Captain America: Civil War (2016) - #Movie #Review

The epic battle between two great heroes!

Ok, so I have been a huge fan of the MCU since the beginning... And well, technically before the MCU became the, 'Marvel Cinematic Universe', what with Eric Bana (Star Trek) was the, 'Hulk' and when Fox was still the main front runner producing movies based on Marvel heroes! 

With that said though, I have to admit that I was pretty disappointed with, Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015)... I saw it again recently and have to say that I am pretty pleased with it now, but back then it was pretty disappointing, but since, 'Ultron', I have to say that the movies just seem to be getting better and better again! 

This one does take some getting used to.

What I mean by this is that, Ant-Man (2015) was a return to classic form for the individual heroes, and besides being absolutely hilarious, is actually a pretty awesome film! And the next movie, and the reason for this review: Captain America: Civil War (2016) Is freaking amazing! 

Definitely ranks up there as one of the best of the MCU!

Written by: Christopher Markus (Captain America: The First Avenger), Stephen McFeely (Captain America: Winter Soldier) & Directed by: Anthony Russo (You, Me And Dupree), Joe Russo (Community). Starring: Chris Evans (Avengers: Age Of Ultron), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Scarlett Johansson (Lucy), Sebastian Stan (I'm Not Here), Anthony Mackie (Million Dollar Baby), Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanada) & Tom Holland (Locke). 

"Ok, Anybody on our side hiding any shocking, or fantastic abilities they'd like to disclose, I'm open to suggestions." - Iron Man/Tony Stark (A quote from the movie: Captain America: Civil War.) 

Ok, so first off what I am going to say, that I really enjoyed about this movie is the acting in this movie... I mean at this point, all of these guys have been at one time or another working together for the last 4 years, and you could tell how hard it was for them to have to split down the middle! 

Iron Man, Cap... Say it ain't so...

The next thing that I wanted to say that I really liked about this movie is the special FX, I mean it goes without saying that these movies have great special effects, but wholly cow! 

And then finally the story... This story is pretty awesome! What I mean by that is the fact that this story tells of how after a particularly disastrous mission, the worlds governments have decided to make the heroes register and come under the control of a world body (Basically like, 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' was before Hydra...) 

The disaster!

Anyway, this has the team divided on rather or not to actually sign them... 

At the signing accords, a ton of the worlds leaders are in attendance, when a bomb explodes disrupting the ceremony, and killing the Wakandan King!  It appears that the Winter Soldier (Played by: Sebastian Stan) came out of hiding, to do this... Or did he? 

Is Bucky still Bucky? Or is the, 'Winter Soldier' back? 

And now with the world on his tail, and some of the Avengers going after him as well, Bucky Barnes/Winter Solider will rely more on his old friend Captain America (Played by: Chris Evans) to not just protect him, but to also help him uncover who actually did it! 

And in doing so, may tear the team apart forever! 

Is this the end?

Great story right? Well the one thing I am going to say that I don't really like about this movie is that you can tell in the edges of the movie that the crew is starting to get a little lazy... (Watch Chris Evans closely and you will notice that at one point he has a slight gut, and is not muscular... And then it cuts immediately to him being ripped...) 

In the end though, this movie is pretty awesome and well worth watching! 

Comic Book Of The Half: Marvel Zombies #1

Marvel Zombies is a great comic and this one is worth
being the, 'Comic Book Of The Half'!

That's right folks, I am going to have to say that I rather enjoy this series quite a bit, I haven't read the entire series, but this first one set up a fantastic Marvel horror series, with all of your favorite heroes as Zombies! 

So if you want to check out a Marvel comic that could be said to be like, 'The Avengers' and, 'The Walking Dead', then this is definitely one to start off with! 

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Quicksilver... The Weird Movie Situation - #Marvel #Comics #Movies

Quicksilver in both the Marvel and Fox worlds... Yeah I know... 

 Ok, so I have to say that when I was a kid, one of my favorite characters in the comics was Quicksilver... Well I am gonna say that he was probably in my top 5, I mean that guy can really run! 

With that said, through out the years, I have found that I have enjoyed every iterations of him both in written form as well as in TV form, but when it came to the movie form for this character, Marvel and Fox did something that just pissed me off! 

Now hey, I get it, when it comes to the seeming feud between Marvel and Fox, they do seem to be acting like a bunch of toddlers when one takes their, 'binki' away... I mean it is not like instead of this ridiculous feud they have going on, they could just work together! I mean it's cool, you guys want to destroy iconic franchises like, 'Fantasic Four' for your idiotic feud, I get it... But the whole Quicksilver thing... I mean come on, really?  

This feud between Marvel & Fox... yeah I know... They are going to destroy some amazing franchises if they keep up with it!

Now what I mean by this is the fact Quicksilver appears in both Fox's MCU, and Marvel's MCU, both as different actors, etc... Way to destroy a character guys! 

What I mean by this is that in X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014) Quicksilver is played by: Evan Peters (The Lazarus Effect), and in Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015) Quicksilver is played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Godzilla), both apparently having appeared in the same movie, Kick-Ass (2010) and Marvel ends up killing Taylor-Johnson's version of the character! 

All I am saying is that if these two production companies could kiss and make up, they could make a mutual MCU that would literally be epic! 

For more information on these roles, please check out these clips from Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015) and X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014):

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Marvel Zombies #2 (2005) - #Comic #Review

Earth's mightiest heroes become earth's deadest heroes in this great alternative story line series!

So when I was a kid I got real heavily invested in reading both Marvel and DC comics of the era. These comics had a ton of both separate, as well as connected story lines that I am going to say were both fun as well as imaginative, and they gave me a nice bit of background to a lot of the comic book movies that have come out in the last 25 years or so!

With that said though, roughly since about the late 90s I kind of left the world of comics until recently... Since coming back to the world of comics I have not only discovered a whole plethora of comics to enjoy, but I have found one particular series that is not just AWESOME! But is very much a comic book series for the times, that comic book series being: Marvel Zombies!

The heroes we all know and love have become a part of the walking dead... I mean how cool is that!

I haven't had a chance to read to many of them yet, but I have read the first two so far, and this maybe strange to say, but as good as the first comic book was, the second one is so much better!

Imagine what the MCU would be if they ended up in a world similar to, 'The Walking Dead'... But with them as the walking dead! 

So far from what I can tell, the story in this series has to do with all of the heroes of that Earth being transformed in to Zombies with some semblance of intelligence, and the acceptance that they are the walking dead, and that they will continue to eat flesh... But what would a race of super-zombies do?

This comic, hell this series, rocks! 

Eat just about everything left on the Earth of course! so when these Zombies are scavenging for the last remnant of humanity and super powered entities, that is of course when Galactus comes to finish off the rest of them... Or maybe vice-versa, and the heroes will finish him off!

I have to admit that so far the only thing that I didn't like is the fact that the majority of the artwork for the Zombies seems to be only that they're lips have rotted away... With a few minor exceptions, that seems to be it!

Anyway, check this one out after you have read the first one, I think that you guys might really like it! 

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Marvel Zombies #1 (2005) - Comic Review

Alright, so I know it has been awhile since I have written another review... (It's been a busy ride,) but I am glad to be able to get back to writing these blogs/reviews... Because I hope you guys enjoy them as much as I enjoy writing them!

With that in mind I have a special treat for you guys, a marvel comic sub-series that I thought that not only would you guys enjoy, but I thought that with Halloween coming up, that this comic would be extremely appropriate and fun!

That comic book series of course being the, 'Marvel Zombie' series!

A fantastic series!

Now I don't fully know the full story on this series yet being that I have only read the first comic, but it does appear that just about all of the heroes that we have all come to love have become Zombies! (Think, 'The Avengers', 'Spider-Man' and all of the other classics from both the, 'MCU' and Fox's, 'Marvel Universe' if they were zombies!)

Anyway, in the beginning of the comic we see a Zombie Spider-Man, Hulk and A bunch of other Zombified super heroes as they are fighting what seems to be the last surviving mutant on Earth... You guessed... The last hero to survive the mutant holocaust, 'Magneto'!

Thor and the gang about to enjoy a meal, and, 'no' Magneto is not a guest at this meal!

Now the thing with these Zombie heroes is that although it is true that they are undead, they still have the ability to think and act as if they were alive, except that they are dead and have no, 'healing factor' anymore, and their powers seemed to have diminish...

But with Galactus's messenger arriving after the Zombie apocalypse, to try and prepare the planet for his arrival, maybe this Earth is doomed? Or is the Zombie apocalypse really over?

As for this comic, the truth is, is I am not giving it entirely all of the justice it deserves, I mean this comic is pretty brilliant, having started out in the comic book equivalent of a George A. Romero movie, to reading about some of the more hilarious side effects of what these new, 'Zombie Heroes' are up to because they are dead, the comic is just absolutely brilliant!

As a matter of fact, the only real problem that I have with this comic is the fact that it is to short! But if you are a comic fan, an MCU fan, or just a horror fan, or a fan of one of these combinations... Then this comic is one you should check out! I mean it is pretty awesome!
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Tales Of Suspense, Featuring: Iron Man (1963) - Comic Review

The original, 'Iron Man' comes to life ready to kick some butt!

This is something I have wanted to do for quite some time and am proud to be finally able to do so... That being, to be able to review and blog about comics! 

I mean considering the type of material that is available from all of the current and previous publishers out there... It just seemed like it would be a natural progression, ya know? 

Anyway, the first one that I thought that I would recommend is the first appearance of, 'Iron Man', with, 'Tales Of Suspense' #39 (1963) featuring the first appearance of, 'Iron Man'! 

The first appearance of, 'Iron Man'! 

Now before I go on, let me talk a little bit about the, 'Tales Of Suspense' comic itself... Tales Of Suspense was essentially a subset science fiction comic book series that was published by Marvel Comics from 1959 - 1968, and helped showcase such artists as: Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby, and also featured such heroes as: 'Captain America' and 'Iron Man'... To name a few! 

Now as for the story for the comic... Essentially it tells the story of millionaire playboy, 'Anthony Stark'... He is a genius inventor who has made all sorts of inventions for the U.S. Government and while in Vietnam he is showing the United States military one of his most recent inventions when he is captured by the Warlord, 'Wong-Chu'... 

Tony Stark as he is quickly moving to become, 'Iron Man'!

Now at this point, Tony Stark being wounded is offered the opportunity to save himself with Wong-Chu claiming he will save him if he creates weapons for the evil warlord. 

A huge mistake... Because just like in the movie, this gives Tony Stark the motivation he needs to become the iron guardian, 'Iron Man', and stop this master of disaster! 

In the end, this comic was a lot of fun, I mean I could see part of the reason for the success of the first Iron Man movie (considering how closely they followed the comic, (while giving it a modern spin...) 

Marvel stayed pretty true to the comic book version of the first, 'Iron Man Armor' while giving it that modern spin, don't ya think?

Also I found that I rather enjoyed the way this comic was written... What I mean by this is that this comic being written in the 50s totally had that 50s way of talking which made it a blast from the past! 

In the end, this comic is a blast from the past... But unless you are in to that sort of thing, this may not be for you... But try it... You might find that you actually like it! 

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Marvel: Future Fight (2015) - Video Game Review

Not one of the more interesting Marvel video games...

I am sure that if you are like me, you are in to the whole (MCU: Marvel Cinematic Universe,) having found almost everything Marvel to fucking rule! 

Now you got to understand that for me, it is rare when I find some piece of media that Marvel has created that I have taken a part of that I didn't truly freaking love! I have seen a large portion of the modern cartoons and movies as well as having enjoyed some of the pre-Iron Man 1 stuff as well as having read a ton of the comics also! 

So when there is something that I don't like... I have to say that it is a little disappointing... But it hasn't been un-heard of... 

And a great example of this is Marvel: Future Fight (2015)! 

Black Widow and Iron Man are just two of the laundry list of Marvel heroes you can play as... They are also the easiest to become... 

You see the game is a game that was developed by: Netmarble Games, and has you play as different characters from the Marvel Universe as you go through various levels in various stories... And each of these characters have the abilities that we have all grown up loving, and as you go through the level you get to grow your own team... Should be awesome right? 

Well the truth is, is felt like the levels after awhile all kind of bled together... I found it dumb when you end up fighting a mirror character of the person that you are playing as... Also, unless you have money, getting new characters takes (FOR-FUCKING-EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) 

Believe it or not... Iron Man & Black Widow are two of about 4 characters that the game allows you pretty easily to become...

But if you have the patience to go through all of this, then you might enjoy this game... And I will be honest and say that this game was fun... But in the end, it just got real dull for me pretty quick! 

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Lego To Bring, 'The Avengers' And 'Jurassic World' To The World Of Lego Video Games

The Avengers are about to be turned in to Lego form again for this falls Lego video game, 'Marvel's Avengers'! 

Jurassic World (2015) & Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015)... If you haven't heard of them yet... Well let me set your mind at ease... Both movies are the highly anticipated sequels to some of Hollywood's biggest franchises (i,e. Jurassic World, is the latest sequel in the, 'Jurassic Park' series, and Avengers: 'Age Of Ultron', is the sequel to the blockbuster 2012 movie, 'The Avengers'!)

But we here at Hellinspace have come to discover something kind of interesting... It turns out that LEGO is planning on releasing both, 'Jurassic World', and, 'Marvel's Avengers' lego video games... later this year!

Jurassic World maybe coming to the big screen soon, but the LEGO video game version won't be far on it';s tail!

That's right folks, according to: Gamesradar.

Jurassic World will be a lego form video game that will allow the player to play in a lego version of, 'Jurassic World', as well as all of it's predecessor movies (also in lego form)!

As for, 'The Avengers' this game it looks like thus far will be a family friendly re-creation of the original movie in all of it's true awesomeness!

Jurassic World is set to be released on: PC, PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo 3DS, and PS Vita, some time in June, and Marvel's Avenger is set for release some time this fall!

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Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014) - Movie Review

Official Score = 4 Devils

So far I have to say that I am pretty impressed with what Marvel has been doing in it's continuous creation of mega-box office smash hits from the comics that helped bring Marvel in to the world of popularity!

Let's take, The Avengers (2012), besides the fact that this movie is the culmination of a lot of the truly fantastic Marvel Super Hero franchises that have come out in the new millennium, (including: Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor & Captain America,) this movie has helped catapult these stars and their respective independent movie series in to the stratosphere!

And you know what? Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014) is another ultra successful notch in Marvel's prolific collection of mega hits!

The movie poster for: Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014).

Written by: Nicole Perlman (Thor), James Gunn (Dawn Of The Dead) & Directed by: James Gunn. Starring: Chris Pratt (Jurassic World), Zoe Saldana (Star Trek), Dave Bautista (Riddick), Vin Diesel (The Last Witch Hunter), Bradley Cooper (American Sniper), Michael Rooker (Slither), Karen Gillan (Doctor Who), Glenn Close (Mars Attacks!).

"Well he don't know talkin' good like me and you, so his vocabulistics is limited to "I" and "am" and "Groot," exclusively in that order."

- Rocket Raccoon (A quote from: Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014))

Now this awesome tale, tells the story of how an intergalactic thief, (and the only human traveling in outer space), Peter Quill (Chris Pratt steals a rare precious orb for a privateer who intends to sell it... The only thing is that, 'Ronan: The Accuser' (Lee Pace), who also happens to be working for a secret benefactor, (who has a dark desire to acquire it,) also is trying to get it as well!

During this time, Peter ends up being imprisoned with, 'Rocket Raccoon' (Bradley Cooper), Groot (Vin Diesel), (Both of whom had helped get Peter arrested on Nova Prime,) Gamora (Zoe Saldana) & Drax: The Destroyer (Dave Bautista)...  Initially they escape with the intention of selling the orb.

The Guardians Of The Galaxy... Their first mission... Escape from prison!

But when they find out what the orb is, and with the impending danger to the Nova Empire, they make themselves 'The Guardians Of The Galaxy', and decide to deliver the orb to the heart of the Nova Empire, and stop Ronan: The Accuser before he can deliver it to his master!

Now I will be honest and say that when I first heard of this movie I had not held out much hope for it... Don't get me wrong, I knew it would be good, I just didn't know how good! I mean everything about this movie was so well done, that I can totally see why this became one of the highest grossing movies of 2014!

Iron Man And Captain America: Heroes United (2014) - Movie Review

Official Score = 1 1/2 Devils 

At this point, who hasn't heard of, 'The Avengers'... I mean, 'Iron Man', 'Captain America', 'Hulk', 'Thor' and the rest at this point seem to be the hot ticket in movies these days! And the actors and actresses that play  them have become some of the most famous actors and actresses on the planet! But there is one side to the world of, 'The Avengers', that generally tends to be over looked, but is a shame that it is... That being the animated side!

The truth is, is I could give you a lot of great reasons why the animated version is so great... The reason why they are so great is the fact that how it is all put together, the voice over work, as well as the technical side in bringing the characters to life, as well as the story line is in my opinion is pretty close to being as good as the live action movies (that is if you are like me and are a fan of animation...)

The problem is, is that where as most of these types of animated movies are generally pretty fun... Iron Man And Captain America: Heroes United (2014)... Sadly is not one oft he better of the series...

Definitely not one of the better of the series...

Starring: Adrian Pasdar (Heroes), Roger Craig Smith (Sonic Boom), Fred Tatasciore (Ultimate Spider-Man), David Kaye (X-Men: Evolution), Clancy Brown (Highlander) & Liam O'Brien (Star Wars Rebels).

Now the truth is, is this story is pretty fun... You see in this story, Hydra leader, 'Red Skull' (Liam O'Brien) has hatched a plan along with his Hydra henchmen and, 'Task Master' (Clancy Brown) to kidnap Captain America (Roger Craig Smith) and to steal technology from Iron Man/Tony Stark (Adrian Pasdar), in an effort to build a race of super soldiers that are only loyal to Red Skull!

Captain America & Iron Man in an adventure all their own!

But after Captain America is kidnapped, it will be up to Iron Man (with some help from the, 'Hulk' (Fred Tatasciore)), to not just rescue Captain America, but to get the three of them working to stop Hydra and the Red Skull as well as Task Master before the bad guys can take over the world!

No... The story is not the problem... Is it the talent? No of course not!

You see just about everyone in this movie has been doing these roles for years, and brought the same level of brilliance to this movie that they have brought to the, 'Avengers' cartoons that they have been playing for years!

No what it is... It is the animation... I don't know why they decided to change the animation for the, 'Heroes United' series, but it sucks and is horribly distracting!

In the end though, if you can get past the bad animation... Well this movie is pretty well worth it then... Other wise, this movie may not be for you!

Marvel Vs. Capcom: Clash Of Superheroes (1999) - Video Game Review

Official Score = 3 Devils

One of the things that I thought would always be cool was the concept of a horror movie that crossed over one of the more famous horror movie villains with another in to one truly epic and fun movie... A great example of this is, Freddy Vs. Jason (2003)!

You see this movie saw the first and currently only genuine cross over between classic horror movie franchises, with the cross over between Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) (The main villain from the, 'A Nightmare On Elm Street Series') and Jason Voorhees, (The main villain from the, 'Friday The 13th movie series'...)

Now you might be wondering why I am mentioning this... Well it may have taken literally decades for the studios to get the clue that a cross over needs to be made, but back in the 90s, there were other such crossovers that were really beginning to take shape, and one of the front runners of this evolution was, 'Marvel' and the work they did crossing in to all sorts of frontiers (like TV & Video Games), and one such game that rocked was the cross over game, 'Marvel Vs. Capcom: Clash Of Superheroes' (1999)!

A classic!

Now in my opinion, the reason why this game (which had been developed by Capcom,) was so awesome was that it pit a lot of great characters from both the Marvel Universe, such as: Captain America, Hulk, Spider-Man & Venom (and that is just to name a few), against such epic characters from the Capcom universe as, 'Strider Hyru', (From the 'Strider' video game series), 'Mega Man' (from the series with the same name), and even, 'Ryu' (from Street Fighter)... And that is to name a few!

Ryu vs. Venom... Can I get a, HELL YA!

All of these awesome characters fought in a competitive fighting game that was similar to the style fought in most fighting games even today!  With this game being the first in a series of games, if you haven't had a chance to give it a try, I highly recommend giving this one a try, it is worth it!

X-Men Evolution: Season 1 - Episode 9: 'Survival Of The Fittest' (2001) - TV Episode

Official Score = 2 Devils

Well so far so good, as far as X-Men Evolution goes, I have to admit that even with the creative license that the creators of this series took with the original story, that this show is pretty awesome, and with the inclusion of some of the more  famous villains of the original series taking a more active role in the series, what can I say? I mean it is pretty awesome!

And this next episode brings another famous big bad that I personally was a fan of when I was a kid to the series, and that episode being: Episode 9: 'Survival Of The Fittest'!

Directed by: Gary Graham (Kung-Fu Panda 2), this episode basically, what happens is that both sides of these growing mutant armies have been sent to camp to learn survival skills and the like... During this time Mystique (Colleen Wheeler) decides to let Professor Xavier's extreme dangerous and unstable brother, 'Cain Marko/The Juggernaut' (Paul Dobson) have a little bit of fun!

Mystique has pretty much guaranteed that this time around, while the kids are away, the adults won't play!

In the end it will be up to the kids at camp to try and work together  this one time, before the monster that Mystique unleashed can really do something horrible!

The only real problem that I had with this episode... Where as it was cool to have seen Juggernaut getting some screen time, the episode just was not all that... It was fun, but when it was over with, well... That was that!

Now if you are watching this series from beginning to end, this one is a must, but if you are looking at getting introduced to it... This may not be the best episode for that!

The Five Captain Americas On The Big Screen

Every decade a certain type of movie ends up becoming a major long term movie series type... What I mean by this for example, is the slasher movie franchise... In the 1980s this type of movie series came in to it's own, and ever since, it has become one of the more famous type of horror movies of all time!

Another great example of this is the movies that have been released based on Marvel comics super heroes... Since the early part of the new millennium, Marvel's comic book heroes have been making a major splash in the movie world!

And so I thought that you guys would enjoy finding out the 5 Captain America's that have graced the world of the big screen!

At number 1: Dick Purcell.

This Captain America may not have his legendary shield, but he is still fighting for truth, justice & the American way! 

Dick Purcell (King Of The Zombies), starred as Captain America in 1944 when Republic Pictures decided to release a 15 chapter serial... And well, it maybe true that this version of, 'Captain America' may not have his signature shield, but he is still fighting for America as the ultimate patriot!

At number 2: Unknwon.

Binbasi Tayfun... A Turkish movie, with a real American hero!

Ok, now this one is an interesting one, you see, this one I hate to say it is an important one, the problem is, is that I couldn't find much on it, but in the 60s and 70s Turkey released a series of big screen Captain America movies, and this one being the first is quite important, the only thing is, is that I could not find out much on it!

At number 3: Aytekin Akkaya.

Apparently in this one, Captain America teams up with a Mexican wrestler to stop a psychotic Spider-Man!

Now this guy maybe the last to date of the Turkish Captain America's out there, but can you really go wrong with a Turkish Captain America teaming up with a Mexican wrestler to stop a psychotic Spider-Man?

At number 4: Matt Salinger.

Matt Salinger as, 'Captain America', getting his hands dirty!

Now this Captain America is a little closer to the one we all know and love... And where as the movie itself may have been wrought with problems... (This being the reason this movie was released years after it was made,) at the very least, this is the shield carrying masked super-soldier that we all know and love.

At number 5: Chris Evans.

Chris Evans as the Super Soldier we all know and love!

Alright folks, now we make it to the Captain America we all know and love, Chris Evans as the current Captain America!

For more information on some of these movies, please enjoy these trailers for the movies that are available!