Luke Cage is back and boys and girls I have looked forward to his return. I have not been disappointed. Okay is it perfect, no but showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker created more than just a super-hero show. Season 3 deals with family, revenge, justice, accepting who you are and relationships.
Luke Cage (Mike Colter) is back and coming to accept that his role as the protector the streets of Harlem. Those streets are about to get crowded as John ‘Bushmaster’ Mclver (Mustafa Shakir)comes to get revenge on Mariah Dillard (Alfre Woodard). Many years ago the Stokes, Mariah Dillard’s maiden name, took what belong to both the Stokes and Mclver, Bushmaster Rum. Bushmaster seeks revenge and plans to make Mariah Stokes pay for what her family has done.
That folks is the A story but season 2 of Luke Cage has so many other layers. Mercedes “Misty” Knight(Simone Missick) struggles with the loss of her arm and being back on the force. Rosario Dawson returns as Claire Temple and her relationship with Luke is tested. Luke feels the weight of Harlem on his shoulders and that slowly begins to chip away his and Claire’s relationship. Theo Rossi once again plays Hernan “Shades” Alvarez a character that you hate but love to see on the screen.
Introduced in Season 2 are Gabrielle Dennis as Tilda Johnson daugther of Mariah Dillard (Alfre Woodard). In what I consider one of the best scenes in the series is Mariah tells Tilda about her real father. Alfre Woodard gives a amazing performance here. Tilda plays well off Alfre and you can feel both their pain. Also we are introduced to Mustafa Shakir as Bushmaster. I very capable match for Luke Cage and a very good job from Mustafa Shakir. Also the show has the final performance of Reg E. Cathey. If you don’t know the name you will know his face. Reg give a very heartfelt and touching performance as Luke’s father.
Okay so the above was my attempted at being a reviewer. That was ewwww. Now this is really my review.
I love Season 2 of Luke Cage. I will be honest. I read some other reviews to try and make this article a well written review. But dam they are all over the place. Some critics loved it. Other thought it was poop. Well folks my advice is just watch it. Make up your own minds but damn give this a view. Don’t binge it, well I don’t recommend it. Take you time. Savior it, ingest it and drink it in slowly. There are performances that need to not be rushed through. Lines of dialogue that you will not remember because you need to see it all in one sitting. Mike Colter leads a great cast of actors.
Jessica Henwick(Collen Wing) shows up and her and Misty have some kicking ass fun in a bar. Cool as shit.
Buy far Luke Cage is my favorite superhero series on TV right now. Oh shit the music. Once again the music for the show is brilliant. I enjoyed all of it. Some of the rap lyrics was a little raw but hey I am a fat middle age white guy. But I did Shazam a few of those songs.
I could go on and on about different aspects of the series but shit that be a long ass read. So finally, yeah I know to long a article, but pull up a chair on Friday. You will enjoy Season 2 and if not, talk to the hand.
On the heels of their six-time Academy Award®-winning smash, La La Land, Oscar®-winning director Damien Chazelle and star Ryan Gosling reteam for Universal Pictures’ First Man, the riveting story of NASA’s mission to land a man on the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the years 1961-1969. A visceral, first-person account, based on the book by James R. Hansen, the movie will explore the sacrifices and the cost—on Armstrong and on the nation—of one of the most dangerous missions in history.
Written by Academy Award® winner Josh Singer (Spotlight), the drama is produced by Wyck Godfrey & Marty Bowen (The Twilight Saga, The Fault in Our Stars) through their Temple Hill Entertainment banner, alongside Chazelle and Gosling. Isaac Klausner (The Fault in Our Stars) executive produces. DreamWorks Pictures co-finances the film.
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Savages: When a Mexican drug cartel tries to take over their California pot business and kidnaps their shared girlfriend, Ben and Chon risk all to fight back. Sense and Sensibility: Facing poverty after their father’s death, three sisters are obliged to rely on the generosity of others in this adaptation of the Jane Austen novel. Stealth: A computer-controlled fighter jet designed to study human pilots begins to develop its own ideas and runs dangerously amok through unfriendly skies. W1A: Season 3: The new Head of Values at the BBC deals with redefining the company’s purpose, events like the arrival of Prince Charles and issues with new programs. Welcome to Monster High: The Origin Story: Dracula’s daughter Draculaura sets out to create a new kind of school where monsters of all kinds can be themselves and have a scary good time.
Avail 6/3
The Break with Michelle Wolf – Weekly Episodes Every Sunday – Netflix Original: Nobody’s safe as Michelle Wolf unapologetically takes aim in this weekly topical show that blends sketches with live comedy and in-studio guests. Lady Bird :In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
Avail 6/5
Delirium: A man with a history of mental issues moves into his late parents’ mansion and comes to suspect his new home may be haunted.
Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok:Thor is imprisoned on the planet Sakaar, and must race against time to return to Asgard and stop Ragnarök, the destruction of his world, at the hands of the powerful and ruthless villain Hela. Mr. D: Season 7: Follows a teacher juggling through being a teacher and dealing with his students while trying to maintain his not so cool lifestyle.
Avail 6/8
Alex Strangelove – Netflix Film: High school senior Alex Truelove is on a mission to lose his virginity, much to the excitement of his patient girlfriend and rowdy friend Ali’s Wedding – Netflix Film: After telling a white lie that spins out of control, the son of an Iraqi-born cleric in Melbourne becomes torn between family duty and his own heart. All I See Is You: A blind woman’s relationship with her husband changes when she regains her sight and discovers disturbing details about themselves. The Hollow – Netflix Original:Three teens join forces to find a way home after waking up in a strange realm filled with magic portals, perplexing puzzles and vicious beasts. Marcella: Season 2 –Netflix Original: As Marcella gets to the root of her blackouts via hypnotherapy, her son becomes entangled in a police search for a child killer with an unusual M.O. Sense8: The Series Finale – Netflix Original:In the sweeping series finale, passions run high as the Sensates and their closest allies fight to save the cluster and stop their enemies for good. The Staircase – Netflix Original:This documentary series offers a revealing inside look at the high-profile murder case of author Michael Peterson, accused of killing his wife in 2001. Treehouse Detectives – Netflix Original: What happened to the snowman? Where did all the caterpillars go? A brother and sister bear detective team solves all their neighborhood’s mysteries.
Avail 6/11
Lights Out: When a terrifying force arises from her family’s past, a woman must protect her young step brother from a spirit that kills its victims in the dark The Shallows: After being bitten by a great white shark, a young surfer is stranded on a rock close to shore and must outwit the predator that stalks nearby.
Avail 6/12
Champions – Netflix Original: Years after impregnating his girlfriend, washed-up jock Vince meets his eccentric son Michael and learns about fatherhood, one show tune at a time.
Avail 6/14
Marlon – Netflix Original: An internet superstar with an big personality, Marlon is challenged in the maturity department. But what he lacks in judgment is made up for in heart.
Avail 6/15
Lust Stories – Netflix Film: From strained marriages to sexual hiccups: four stories of love, lust, sex and desires — some illicit, some unrequited. Maktub – Netflix Film: After surviving a bomb attack, two low-level mobsters in Jerusalem change their ways and set about making supplicants’ Wailing Wall prayers come true. The Ranch: Part 5 – Netflix Original: The Bennett boys face a hitch in their plan to buy the Peterson ranch. Meanwhile, Beau tries to take it easy after his hospital stay. Set It Up – Netflix Film: Two overworked and underpaid assistants concoct a plan to get their insufferable bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other. Sunday’s Illness – Netflix Film: A 35-year absence. A 10-day reunion. One agonizing request. Some wounds need more than time to heal. Voltron: Legendary Defender: Season 6 – Netflix Original: As the lines between darkness and light continue to blur, shocking revelations and power struggles send Voltron hurtling toward another epic showdown.
Avail 6/16
Nostalgia:A mosaic of stories about love and loss, exploring our relationship to the objects, artifacts, and memories that shape our lives.
Avail 6/17
Club de Cuervos presenta: La balada de Hugo Sánchez – Netflix Original: Chava Iglesias’s doting personal assistant Hugo Sánchez is tasked with leading Club de Cuervos to victory in Nicaragua — if only his mom will let him.
Avail 6/18
Unsolved: Tupac & Biggie – Netflix Original: This scripted true crime series chronicles the two major police investigations into the murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls. Avail 6/19
Kim’s Convenience: Season 2: While running a convenience store in Toronto, members of a Korean-Canadian family deal with customers, each other and the evolve world around them. Hannah Gadsby: Nanette – Netflix Original: Australian comic Hannah Gadsby rejects standard stand-up by pairing punchlines with personal revelations on gender, sexuality and childhood turmoil. Avail 6/22
Brain on Fire – Netflix Film: Struck by a mysterious, mentally devastating illness, a young reporter searches for answers while battling psychosis, catatonia and memory loss. Cooking on High – Netflix Original: In the first-ever competitive cannabis cooking show, two chefs prepare mouth watering marijuana-infused dishes for a panel of very chill celeb judges. Derren Brown: Miracle – Netflix Original: After years of skepticism, he’s mastered the art of magical thinking. Can he convince a live audience to do the same? Desolation: Along with her son and best friend, a grieving widow hikes into the woods to scatter her late husband’s ashes, only to discover they’re being stalked. Kaleidoscope: A quiet ex-con’s tenuous grip on reality starts to slip when his manipulative mother brings out a part of him he hoped to leave behind. Marvel’s Luke Cage: Season 2 – Netflix Original: As his popularity soars, Luke Cage finds his world suddenly upended by a mysterious newcomer with astonishing powers — and sinister plans for Harlem. Starbuck: A fortysomething slacker’s life is turned upside down when he learns that his many sperm donations have resulted in more than 500 children.
Avail 6/24
To Each, Her Own (Les Goûts et les couleurs) – Netflix Film: Just as Simone works up the courage to tell her conservative Jewish family she’s a lesbian, she finds herself attracted to a male Senegalese chef. The Last Laugh:World famous comedians including Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, and Gilbert Gottfried pitch in with their own views on the boundaries of comedy.
Avail 6/26
Ghostbusters: Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat. Secret City – Netflix Original: To expose a government’s brazen deceit, one dedicated journalist will risk her career — and her life.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Rey developed her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares for battle with the First Order W. Kamau Bell: Private School Negro – Netflix Original: Activist and comedian W. Kamau Bell muses on parenting in the Trump era, “free speech” dustups, woke children’s TV and his fear of going off the grid.
Avail 6/29 Bullet Head: Three career criminals find themselves trapped in a warehouse with the law closing in and an even worse threat waiting inside – a nigh unstoppable killer dog. Churchill’s Secret Agents: The New Recruits – Netflix Original:Based on true events, this series delves deep into the top-secret recruiting and training of Britain’s SOE program during World War II.
GLOW: Season 2– Netflix Original: Armed with leotards, leg warmers and plenty of lipstick, the women of GLOW return with style. The season returns for a second round. Harvey Street Kids– Netflix Original: Join three fierce best friends for a whirlwind of fun and adventures in this animated series set in a special place ruled by kids. Kiss Me First– Netflix Original: A lonely young woman hooked on a virtual reality game befriends a party girl who leads her into a world of new thrills and dark secrets. La Forêt– Netflix Original: When a teen girl disappears from a village near the Ardennes Forest, local police and a concerned teacher begin to uncover a web of unsettling secrets. Nailed It!: Season 2– Netflix Original: Everyone’s favorite amateur baking show is back with an all-new season of epic failures and a star-studded cast of culinary guests. Paquita Salas: Season 2– Netflix Original: One of Spain’s best talent agents in the ‘90s, Paquita now finds herself searching desperately for new stars after suddenly losing her biggest client. Recovery Boys– Netflix Original: In the heart of America’s opioid epidemic, four men attempt to reinvent their lives and mend broken relationships after years of drug abuse. TAU – Netflix Film: Kidnapped by an inventor who uses her as a test subject to perfect his robotic AI, a street-smart young woman tries to escape her high-tech prison. Avail 6/30
Fate/EXTRA Last Encore: Oblitus Copernican Theory– Netflix Original: Hakuno Kishinami finds himself in the midst of a Holy Grail war with no memories of how he got there. Through his confusion, he must fight to survive. Suburbicon: As a 1950s suburban community self-destructs, a home invasion has sinister consequences for one seemingly normal family. Last Call – Titles that will be rotating off the service in June 2018.
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Well back in the comic shop Scott and I get back to into the grove. We also get a little silly. We jump all over the place this show but give you the news that you have come to expect. That is right hard hitting news from to old fart. Scott also introduces a new segment, I’m Still Standing. Instead of who died Scott tells the people celebrating 65 and older.
DESTINATION WEDDING reunites two of Hollywood’s most adored stars, Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder, as the socially awkward Frank and Lindsay.
When they meet on their way to a destination wedding, they soon discover they have a lot in common: they both hate the bride, the groom, the wedding, themselves, and most especially each other. As the weekend’s events continually force them together – and their cheerlessness immediately isolates them from the other guests – Frank and Lindsay find that if you verbally spar with someone long enough, anything can happen. When debate gives way to desire, they must decide which is stronger: their hearts or their common sense.
At this year’s Calgary Expo 2018 we got a chance to meet up with Giovanni Smith and Mike Gaughran of Sinopia Comics. Sinopia Comics is an donation-based publishing company that fans can read the books for free and then if you enjoy the books you can make a donation. The books available now are Days of Dark Fire Issues 1,2 and 3. I hope you enjoy the interview and click on the link at the side of the home page to check out their books.
The guy with the microphone needs to work on his interviewing skills.
“Can one man save a community? And in his struggle to do so, will he find himself consumed by the very darkness he is fighting against? As a new VILLAIN rises, and a QUEEN takes the throne in HARLEM, cracks begin to form in the once unbreakable HERO…”
Marvel’s Luke Cage
The bullet proof man, Luke Cage(Mike Colter)is back and protecting Harlem. Claire Temple (Rosario Dawson), also returns and appears to be acting as an conscience for Luke in this season. Misty Knight (Simone Missick) is back also with prosthetic arm that she has in the comics. I wonder if any mention that she gets her new arm from Tony Stark???? Mariah (Alfre Woodard) is clearly up to no good once again and tiring to gain more control of Harlem. The premiere episode of the second season is directed by Lucy Liu.
Season 2 of Netflix’s Luke Cage will be hitting your TV screen June 22.
