June 2013

Before Midnight

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  • Title: Before Midnight
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Before MidnightIn 1995 Richard Linklater and stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy collaborated on a small independent film which centered around a burgeoning romance between an American man and French woman on the final day of his European vacation before flying home the next morning. Set against the backdrop of Vienna, Before Sunrise is the kind of movie romance, centered on two people meeting and falling love and honestly discussing their feelings, beliefs, and desires, that Hollywood has long since given up trying to make in favor of the type of contrived romantic comedies Katherine Heigl and Kate Hudson are known for. It’s also the beginning of one of the least probable movie franchises ever conceived.

Nine years after making the original film, which ended with Jesse (Hawke) and Celine (Delpy) parting ways with plans to reconnect in the near future, Linklater reconnected with his two stars and put out a sequel set in real time as the two star-crossed lovers reconnected for an afternoon on the streets of Paris in Before Sunset before Jesse was scheduled to fly back home that night.

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This is the End

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This is the End

With a host of celebrities all playing themselves during the apocalypse (which begins halfway through a party at James Franco‘s house) This is the End is the kind of big dumb summer comedy you can loose yourself in for a couple of hours. The concept runs out of gas before co-writers and co-directors Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen run out of film, and the movie is stuck with an unnecessary DreamWorks’ style dance number to end things, but there are certainly some fun moments to be had over its 107-minute running time.

The film begins with Seth Rogen welcoming his longtime friend Jay Baruchel to Los Angeles before dragging him to a party at James Franco’s house which is full of LA people Baruchel can’t stand. While escaping the party for cigarettes the pair get their first signs of something be seriously wrong when several people are pulled up into the heavens by a mysterious blue light while others are left to deal with the giant sinkholes, earthquakes, and fires that begin erupting all over the city. Eventually the wanton destruction leaves only a handful of the partygoers alive in Franco’s house.

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Fairest #16

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Fairest #16Besotted with Nalayani, the new maharajah (who we discovered last month is actually Prince Charming) agrees to lend a force and accompany the warrior woman home to save her village from the wild dhole. However, on their way back to the village the travelers’ camp is attacked by a group of the wild demon dogs who both injure and manage to separate Nalayani and Prince Charming from the rest of the group.

There are plenty of questions the latest issue of Fairest raises but doesn’t try to answer. Why is Charming in India? How did he become maharajah? And where exactly did he get a .45 automatic hand gun? Who is the mystery man responsible for unleashing the dhole into the camp?

The issue ends with Nalayani’s life in serious danger as the pair track down and kill some of the remaining dhole that attacked their camp. Although I don’t think Fairest #16 is quite as strong as the opening issue of the arc there’s certainly enough here for me to continue with these characters, and this arc, for at least a few more issues. For fans.

[Vertigo, $2.99]

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Selena Gomez is InStyle

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Selena Gomez is InStyle

Actress and singer Selena Gomez is InStyle Magazine’s June 2013 cover girl. In the interview Gomez talks about outgrowing her Disney acting roles, her on-again/off-again relationship with Justin Bieber, her new album, life in the spotlight, her friendship with Taylor Swift, and her love of fashion. You can find pics and a behind-the-scenes video from the photoshoot inside.

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Teen Titans Go! – Gorilla

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  • Title: Teen Titans Go! – Gorilla
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Teen Titans Go! - Gorilla

Robin‘s (Scott Menville) leadership is put to the test when Beast Boy (Greg Cipes) turns into a gorilla, begins living as a monkey, and even rests control of the team from the Boy Wonder. The leader flexes his muscles by sending the team on important missions such as protecting a monkey’s natural habitat (the monkey bars at the nearby playground), freeing all the monkeys at the zoo, and fighting the natural enemy of monkeys (crocodiles).

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