Get ready for a busy weekend with the new season of the F1 documentary (Formula 1: Drive to Survive – Season 3), the new series from the creators of Casa De Papel (Sky Rojo), a new Marvel Studios series (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) and most importantly the highly anticipated and epic movie Zack Snyder’s Justice League!

Check out our mini-reviews and have a great weekend!

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Formula 1: Drive to Survive – Season 3

WHY

Highly anticipated documentary series for fans of Formula 1 and sport in general, Formula 1: Drive to Survive is back for a new season. And let’s face it, this one will be the most intense and dramatic you’ve ever seen! It starts off strong with the cancellation of the Australian GP due to the Covid crisis. This part is very interesting, especially with the hindsight of time, and shows how the beginnings of the world crisis is taking place and affecting the world and the whole industry. As with any new season, new “characters” will appear and in this one, it is the arrival of the imposing billionaire Lawrence Stroll. His interventions really mark the beginning of the season, especially with the “pink Mercedes” affair. It’s a great pleasure to find this mix of official interviews and the little words exchanged afterwards in the paddock. The differences of point of view and of speech between the team managers and the drivers is always so interesting. One understands well the positions of each one. The interviews and interventions of Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo are moments not to be missed! Even if we have seen 5 episodes out of the 10, we can tell you that this new season is very exciting and captivating!

WHAT

In the most dramatic season to date, fans will once again be taken behind the scenes, to witness first-hand how the drivers and teams battle it out for victory in a year like no other. Fans will be given unprecedented behind the scenes access to the 2020 season which saw the sport dramatically halted in Australia due to the COVID-19 pandemic and make a thrilling restart in Austria later that year. Intense battles, fierce rivalries, unexpected podiums and Lewis Hamilton’s incredible seventh world title will ensure the series is one of the most action packed yet.

WHERE

Netflix

Sky Rojo

WHY

After the huge global success of Money Heist (Casa De Papel), its creators are back with Sky Rojo, a new series full of action and adrenaline! Set in the world of prostitution in Spain, the series turns quickly into a road movie following the run of three heroines. Their pimp sends his two henchmen after them. Colorful, in every sense of the word, the series is really cool to watch, its characters are quite crazy! It’s interesting to discover their past through many flashbacks and how they arrived into this environment. Each one has a way to handle doing this work. The black humor works very well and several sequences will surprise you. We have seen 4 episodes out of the 8 and it only goes up in intensity!

WHAT

From the creators of Money Heist comes this new series filled with action, dark humor and pure adrenaline. Coral, Wendy and Gina go on the run in search of freedom while being chased by Romeo, their pimp from Las Novias Club, and his henchmen, Moises and Christian. Together, the women embark on a frantic, chaotic journey during which they must face dangers of all kinds and live every second as if it were their last, while strengthening their friendship and discovering the most important thing: that together they are stronger and have more options to recover their lives.

WHERE

Netflix

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – New World Order

WHY

Marvel fans are really lucky because, just after the excellent WandaVision series has finished airing, here comes a new series with this time The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. And let’s face it, this one kicks off in spectacular way with a long action sequence featuring Falcon and an old enemy, Batroc the Leaper, seen in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Falcon will use this sequence to show us some really cool new gadgets from his armour. This new series is more classic in its treatment than WandaVision, at least for this first episode which lays the foundations of this season. The main story are not yet defined as well as the main bad guy. We follow separately Falcon and Winter Soldier, each one facing the consequences of the events of the last Avengers movies. Falcon has to get his life back together after disappearing for 5 years because of the Blip and Bucky Barnes is in the middle of a guilt trip because of his murders when he was under Hydra’s orders as the Winter Soldier. These more intimate sequences are very interesting. We’re looking forward to seeing these two characters work together!

WHAT

Marvel Studios’ “The Falcon and The Winter Soldier” stars Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson aka The Falcon, and Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes aka The Winter Soldier. The pair, who came together in the final moments of “Avengers: Endgame,” team up on a global adventure that tests their abilities—and their patience.

WHERE

Disney+

Zack Snyder’s Justice League

WHY

The wait is finally over for all the fans of Zack Snyder movies and epic blockbuster! Zack Snyder’s Justice League is now available! As a reminder, Justice League was released in 2017 but had known a very complicated end of production when Zack Snyder had to withdraw from the film for dramatic family reasons. This new version of almost 4 hours is not a simple director’s cut but it’s a new movie! There are no more traces anymore of what Joss Whedon had done, so forget the silly humour, the family in the final battle and many other bad ideas, the film finds back a coherence and a structure that works very well. Thanks to its length, the director has the time to set up the story and to develop each of the characters with interesting backgrounds and to bring new ones, some of which are already known by the fans of the DC universe and the other movies but also characters never seen before! It’s really impressive to see the number of new sequences that have been added, many scenes now work much better and others become even more epic than in the 2017 version. Zack Snyder offering us even more iconic and stunning shots and this is really obvious in the stunning sequence where Superman come back to life and the final battle. These two sequences are the perfect example to see the difference between the two versions and their improvements. The characters have a true purpose to be present and not just appearing to fill a script hole like Lois Lane. The villain also takes on a whole new dimension and we better understand his motivations and is visually much more convincing. The film also offers us a new villain who was barely mentioned in the other version of the film. The relationships between the different heroes are also better worked out and the characters like Cyborg and Flash have finally an interesting treatment especially about their past! Superman will also have this new treatment, first with his relationship with Lois Lane (her character is not there anymore to just calm down Superman!) and then with a new suit (yes, the black costume!). The feeling of power that he gives off in the fights is really amazing! Zack Snyder had already greatly improved the quality of Batman v Superman with his director’s cut but in this case, it’s even more impressive with this movie thanks to this new treatment of the characters, reworked visual effects and a new soundtrack! Don’t miss this epic show!

WHAT

Zack Snyder’s director’s cut of Justice League (2017). Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his new-found ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy.

WHERE

HBO Max

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