Sons of Anarchy is an American crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter, about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show focuses on protagonist Jackson "Jax" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), initially the vice president of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself, especially after reading a book his father wrote and left for him in a storage unit.
Sons of Anarchy premiered on September 3, 2008, on cable network FX. The series' third season attracted an average of 4.9 million viewers per week, making it FX's highest rated series ever, surpassing FX's other hits The Shield, Nip/Tuck, and Rescue Me. The season 4 and 5 premieres were the two highest-rated telecasts in FX's history. The series finale premiered on December 9, 2014.
During the first episode of the show, a rival gang steals the Sons' stockpile of assault rifles, while Jax's ex-wife's drug overdose leads to an emergency c-section and life-threatening surgery for their baby. This is already an action packed show within the first 15 minutes. Jax grows weary of the increasing lawlessness of the motorcycle club. His life becomes more unstable when he discovers his late father's true vision for the Sons of Anarchy, and his crank-addicted ex-wife gives birth to his son. He begins to realize that there might be more peaceful ways to handle the gang's affairs and to avoid conflict. His stepfather disagrees and believes in the violence. We find that our characters have a lack very soon in the show. Jax needs to find a way to make the gang his father's vision and also find a way to help his poor son that was born in very serious conditions.
In November 2013, Kurt Sutter indicated that he was in talks with FX to make a Sons of Anarchy prequel set in the 1960s. I hope that this comes out soon, I miss watching this amazing show! I would encourage anyone that likes action, drama, and badass Californians to watch this show! Conveniently, it is available right on Netflix!
Walt Disney Pictures recently announced that they will be coming out with a new film called "Oz the Great and Powerful" a prequel to the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz." The story is that of a man named Oscar Diggs a struggling magician for Kansas who is transported to Land of Oz. Once there Oscar, played by James Franco, is told he has been prophesied to take down the evil witch and must use his powers of illusion and "magic" to defeat her.
This new film pay homage to the original and directly incorporates aspects and even characters in order to give a fuller understanding of how the Land of Oz from "The Wizard of Oz" came to be. I personally think that this film has a very interesting storyline and will cleverly tie together the story of "the man behind the curtain" aka Oz, a character who was super important in the original but was very mysterious and never fully developed. The potential for a solid plot combined with Disney's excellence in special effects and most recently 3D advances are all aspects that could make this movie very good in its own right. However there is another aspect of this to consider. Even if this movie is terrible, and I mean awful, I will still make a substantial amount of money primarily because it is tied to the original.
I think that this movie in all likelihood will be pretty good and enjoyable, although I'm not entirely sure how I like the idea of trying to add to a great and well known film that has stood alone for over 60 years. Regardless of how I feel about this, I will go and see it to check on how it matches up in comparison…something I think almost anyone who has seen the original "Wizard of Oz" will do. So although I do not know for sure if this movie will actually be good or not I am certain that it will be a box office hit.
So...as some of you may or may not know, a new X-Men movie is on its way. The movie is going to tell the back story of Professor X and Magneto, the discovery of their powers and the events that surround and are caused by this awakening. 20th century fox recently released the official trailer for the movie. Personally I feel as though the trailer is extremely well done, and it gives a unique preview to what the movie has in store. The link to the trailer is in the title in case you haven't yet seen it.
