September 2012

Justice League #12

/ / Comics

justice-league-new-52-12-coverAlthough I have problems with some of the choices made in the latest issue of the New 52‘s Justice League, the story makes sense in the new version of the DCU and is more consistent and better thought-out than several issues of the series have been.

The main news is the decision to put Superman and Wonder Woman together as couple. While I’m opposed to this being done with classic versions of these characters, the logic writer Geoff Johns uses to put the New 52 versions together holds up pretty well. Of course I think this has more to say about the lackluster redesigns of several of DC’s top name heroes than any great storytelling, but it still works.

The rest of the story has to deal with the team taking down Graves by believing in Christmas (or some such nonsense – this isn’t the strongest part of the comic). What’s important to note, however, are the big changes following the battle and the public’s shaken faith in the team. Hal Jordan quits, Steve Trevor is fired, and we’re teased with the introduction of a new Justice League of America which will premiere next year (and Captain Marvel beating the emo out of The Big Blue Boy Scout). Worth a look.

[DC, $3.99]

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Coming Soon

/ / Film News & Trailers
  • Title: Seven Psychopaths
  • IMDB: link

The latest from writer/director Martin McDonagh (In Bruges) stars Colin Farrell as a strggling screenwriter who gets drawn into the Los Angeles underworld when his friends (Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken) mistakenly kidnap a gangster’s (Woody Harrelson) dog. Abbie Cornish, Olga Kurylenko, Tom Waits, Helena Mattsson, and Gabourey Sidibe also star. Seven Psychopaths opens in theaters on October 12th.

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Comic Rack

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It’s a new week so it must be time to talk about comics! Welcome to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls. Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at feet of the master as we offer you this quick list of all kinds of comic book goodness set to hit comic shops and bookstores this week from all your favorite publishers including DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Archie, Dynamite, Image Comics, and others.

This week includes Action Comics, Amazing Spider-Man, Animal Man, Deadpool, Defenders, Dial H, Earth 2, Epic Kill, Fairest, First X-Men, Garfield, G.I. JOE, Green Lantern, Hawkeye, Harvest, The Lone Ranger, The Mighty Thor, Mind the Gap, Muppets, Near Death, Phantom Stranger, The Punisher, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, Spawn, Stormwatch, Venom, Worlds’ Finest, X-Factor, the first issues of Fashion Beast, Damsels, Guarding the Globe, Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt, Road to Oz, and the final issue of Night Force.

Enjoy issue #189

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The Lone Ranger: Snake of Iron #2

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the-lone-ranger-snake-of-iron-2-coverIn the second issue of the new Lone Ranger mini-series Tonto‘s train comes under attack from the Kiowa tribe whose chief wants the return of his son. But it turns out that’s impossible as the chief’s son is dead and the child being passed off for him is nothing more than a ruse.

Meanwhile, in the other storyline, the Lone Ranger comes to the aid of Lily Travers, the troublesome reporter who got herself captured by outlaws. With an explosion, and a little theatricality, the Ranger manages to take down the outlaws, free the woman, and hold the prisoners for the eventual arrival of soldiers from Fort Griffin.

Although the issue jumps around quite a lot, and doesn’t flow nearly as well as I’d like, both stories advance forward. Given Tonto’s desperate need for aid it would be in everyone’s best interest for the two separate stories to converge in the next issue (although I’m betting it will take at least one additional issue before this happens). Worth a look.

[Dynamite Entertainment, $3.99]

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XIII – Hunting Party

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: XIII – Hunting Party
  • tv.com: link

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The search for the third and final watch (holding the last piece of the mysterious code) takes XIII (Stuart Townsend) and Agent Jones (Aisha Tyler) to Philadelphia where they barely survive a death trap set up by Max Serle (Matthew Bennett). Laying  the groundwork for Sheridan’s (Ted Atherton) plan to remove Giordino (Paulino Nunes) from the board, XIII is contacted by Irina (Virginie Ledoyen) who wants the information in the second watch and is willing to trade the information of the person responsible for Sam’s (Caterina Murino) death, who, of course was Irina herself.

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