March 2012

First look at Hammer & Depp as the Lone Ranger & Tonto

  • Title: The Lone Ranger
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We now have our first look at the new Lone Ranger and Tonto.

From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski comes Disney/Bruckheimer Films’ The Lone Ranger. The film finds Tonto (Johnny Depp), a spirit warrior on a personal quest, joining forces in a fight for justice with John Reid (Armie Hammer), a lawman who has become a masked avenger. Helena Bonham CarterWilliam FichtnerTom WilkinsonBarry PepperJames Badge DaleRuth Wilson, and Leon Rippy also star. The Lone Ranger will be released in May 31st 2013.

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John Carter

  • Title: John Carter
  • IMDB: link

john-carter-posterOriginally published 100 years ago in The All Story Magazine in serialized fashion over a period of months Edgar Rice Burroughs‘ first story, A Princess of Mars, launched a career than spanned decades including several more novels in what became known as the Barsoom series and the creation of a certain Lord of the Jungle you may know by the name of Tarzan.

It’s taken a century, but Hollywood finally has its first big screen adaptation of Burroughs’ tale. (For our purposes here we’re just going to ignore the existence of the 2009 straight-to-DVD version starring Antonio Sabato Jr. and Traci Lords.) Adapted and directed by Pixar’s Oscar winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton (Wall-E, Finding Nemo, A Bug’s Life) John Carter breathes new life into the century-old work while still staying true to the Burroughs’ original novel.

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Psych – Heeeeere’s Lassie

  • Title: Psych – Heeeeere’s Lassie
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While investigating an apparent suicide Lassiter (Timothy Omundson) decides to take the dead man’s apartment, despite the apartment building’s notoriety for being haunted. However, shortly after moving in he begins to see and hear unexplained events that cause Lassie to hire Shawn (James Roday) and Gus (Dulé Hill) to find out what’s really going on.

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Justice League International #7

jli-new-52-7-coverJust moments after being announced as the United Nations official super-hero task force everything goes to hell when the ceremony is shocked by an explosion that leaves several of the JLI injured, and one member dead.

The Joss Whedon-esque move to pull the rug right out from under the team in its first moment of glory, not to mention killing off a main character, isn’t a bad one although pieces of the story don’t work as well as I’d like. Neither the dialogue of a mournful father not the reaction of the U.N. Security Chief feel natural.

The team’s response to the attack, the severe injuries to Ice and Vixen, and the death of Gavril Ivanovich (a character I had grown to like during Justice League: Generation Lost and who deserved a far better fate than he receives here) aren’t nearly as hamfisted.

We also get a surprise appearance by Batwing. Although I think he fits well with the make-up of the team, I am a little saddened by the prospect of him as a replacement for Batman. Worth a look.

[DC, $2.99]

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