May 2012

Daredevil #12

Daredevil #12Matt Murdock and a blindfolded Assistant District Attorney Kristin McDuffie finally make it out on a date. Although the latest issue may be light on action there’s plenty worthy of discussion.

Daredevil’s had his share of lady loves over the years, including a recent tease of a possible relationship with the Black Cat, but I’ve got to say I’ve been enjoying the hell out of Murdock’s flirtations with the ADA who’s so sure he’s Daredevil she’s begun taunting him relentlessly.

The story centers around the pair walking around the fair as Matt explains his relationship to Foggy and how the college roommates who didn’t get along became best friends and partners when a vengeful professor named Leopold York tried to get Foggy expelled from law school.

The story works well, and the irony isn’t lost on Kristen as Daredevil talks about how he used to be “a little bit smug” back then. The story works to allow both Kristen and new readers to gain insight into the history of the Nelson & Murdock. Worth a look.

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Castle – Always

  • Title: Castle – Always
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“Every morning I bring you a cup of coffee just so I can see a smile on your face because I think you are the most remarkable, maddening, challenging, frustrating person I’ve ever met.”

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The Fourth Season comes to a close as Beckett’s (Stana Katic) investigation into the death of a former thief and Army veteran leads to a connection with Roy Montgomery (Ruben Santiago-Hudson) and her mother’s murder and Castle (Nathan Fillion) is forced to decide how much to keep from the detective to keep her safe especially after the conspiracy’s mystery man (Geoff Pierson) calls Castle strongly suggesting he keep her under control.

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Covert Affairs – The Complete Second Season

  • Title: Covert Affairs
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No longer the new kid on the block, Annie Walker’s (Piper Perabo) second year working for the CIA sends her all around the world including Paris, Buenos Aires, Belarus, Venice, Berlin, and back to the Farm to find a traitor burning the CIA’s best and brightest new recruits.

Only a pair of episodes, the season-opener and trip to Mexico City with Joan (Kari Matchett) include Ben Mercer (Eion Bailey) as the second season is built on Annie finding her own footing with the CIA and turning into one of their best field agents.

We also get the return of Mossad Agent Eyal Lavine (Oded Fehr) for a pair of episodes including his search for the man who killed his sister, Annie will have to break the news to a friend (Laara Sadiq) that her recently deceased husband was secretly working for the CIA for two decades, and Auggie (Christopher Gorham) gets his own episode as he goes after the man responsible for his blindness and the death of several members of his former unit.

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News and Notes

ant-man-movie-maybeScreen Rant is reporting Edgar Wright met with Marvel President Kevin Feige at The Avengers premiere to discuss Ant-Man which appears “closer than it’s ever been to becoming a reality”

Collider is reporting The Avengers Blu-ray will have at least 30 minutes of deleted scenes from director Joss Whedon‘s original three-hour cut of the film

The New York Times is reporting James Cameron is only interested in making Avatar sequels and has no interest in developing or producing any other films for the foreseeable future

WhatCulture! is reporting Lucas Films’ next project will have something to do with the number 1313… and possibly Boba Fett

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Haywire

  • Title: Haywire
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haywire-blu-rayDespite making more than 30 movies over his career, Haywire represents the first time director Steven Soderbergh sets out to make a rather straightforward action film. Well… straightforward in terms of delivery, the film is saddled with one hell of a convoluted plot by screenwriter Lem Dobbs that will only attempt to fully explain itself in the movie’s closing moments.

At times you’ll notice Soderbergh’s hand with his stylized camera work and use of music, but the film also has several sequence where the style drops away and the director gives us several brutal action scenes.

We begin with Mallory Kane (Gina Carano), a black ops soldier who has been betrayed by her boss and former lover Kenneth (Ewan McGregor) and is now on the run. With limited resources she will hunt down each of the men who betrayed her and get her revenge.

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