Here is Paul McCartney’s appearance on Saturday Night Live from this past weekend performing “Cut Me Some Slack” with Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic. The song is part of the soundtrack tied to Grohl’s upcoming 2013 documentary Sound City about the history of the Los Angeles recording studio.
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After Jane Espenson‘s two-part story Season Nine returns its focus to Buffy Summers taking on Zompires on the streets of San Fransicso, although it looks like the character of Billy will be sticking around for the foreseeable future and may have a larger role this season than I’d like.
Even with the addition of Billy, and the continued absence of Willow, things get back to normal as our slayer gets her love interest for the season, finds out some zompires are more powerful than others, and gets a surprise when a Whedon favorite makes her first appearance in Season Nine.
Honestly, the Billy storyline curtailed my interest in the season by quite a bit. However, flipping through the comic and seeing the introduction of (the still magically-imbued) Illyria into the new arc was enough for me to pick this one up and stick around to see where things go from here. Worth a look.
[Dark Horse, $2.99]
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Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) is hired by the president (Reg Rogers) of a security company renown worldwide as the “world’s foremost maker of bank vaults” to discover how the company’s unbreakable safe was breached leading the the theft of $40 million in diamonds. Despite his initial assessment of needing only an hour to come up with the answer, the case proves to be far trickier than he originally believed. Maybe he should have stayed in bed with those twins (both played by Tonya Glanz) after all.
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With the events of Minimum Carnage finally done (and best forgotten) Kaine returns to Houston with plans to throw in the towel, stop playing hero, and leave the city for good. His quick getaway is halted by a drunken slumber (which may or may not have been brought on by the telepathic abilities of Aracely) and his hotel being robbed by a gang of machine gun wielding Santas.
I’m glad to see the comic deal with the events of the (again, best forgotten) crossover and move on quickly with Kaine getting some good advice from one of his new friends and then throwing on his costume to kick some serious Santa Claus ass. It’s also nice to see the comic give us a single one-off story rather that jumping directly into a new multi-issue arc.
The comic continues to tease the abilities of Aracely, play on the guilt of our main character, and provide plenty of opportunities to prove to everyone (including himself) that he is indeed a hero. (And the cover’s pretty cool, too.) Merry Christmas. Worth a look.
[Marvel, $2.99]
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When the world is attacked by giant monsters from deep in the ocean only one thing can stop them – giant human-controlled robots! Directed by Guillermo del Toro, Pacific Rim stars Charlie Hunnam, Ron Perlman, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Max Martini, Clifton Collins Jr., and Robert Kazinsky also star. The film opens in theaters on July 12th.
