February 2013

News and Notes

/ / Film News & Trailers

news-and-notes-jason-momoa-draxLatino Review is reporting Jason Momoa (Conan the Barbarian, Game of Thrones) is in discussions to play Drax the Destroyer in Marvel Studios’ upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy movie

The Guardian (and several other sources) are reporting Harrison Ford has officially signed on to reprise his role as Han Solo in the upcoming Star Wars films

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that rather than pay Daniel Craig‘s steep post-Skyfall asking price to return for the sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, or replacing him with another actor, the studio is considering writing Craig’s character out of the sequel completely

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The Mentalist – Red in Tooth and Claw

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: The Mentalist – Red in Tooth and Claw
  • wiki: link

“You date pregnant hookers and your dinosaur eats grass!”

The Mentalist - Red in Tooth and Claw

The CBI head to the NorCal State University Museum of Natural History when the remains of a missing doctoral student in ornithology are discovered, half-eaten by flesh-eating worms. Jane (Simon Baker) and Lisbon (Robin Tunney) talk with a the student’s advisor (Zuleikha Robinson), one of her professors (Rob Benedict), and some of the victim’s fellow graduate students (Samantha Quan, Rosalie Ward, Casey Graf) learning the victim was well-liked but also envied for landing a prestigious grant that would cover the cost of her tuition and studies.

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Coming Soon

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  • Title: Fast & Furious 6
  • IMDB: link

Ready to get faster and even more furious? All the major players are back as Hobbs (Dwayane “It’s Okay To Call Me The Rock Again” Johnson) recruits Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his team (Paul Walker, Gal Gadot, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Sung Kang) to take down another group of drivers which includes an old friend (Michelle Rodriguez). Luke Evans, Kim Kold, Joe Taslim, Gina Carano, and Elsa Pataky also star. Fast & Furious 6 races into theaters on May 24th.

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Scarlet Spider #14

/ / Comics

Scarlet Spider #14The Scarlet Spider comic makes a couple of big changes with issue #14, changes I’m not on-board with and hope are temporary. The comic begins with the death of Kaine at the hands of Carlos and Esmeralda Lobo who continue to chase Aracely through Houston. The comic ends with Kaine’s rebirth as something… new.

As Aracely runs across the city and gets a local gang to take on the werewolf siblings on her behalf for encroaching on their turf, Kaine is stuck in limbo talking with Ero who agrees to bring Kaine back to life if he stops acting like a man and embraces his true nature. Willing to risk anything to save Aracely, Kaine agrees to the bargain only to come out of a cocoon looking far more monster than man. My reaction can best be summed up in a single panel.

I really hope Kaine’s transformation lasts only and issue or two as I’m far less interested in reading about a spider-monster assassin than Kaine’s attempt to redeem himself and do honor to the name of the Scarlet Spider. Even a short cameo by Ben Reilly can’t save this one. Pass.

[Marvel, $2.99]

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine #18

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine #18Buffy, Illyria, and Koh work together to take down Severin, but things get a little complicated when they discover what he’s after (Illyria’s power) and why (to rip apart the fabric of space and time and change the past to save his girlfriend’s life).

The issue also includes Xander‘s growing frustration with Dawn‘s mysterious illness (which apparently is leading to another “let’s trap Dawn in another goofy body” storyline), and the continuing misadventures of Billy the would-be Slayer who continues to investigate Buffy’s disappearance that left Billy and Detective Dowling at the mercy of a mob of zompires.

The Billy story aside, the comic works well as Severin’s motives (if not his logic) are easily understood and Illyria’s ego certainly hasn’t been damaged too much for her time in Los Angeles. However, the last few panels make me a little concerned that the old one’s time in Season Nine may be very short-lived. Worth a look.

[Dark Horse, $2.99]

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