August 2012

Klown

/ / Movie Reviews
  • Title: Klown
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klown-movie-posterAdapted from the Danish television show of the same name written and starring Frank Hvam and Casper Christensen, Klown is based on fictionalized versions of the two Danish comedians who keep putting themselves, and others, in uncomfortable situations.

Hvam stars as Frank, a mostly good if somewhat clueless guy who doesn’t really like kids and isn’t ready when he learns his girlfriend (Mia Lyhne) is pregnant. Knowing both the pregnancy and relationship are on shaky ground Frank comes up with a really horrible plan of kidnapping Mia’s12 year-old nephew Bo (Marcuz Jess Petersen) and taking him along on his canoeing trip with his best friend Casper (Casper Christensen).

What follows is a series of misadventures and bad decisions as Casper, out of the reach of his wife (Iben Hjejle), seeks out young women to sleep with while Frank causes about as much damage as good to the impressionable Bo over the next few days. Although Frank’s decision-making is circumspect, his heart is usually in the right place as he discovers that this father stuff may not be so bad.

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Perception – Messenger

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: Perception – Messenger
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I’m not sure how much more TV can milk out of the goofy, off-beat, somewhat damaged police consultant that Tony Shalhoub brought back in vogue with Monk. Over the past decade we’ve seen psychics (Psych, The Mentalist), mathematics professors (Numb3rs), a writer (Castle), a thief (White Collar), a biophysicist (The Eleventh Hour), and the return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock) just to name a few. The latest hour-long drama to cash in on the formula stars Rachael Leigh Cook as a FBI agent who taps a brilliant but schizophrenic professor of neuroscience (Eric McCormack) who often hallucinates people and events to help him work through complex puzzles into help solve her cases.

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The Lone Ranger #8

/ / Comics

The Lone Ranger #8As the Lone Ranger rides into Ute territory seeking help for his dying companion we see more of Tonto‘s past including the slaughter of tribe including his wife and child and the first steps on a journey that would lead him to abandon the life he knew and eventually ride alongside the Lone Ranger.

I’m not going to lie, this issue (even with the massacre) feels a little like filler as writer Ande Parks takes his time showcasing Tonto’s happy life before the massacre (which will no doubt be in drastic contrast to the Tonto we see in next issue).

Fans who have always wanted to see more Tonto are certainly getting their wish as the Ranger and Tonto’s current condition are barely mentioned in favor of more panels about the Indian’s past. But by next issue I’d expect to see more of the current storyline woven in involving more on the severity of Tonto’s injuries (otherwise why not simply release the story as a Tonto mini-series and forget the need to make it fit inside the ongoing title?). For fans.

[Dynamite, $3.99]

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