May 2013

News and Notes

news-and-notes-04092013Variety is reporting Tom Cruise has signed on for Mission: Impossible 5. Although IMDb lists Christopher McQuarrie (who wrote Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) as both writer and director for the project no official announcements have been made for either position (or about any other characters possibly returning for the next installment)

Deadline is reporting Jack Thorne has been hired to adapt R.J. Palacio’s children’s novel Wonder

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Arrow – Darkness on the Edge of Town

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Arrow - Darkness on the Edge of Town

Following last week’s revelations, Laurel (Katie Cassidy) makes and important decision concerning her feelings for Ollie (Stephen Amell), Walter (Colin Salmon) readjusts to life after captivity, Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman) concludes his final preparations for The Undertaking by killing every seismologist who has knowledge of the project, and Oliver, Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards), and Diggle (David Ramsey) work together to try and uncover what Malcolm has planned and just how Moira (Susanna Thompson) fits into the picture. With the help of Diggle, Ollie stages the kidnapping of himself and Moira, and through a little rough play acting gets all the information he needs about the seismic device from Unidac Industries and Merlyn’s plans to level the Glades.

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Hawaii Five-0 – Ho’opio

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Hawaii Five-0 - Ho'opio

The discovery of the body of a 17 year-old girl kidnapped and kept in captivity for 10 years leads Five-0 to investigate a current kidnapping of another 6 year-old young girl by the same couple (Henry Rollins, Mare Winningham). After talking to both sets of grieving parents, and finding no connection between the two kidnappings, Danny (Scott Caan) enlists the help of the Pacific Knights motorcycle club who volunteer their time to help find the missing girl by tracking down the van seen in the neighborhood just prior to the kidnapping.

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Super Dinosaur #19

Super Dinosaur #19Derek Dynamo and Super Dinosaur get their first taste of Tyrannosaurus X when the super-powered dinosaur version of Max Maximus battles the two heroes above the Statue of Liberty and all through New York City.

The pair have their hands full with a villain whose at least as smart as Derek and more powerful than Super Dinosaur. In terms of action Super Dinosaur #19 certainly delivers as the entire comic (aside from the scenes shown in Dynamo Dome) are all focused on the fight (and Tyrannosaurus X kicking our heroes butts).

Although Derek and SD win the day (with a little luck and a giant explosion from SD’s overloaded armor), the comic does a good job of setting up Tyrannosaurus X as a legitimate threat in a way that mad scientist Max Maximus never quite worked. Here’s hoping we see much more of the new super-villain in the coming months. Worth a look.

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