March 2012

Nick Willing’s Neverland

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  • Title: Neverland
  • IMDB: link

neverland-dvdWritten and directed by Nick Willing Neverland is a two-part mini-series and prequel to Peter Pan which throws in a little Oliver Twist for good measure. When we meet him Peter Pan (Charlie Rowe) is the leader of a group of young homeless thieves under the command of the Fagin-ish John Hook (Rhys Ifans).

While robbing an antique house the boys and Hook come across a mysterious glowing orb that is the man’s ticket into a different reality. Simply by hitting the orb Hook transports them all into Neverland. The first we witness the orbs’ power in in the mini-series opening scene in which an entire shipload of pirates, led by Captain Elizabeth Bonny (Anna Friel) find themselves transported to a magic land where they never grow old.

While Hook and the rest of the boys find themselves abducted by pirates who are obsessed with the magical properties of pixie dust, Peter and Fox (Lorn Macdonald) meet a tribe of Indians.

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First Look at the CW’s Green Arrow

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  • Title: Arrow
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Green Arrow

The CW has released the first promotional photo of Stephen Amell as Green Arrow. I’m not sure about you, but this sure doesn’t scream Oliver Queen to me. Arrow follows the adventures of a billionaire who returns home after five years on a remote desert island to take on crime with a bow and arrow. You know, like one does. I don’t know about you but I’m holding out hope all the trick arrows make an appearance. Katie Cassidy stars as Dinah Lance (um, where’s that costume pic?). The show’s pilot is currently being filmed.

[via Deadline]

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Scarlet Spider #3

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scarlet-spider-3-coverDespite his intentions to do anything else with his life, Kaine finds himself the popular new super-hero of Houston tracking down street criminals just like Spider-Man (okay, not just like Spider-Man), and still trying to find a way to protect the young illegal immigrant from the people who want her dead.

On the Aracely front Kaine gets some help from the hotel’s bartender Annabelle Adams and Dr. Meland but things get far more complicated when Kaine learns the Doctor has a contract on his head from the greiving husband whose wife and child died on the doctor’s table. Even more troubling is the fact that the Assassin’s Guild now knows that Kaine is still alive and exactly where to find him.

Although I’m a little concerned that Kaine doesn’t understand the basic concept of a secret identity (a doctor, cop, bartender, assassin, and a smuggled illegal immigrant all know he’s the Scarlet Spider) things look pretty good for this title with plenty of action and some really good Spidey narration – Kaine-style. Best of the week.

[Marvel, $2.99]

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Coming Soon

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  • Title: Turn Me On, Dammit!
  • IMDB: link

Written and directed by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, Turn Me On, Dammit! is a Norwegian teenage sex comedy centered around Alma (Helene Bergsholm), a 15 year-old girl who is consumed by her hormones and fantasies that range from sweetly romantic images of Artur (Matias Myren), the boyfriend she yearns for, to daydreams about practically everybody she lays eyes on. Malin Bjørhovde, Beate Støfring, Lars Nordtveit Listau, Jon Bleiklie Devik, Julia Bache-Wiig. and Henriette Steenstrup also star.The film will open in limited release in select cities on March 30th.

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In Plain Sight – The Anti-Social Network

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  • Title: In Plain Sight – The Anti-Social Network
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After spending six-months at home with her baby girl Mary (Mary McCormack) returns from maternity leave to find Delia (Tangie Ambrose) has temporarily taken over Mary’s desk in her absence and there’s a government shrink (Ali Marsh) anxiously waiting to discuss the shooting from last season’s finale just hours before Mary went into labor.

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