October 2012

Bond Girl Bérénice Marlohe is now a Maxim Cover Girl

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Maxim’s November cover girl is the newest Bond Girl Bérénice Marlohe. In her interview in this month’s magazine the French-Cambodian-Chinese actress discusses working with Ralph Fiennes, Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, and Judi Dench, her enigmatic character Sévérine in Skyfall, her fight and gun training for the role, being single and what she looks for in a man, her love of dessert and real Italian pasta, her celebrity crush on Christopher Walken, and the worst pick-up attempt she’s ever seen. Inside you can find the photos and video for the photoshoot.

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Covert Affairs – Wishful Beginnings

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Annie (Piper Perabo) steps off the plane having escaped weeks of captivity in Russia to be driven to Blue Bonnet Farm, a CIA safe facility where she is informed she will spend days, perhaps weeks, going over what happened to her in Russia and the events which led her there. However, rescued by the CIA’s urgent need for her, Annie returns to Langley only jump from the frying pan into the fire by being assigned to work on a joint CIA/Mossad mission to retrieve a vital piece of intelligence from a missing Mossad asset that may force her to betray the man who risked his life to rescue her from a Russian prison – Eyal (Oded Fehr).

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Avengers Assemble #8

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avengers-assemble-8-coverIn deep space the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy come across Thanos who has control of a Cosmic Cube (okay, it’s not a real Cosmic Cube). Turns out the power in Thanos’ hands was made by the United States Government and could very well mean the end of everything as the Mad Titan expels Thor and the rest of the two teams into the Cancerverse before making his way to Earth.

On Earth the Fanatastic Four and renaming Avengers including Ms. Marvel, War Machine, the Vision, and Captain Britain prepare for a final stand. Inside the Cancerverse the heroes meet with the Elders of the Universe who Thanos trapped in the alternate dimension as well. With the Elders help, and a little Stark know-how, the teams return to Earth to help stop Thanos.

The end of the arc works well, and gives us two full pages of the two teams beating the crap out of a de-powered Thanos. There is still the matter of the Badoon armada on their way to Earth, but it looks like we’ll have to wait a few months to see how that plays out when the Guardians return in their new monthly comic in February. Worth a look.

[Marvel, $3.99]

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GQ&A with Emily VanCamp

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For the November issue of GQ actress Emily VanCamp sat down for an interview with Andrew Richdale and a photoshoot with Kenneth Cappello. In the interview VanCamp discusses her character Emily Thorne on Revenge, her tendency to be shy and social awkward when meeting new people, growing up in a small Canadian town playing hockey, the joy of “setting an asshole’s house on fire,” fishing, her love of zombie movies, swimming with sharks in Bora Bora, fans and paparazzi, and meeting Meryl Streep and an Oscar party. You can find video and pics from her photoshoot inside.

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Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow #18

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snake-eyes-and-storm-shadow-18-coverThe hunt has begun. Part 2 of the new G.I. JOE crossover “Target: Snake Eyes” finds the ninja clan Arashikage hunting down Cobra’s money supply as both Cobra and the JOE’s try to hunt down the Arashikage and the former JOE who is helping them – Snake Eyes.

When an attack on Cobra’s vaults in Budapest comes up empty the ninja clan track Cobra’s wealth to the airfield (as they plan to use it to buy the country of Fineske). Snake Eyes is able to board the plane but most of his ninja strike force is slaughtered – something that doesn’t go unnoticed by the the team’s sole survivor who reports to Storm Shadow he’s unsure whose side their new ally is truly on.

Meanwhile, Helix continues on her own path to find Snake Eyes which leads her to a meeting with the Hard Master. And Serpentor discovers he has underestimated the Soft Master and finds the captor has become the prey. However, the ninja master offers the cult leader a partnership to take down their mutual enemy – Snake Eyes. Worth a look.

[IDW, $3.99]

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