Only days before their wedding Chuck (Zachary Levi) and (Yvonne Strahovski), with the help of Casey (Adam Baldwin), set out to save Chuck’s mom (Linda Hamilton) from Vivian Volkoff (Lauren Cohan).
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Okay, let’s get this out of the way first. I adored Kung Fu Panda. Those without my love the property might not enjoy this one as much as I did, but then again, if you didn’t like the movie why would you be willing to shell out $4 for the comic?
With the film’s sequel only a couple of week’s away from hitting theaters Ape Entertainment has released a new four-issue mini-series centered around the adventures of Po and the Furious Five. I’ve never read a comic put out by Ape, but this one is worth a look.
Issue #1 finds Po and the Furious Five accidently locked in an impenetrable prison. It takes all of their combined skill to escape, with a little funny thrown in. The issue also includes a so-so back-up story involving Master Croc and his legendary victory over 173 assassins.
I enjoyed the issue which seems geared more to children and young adults, but I do have a bone to pick with the publisher for the $4 price-tag which makes it at least a dollar (if not two) too expensive for its main audience. Worth a look.
[Ape Entertainment, $3.95]
Marc Spector has been around the Marvel Universe since 1975. As Moon Knight the former mercenary turned agent of vengeance turned super-hero has had (to put it kindly) limited success.
With the rejuvenated Moon Knight now part of the Secret Avengers the time seemed appropriate to get Moon Knight back into his own series. And who better to do so than Brian Michael Bendis? Although far from the unbelievable reinterpretation of the character Marvel’s marketing department would have us believe, the first issue is solid.
Specter has relocated to Los Angeles (making him the West Coast Avenger?) and is using his past as the basis for the hottest action-adventure to hit television this week. He’s also tasked with a new assignment by Captain America, Spider-Man and Wolverine – find out who’s behind the rise in super-villain activity on the West Coast.
Moon Knight’s adventure sees him go toe-to-toe with Mr. Hyde and reveals the fact that Specter’s mental problems aren’t as sorted out as some of his teammates would like to believe.
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Some couples shouldn’t stay together. That’s the basic message behind Blue Valentine from writer/director Derek Cianfrance which stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams trapped in the painful end of a marriage which should have never happened.
Through flashbacks we’re shown their shy beginnings and the events which rush the couple into an all-too-quick marriage. The effects of this are all to obvious on the current state of their relationship.
I liked the film enough to sneak it onto my Best Movies of 2010 list. Williams and Gosling carry the film with a pair of strong performances of two people going through the motions of a doomed love affair which should have ended years ago.
Available on both Blu-ray and DVD the extras include deleted scenes, a making of the film featurette, and commentary with Cianfrance and editor Jim Helton.
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“The Deadly Art of Science” comes to an explosive conclusion as Atomic Robo discovers Thomas Edison‘s secret lair and uncovers the truth behind his plans. Okay, so his basic method of “uncovering the truth” is to get captured and let the villain yammer on about his evil genius.
What Edison wants with the “skull in the box” (as Robo so eloquently puts it) along with the other machinery he’s stolen is to tap into the Odic Force – the underlying energy of the universe. What does he hope to accomplish? Nothing short of immortality.
Thanks to a last-minute save by Nikola Tesla and some quick thinking by Robo, the group live to fight another day. We’re also given a humorous epilogue in the form of a letter Jack Tarot sends to Robo in which he tries to come to terms with the recent events forced on him by this maddening robot.
From beginning to end this is the best series of so far of Atomic Robo and I’m going to be on the lookout for the trade paperback of the full series to add to my shelf. Definitely worth a look.
[Red 5, $3.50]
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