January 2013

Legends of Awesomeness – Shoot the Messenger

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness – Shoot the Messenger
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Legends of Awesomeness - Shoot the Messenger

Mistaking an important messenger looking for Shifu (Fred Tatasciore) to peruse a peace treaty for one of his fans, Po (Mick Wingert) accidentally signs his name to the document in the worst possible manner. The Dragon Warrior and Tigress (Kari Wahlgren) to set out to stop the messenger before he delivers Po’s message of to “Always keep fighting, never surrender,” to the two warring  gorilla armies ready to plunge all of China into their feud.

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The Imposter

/ / Home Video
  • Title: THe Imposter
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the-imposter-dvdThe Imposter is nearly impossible to believe, even when you know going in it’s a documentary of real events. The British film focuses on the story of a young American teenager named Nicolas, who reappears in France years after his disappearance. But that’s only the beginning.

For those who haven’t heard much about the film I’m hesitant to give too much away. Needless to say not everything about Nicholas is exactly what it seems. Told through a mixture of first-person accounts and recreations, The Imposter has a bit of an Unsolved Mysteries feel to it, but it’s far more bizarre than any tale Robert Stack brought to viewers’ attention.

Director Bart Layton‘s documentary is a disturbing look at a story so unbelievable Hollywood would have to make it up if it wasn’t already true. Filled with several twists and turns, the film will continue to surprise, even if you already know the big twist (although it’s given up pretty earlier in the film I won’t spoil it here).

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Young Justice – Fix

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  • Title: Young Justice: Invasion – Fix
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Young Justice - Fix

Stuck aboard Black Manta‘s’ (Khary Payton) ship under the guise of Tigress, Artemis‘ (Stephanie Lemelin) world gets far more complicated when Manta informs her that Psimon (Alan Tudyk) is about to start rebuilding Aqualad‘s mind. On one hand that means she will get her friend back, but that also means Psimon will discover her true identity and that both she and Aqualad have been working against Manta and The Light the entire time. Manta also informs her that he is going after Miss Martian (Danica McKellar) personally for leaving his son in his current vegetative state, meaning she will also have to find a way to warn her friend as well.

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The Lone Ranger #12

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The Lone Ranger #12The Lone Ranger #12 is a fitting, if uneventful, conclusion to the “Native Ground” arc from Ande Parks and Esteve Polls. The Lone Ranger returns to the Ute tribe with their healer, a Mormon woman who spent many years with the tribe as a slave and eventually a medicine woman, after being betrayed the the Native American warriors.

By the end of the issue the Masked Man will have his faithful companion back at his side and a far better understanding of the loss which still haunts him. Although the arc doesn’t give us any more of Tonto‘s backstory, such as continuing his tale to the fateful day at Bryant’s Gap where he came upon a single surviving Ranger in the midst of a slaughter, the arc does conclude with the Ranger growing to know the person who has become his truest friend a little better.

The arc lasted a little too long for my tastes, so I’m glad to hear the comic is following “Native Ground” with a series of one-shot issues featuring the adventures of Lone Ranger and Tonto. For fans.

[Dynamite, $3.99]

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Nikita – Aftermath

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  • Title: Nikita – Aftermath
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Nikita - Aftermath

As Nikita (Maggie Q) and Owen (Devon Sawa) head into the field to take on a dangerous rogue Cleaner named Liam (Pedro Pascal) working for the head (Julio Oscar Mechoso) of a drug cartel, Michael (Shane West) deals with the loss of his hand, his growing frustration with the limitations of his new robotic replacement, and his jealousy at watching his fiance work closely with a man he’s never really trusted.

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