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A review of 'Solo: A Star Wars Story', otherwise known as 'The Adventures of Han Solo and his trusty copilot, fan service'

'You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life'- Han Solo (Harrison Ford), The Empire Strikes Back , 1980 Movies have made up a large part of my life recently. Having campaigned through the Marvel Cinematic Universe and its  glorious messiness , I watched Deadpool 2 a few weeks ago and was utterly delighted by Ryan Reynolds once again portraying the foul-mouthed mercenary. I went into that film having read no reviews, meaning that I entered the cinema with a clean slate and was ready to see what kind of crazy misadventures Marvel were about to throw at me. This method was then used for Solo: A Star Wars Story , and even then it was a film that I had no great intention in seeing in the cinema. I love the franchise, and Han Solo holds a special place in my heart, for underneath the smirks and arrogance there's a deep desire to do the right thing. But the release of Solo  comes at a time when I'm re-evaluating my feelings on The

Numb to Trump

' I'm the most successful person ever to run for the presidency, by far. Nobody's ever been more successful than me'- Donald Trump, in an interview with The Des Moines Register , 2 June 2015 Another week passes, and with  the World Cup now upon us  there can be much rejoicing. Yet another week in this crazy world inevitably means that another week has passed over in the White House, and it has been another one of 'those' weeks for the administration of Donald Trump. Going back a month or so, we can list off just some of the events that have transpired: 18 May- Melania Trump (the ever-suffering First Lady) is released from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre after kidney surgery- she has not been seen in public for a while now, and wasn't present at the G7 Summit meeting in Quebec 20 May- Trump tweets of demanding an investigation by the Justice Department into whether the FBI 'infiltrated' his Presidential campaign  24 May- the pla

The glorious mess that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe

BEWARE! THERE ARE SPOILERS ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL OVER THE PLACE. GO OUT THERE AND WATCH THE FILMS! 'We are Groot'- Groot, Guardians of the Galaxy , 2014 I've done many things in my time at home, such as: Fighting an  emotional and psychological war against Surrey Police Put Star Wars; The Last Jedi under a  slightly left wing microscope Ground my way through  yet another Assassin's Creed Game (still good though) Travelled to Paris  and experienced the historically bountiful but smelly capital of France Walked 100 km  from London to Brighton Along with doing my own historical research and improving both my writing and fitness, I have accomplished many great things, but there is one accomplishment that takes precedence over all else. In the space of around two weeks, I watched all 19 films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Please, calm down, there's no need to shower me with all of your praise. The diehard MCU fans would roll their eyes and t