some of Dreamworks' best animated films.

In this film, Po (voiced by Jack Black) is still doing his job as Dragon Warrior, however, Master Shifu (voiced by Dustin Hoffman) is now wanting the panda to choose a successor, as he is now taking on the role of spiritual leader of the Valley of Peace. However, after hearing reports that Tai Lung has returned, he turns to Zhen (voiced by Awkwafina), a fox thief he has busted stealing from the Hall of Heroes, who tells him about The Chameleon (voiced by Viola Davis), a sorceress who can shapeshift, and the two decide to go to Juniper City to stop her plot that occurs once the Blood Moon rises. Also, Ping (voiced by James Hong) and Li (voiced by Bryan Cranston) decide to give chase, worried about their son (and to make it clear for those who never saw the last three movies, Li is Po's birth father, while Ping is Po's adopted father).

This movie has a good plot, and it is a mix of voice actors, Awkwafina, whom people will know as the voice of many characters, including Sisu in Raya and the Last Dragon and. Ms. Tarantula in The Bad Guys) does a good job voicing Zhen, and they even bring back Tai Lung, General Kai, and Lord Shen.

However, there are some nitpicks I have to make that made me rate this a 7. The Chameleon I felt was not a memorable villain, as her motive is weak and I felt the scenes with Ping and Li are pointless and serve as nothing more than to pad out the runtime. But other than those nitpicks, I think this is a good movie, with plenty of action and comedy.

Taking place in the Greensboro Colliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, the 2024 edition of All Elite Wrestling's Revolution pay-per-view is an amazing romp that shows despite the promotion's flaws, it knows how to keep fans entertained, as it would be the event where Sting would have his retirement match.

Starting with a TNT Championship match between Daniel Garcia and Christain Cage, the matches kept me on the edge of my seat (like the match between Daniel Bryanson and Eddie Kingston, and the eight man scramble Battle Royale), but the main event is where it's at, as this is where Sting's retirement match is, as he and Darby Allin defend the AEW World Tag Team Championships in a tornado tag team match against The Young Bucks, Matthew and Nicholas Jackson. This is where AEW pulled all the stops, as other than the Nature Boy himself, Ric Flair, being at rinside, the company also invited Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, another 1980's wrestling legend that has fought Sting, to be the special guest timekeeper for the match, and giving Sting a special entrance for this final match, having a short movie displaying some of his greatest moments (even showing some NWA/WCW moments and photos, which I thought would be impossible due to WWE owning the company) and Sting entering to his 80's entrance music with his two sons joining dressed as Surfer Sting and Wolfpac Sting (a.k.a. Red Makeup Sting). Now this what sets All Elite Wrestling apart from World Wrestling Entertainment, as while it also has its setbacks and controversies, like the C. M. Punk debacle, AEW treats legends with respect, and here, Sting is given the respect he never got during his short WWE run. This is a PPV that is worth watching if you are a Sting fan, and having seen him since 1990's WCW, all I can say is Thank You, Sting.

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island is a reunion movie that is a lot better than Rescue from Gilligan's Island, and was actually planned as a pilot for a new series, but sadly, network rescheduling put the movie in direct competition with Mork and Mindy, which was a hit show at the time.

Set after the events of Rescue, the castaways are marooned on the island again, only this time, the tsunami has wrecked all the underground springs, resulting in the water being salt water, unsafe for drinking. At this point, everyone is angry at Gilligan, whose bumbling caused all this, but after finds an old WWII plane, the castaways use it to escape, only for Gilligan to decide to jump off. However, the crew is actually thankful, as his bumbling actually saved them, and after finding him, they are soon found by the coast guard, who saw their plane. As a result, the island is soon charted, and the Howes decide to build a resort on the island, leading to the second part, as well as the pilot, as the castaways, now employees of the resort, help solve problems.

Yeah, I can see why this deserves a lot more respect, as this is a major improvement over Rescue. The first half is the usual we see in the series, only here, Gilligan's bumbling actually saves the castaways. The second half is a neat attempt to pitch a new show that mixes elements from Love Boat and Fantasy Island, and even getting the likes of Tom Bosely, who is best known as Howard Cunningham in Happy Days, and Marcia Wallace, who back then, was know for being The Bob Newheart Show, and later on, would be known as the voice of Edna Krabapple in The Simpsons) to play roles in it.

Taking place in the Kiel Center is St. Louis, Missouri, the May 24, 1999 edition of of WWF Raw Is War (known nowadays as WWE Raw) is an emotional one, as it is on the day after the infamous WWF Over The Edge PPV of that year, in which during the show, Owen Hart tragically lost his life while doing an entrance as his Blue Blazer gimmick, where the harness he was attached to malfunctioned, causing him to drop 78 feet. It was a sad tragedy, and one that would get the wrestling promotion backlash for how they handled it and even sued by Own Hart's wife, Martha.

Opening with a ten-bell salute for Owen, we can see how this will be a sad night, as even some of the wrestlers are crying. Throughout the two hours, while there is wrestling (as the show must go on, although it is said Vince did ask the wrestlers, or superstars, as they are called, whether they wanted to wrestle a match or not), we would also get spots before and after commercials where wrestlers like Mick Foley (who wrestled in WWF/WWE during the time as the character of Mankind), Bradshaw, and one of the best being Mark Henry writing and telling a poem about Owen.

For the wrestling we do get, start with a match between Jeff Jarrett and Test, the matches ensure that they honor with Owen (with Jeff, who was Owen's former tag team partner, even doing the Sharpshooter submission hold to win his match). While nowadays, this can be seen as "damage control" after Vince and the WWE got sued, but it is nice to see the superstars actually care about their fallen comrade.

Masters of the Universe: Revolution is the sequel to the controversial Masters of the Universe: Revelation, a series that has become infamous for angering fans due to the trailer being a bait-and-switch, and how it was done. However, seeing this sequel series, it feels like Kevin Smith and company actually listened to the fan complaints, and tried their best to fix things.

Set after the events of Revelation Part 2, He-Man and the Masters launch a successful campaign to save the souls of two fallen Masters from the collection of Scare Glow, ruler of Subternia. However, things take a sharp turn when King Randor has an organ failure and is about to pass away, immediately thrusting him to inherit the throne, but needing to give up the powers. This is made worst when Skeletor returns as Skeletek, having been modified into a cyborg by Mother Board's virus to lead her cult of technology-worshipping cultists against the Masters, who use magic, to infect Eternia with said virus, a plot orchestrated by none other than Hordak, the leader of the Evil Horde and Skeletor's former master.

As I have said, Revolution seems to have fixed a lot of the problems and controversies Revelation has. One of them is making sure Prince Adam / He-Man has more screen time (as the first part of Revelation got a lot of fan backlash for how the first episode was done, and how he was absent until Part 1's final episode). Basically, the story has Adam experiencing tough times as he is forced to become king of Eternia in his father's passing, a story I feel is a lot better than what Revelations had. Also, Revolution goes as far as to delve into more of the characters' past.

For the characters, we get a mix of returning and new. Skeletor/Skeletek is back, still voiced by Mark Hamill, but the true villain is Hordak, the leader of the Horde, voiced here by Keith David (who is best known as the voice of Goliath in Disney's Gargoyles), who does a good job playing the villain who is mostly known for being She-Ra's enemy (and before anyone asks, She-Ra is not in this, possibly due to rights issues, as Dreamworks is said to own the rights to make TV shows about her). And they even have Keldor in this, voiced by William Shattner. As for other character, they bring in more obscure characters who never appeared in the original cartoon, like Rio Blast and Snout Spout, but the biggest suprise to be in this is the appearance of Gwildor, the replacement of Orko for the 1987 Masters of the Universe movie that is a cult classic, but was a box office bomb, and even making the movie's events canon.

With iconic voice acting and a good story, Revolution is a major imrpovement over Revelation, and it makes it interested to see if they keep this up in future seasons.

Mayhem in The Multiverse is a cheesy movie that is yet another crossover between Teen Titans Go! And DC Super Hero Girls 2019, while also serving as a finale to the latter show, tying up all the loose ends.

In the movie, it starts with the Teen Titans setting up a television set they found in the trash, and when they turned it on, Control Freak appears to tell them that they are in a Super Hero Team Crossover Event, which the Titans groan about, as Robin says it's for lame shows to latch onto cooler shows to boost popularity (which is pretty ironic, as Teen Titans Go has done crossovers in their show, be it with Scooby-Doo, a DTV movie with the original Teen Titans cartoon, or even Beetlejuie and Freakazoid). However, before the five can get some silly shenanigans in, it cuts to DCSHG2019, where in the middle of a fight with the Super Villain Girls, the villain side disappears, putting the girls in a mystery that will be the ultimate test to their friendship as Lex Luthor assembles the villains to form the Legion of Doom with an amulet that he plans to use to rid the world of all superheroes.

Okay, despite the title, the movie is not a crossover at all. While yes, the Teen Titans Go do appear in this, they do not do much, and are only with the DC Super Hero Girls for one scene, and that's all we get for the crossover part. Other than that, they only appear in the beginning and end. And seeing how this was originally going to be just the DC Super Hero Girls (as the movie serves as the series finale), I have to think the TTG segments and branding were shoehorned into this by WB executives in an attempt to add a cheap sales boost for this movie, which is mostly just the DC Super Hero Girls in action.

But it has a good story, nonetheless. The movie feels like a good finale to DC Super Hero Girls 2019, tying up all the loose ends from Season 2 that was still needed to be answered, has some good action and morals, and tells a good story fitting for an ending. As I said, the Teen Titans Go segments feel more like last minute additions other than the one scene both sides meet in to help boost sales, it is an okay movie.

Taking place in the AllState Arena in Chicago, WWE Survivor Series WarGames is the 37th annual running of the Survivor Series name, the second-longest running PPV under World Wrestling Entertainment's belt, and as the name implies, along with the intro that play to the tune of "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath, this brings the WarGames match, which was added back in the 2022 Survivor Series, and was a staple of World Championship Wrestling.

And at the start, the Women's WarGames match is the first match of the night, as Bianca Belair leads the team of Shotzi, Charlotte Flair, and Becky Lynch going up against Damage Cntrl (Asuka, Bayley, Iyo Sky, and Kairi Sane) in a good match, as it has weapons used, like kendo sticks, steel chairs, trash cans, and even Bianca using her braids as if they were bullwhips, and Iyo Sky bringing up a trash can with a steel chain while on top the cage, then putting said trash can over her head to do a high-risk dive. This is easily the best match, as it shows crazy ideas.

In between the two war games are a total of three singles matches, two of them being matches for championships, but before that, we see various superstars and divas do a skit where they eat Ruffles (who is sponsoring the WarGames match) and getting into arguements over whether they are chips or crisps, which is a dumb gimmick that was done to promote the chips (and here, I thought WWE wanted kids to not each too much junk food).

So, after the singles matches, which includes "The Ring General" Gunther going up against The Miz for the WWE Interontinential Championship, as well as an exhibition match between Dragon Lee and Santos Escabar (the latter having turned heel and betrayed Rey Mysterio, with each three being good matches, but the main event is the Men's WarGames, where Drew McIntyre teams up with The Judgement Day (Damian Priest, Finn Balor, Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh) going up against the team of Cody Rhodes, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn, Seth Rollins, and Randy Orton, the fifth man making his return to WWE in-ring action. This needs to another great WarGames match, as not only did Randy Orton and give a crazy finish by RKOing JD, who was flung off the top of the cage, but at the end, another suprise return is seen, as CM Punk makes a suprise return near the end of the PPV. It's an okay PPV, but sadly, the pacing by showing past events that led up to the matches and that Ruffles skit weigh it down.