September 2012

Leverage – The Broken Wing Job

/ / Television Reviews
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Leverage

After tearing her ACL, Parker (Beth Riesgraf) is stuck in the office with the rest of the team in Japan on their latest job. Going stir crazy, Parker bonds with one of the waitresses (Aarti Mann) who looks in on here as a favor to Hardison (Aldis Hodge) and stares at the pub’s security feed where she begins to notice a suspicious pair of regulars who she believes are thieves casing the jewelry store across the street for a future job.

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News and Notes

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The Chicago Tribune is reporting Sonar Entertainment & Farah Films will partner to adapt Terry Brooks’ Shannara series for television

MTV is reporting The Avengers director Joss Whedon is throwing his support behind Marvel Studios’ choice of James Gunn to direct Guardians of the Galaxy

Entertainment Weekly is reporting Saturday Night Live has added three new faces for its upcoming 38th season: Aidy Bryant, Tim Robinson and Cecily Strong

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Fairest #7

/ / Comics

fairest-7-coverWith the series’ first arc wrapped up the latest issue of Fairest gives us a hard-boiled detective story set in 1940’s Los Angeles centered around Beauty and the Beast. The issue is narrated by the Beast, who has lived the life of a knight and detective protecting his wife over the years from her own hidden beastly side.

Matthew Sturges writing and Shawn McManus art compliment each other perfectly as most of the comic is shown in an extended 40’s film noir style flashback as the Beast tries to stop one of his wayward wifes spells leading to more death. Complicating things is the appearance of St. George, also on the hunt for the killer not realizing she’s the Beast’s confused wife.

Although I enjoyed the first story arc of the series I was looking forward to a change and this issue certainly delivers. I’m a little disappointed that it appears the rest of the story will take place in present day when the story presented here worked so well because of the period it took place, but I’m more than willing to give this arc a long look. Best of the week.

[Vertigo, $2.99]

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