Will Martinez's Film & TV Blog

  I'm always very fascinated by whatever new film Nicolas Cages comes out with. From powerful dramas like Adaptation & Leaving Las Vegas to disasters like The Wicker Man & Season of the Witch, the man's career has been wildly inconsistent to say the least, but when he finds the right roles, he's always been one of the most interesting actors to watch and even easily one of my favorites. You simply don't know what kind of performance he's going to bring next and I guess that sort of unpredictability is one of the biggest reasons why I'm such a huge fan. His new film Pig has garnered a lot of praise in the past month, which certainly raised my interest. But having not even watched a trailer beforehand, I went into this film almost completely blind and I'm so glad I did because this film was nothing at all like I was expecting in any way.  On its surface, Pig very much sounds like a John Wick revenge style tale starring Nicolas Cage that's about a g

  Out of all the new Marvel Cinematic Universe TV shows announced for Disney+, I was intrigued by the concept of a Loki centric series, but compared to other new shows on the schedule, it wasn't necessarily high on my anticipation list. I felt like Loki had such a fitting ending with Avengers: Infinity War, so what new directions could this franchise really take this character? Despite my initial skepticism towards the series, Tom Hiddleston as Loki has always been easily one of my favorite aspects of the MCU and I'm always excited to see him tackle this character again. It's safe to say though that within the really strong series premiere, all my expectations for this Loki show were completely shattered and thankfully the quality of the show only continued to go up from there with the remaining five episodes to create one exhilarating series. From start to finish, this (first) season of Loki was absolutely everything I wanted from a Marvel Studios TV show and so much more.

It's crazy to believe that Black Widow marks the first released Marvel film since Spider-Man Far From Home back in July of 2019. After going through numerous of release delays this past year during the global pandemic, the 24th feature in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has finally been released in both theaters and for premium purchase on Disney+. I've definitely been looking forward to this one, as the trailers have been solid and I'm always down to see more of Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow. But I'm also a part of the mindset that a Black Widow film should've already been released many years ago, certainly long before the character was given her heroic death in Avengers: Endgame (spoilers for the 2 people on the planet that have yet to see that film). Regardless, it was honestly a great and very welcome feeling being back in a movie theater on a opening night with a huge crowd for a brand new Marvel film on Thursday. Thankfully, the film itself