November 2013

Elementary – An Unnatural Arrangement

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  • Title: Elementary – An Unnatural Arrangement
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“To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.”

Elementary - An Unnatural Arrangement

While investigating the home invasion of Captain Gregson‘s (Aidan Quinn) home by an masked gunman who threatened Gregson’s wife (Talia Balsam) several facts about the Captain come to light beginning with the fact he’s been separated from his wife for more than a month. The first suspect is a stalker obsessed with Gregson who Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) finds bleeding to death of the same wound of Mrs. Gregson’s assailant. However, a cursory examination is enough for the detective to almost immediately dismiss him as the home invader.

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Nashville – It Must Be You

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  • Title: Nashville – It Must Be You
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Nashville - It Must Be You

Love and Polo dominate the latest episode of Nashville as several unlikely characters make their way to a charity Polo match including Rayna (Connie Britton) and Tandy (Judith Hoag) who hope to use the event to drum up a partner to help buy out her contract, the ever-campaigning Teddy (Eric Close), Juliette (Hayden Panettiere) who is surprised to learn where her invitation came from, and Deacon (Charles Esten) who is dragged to the event by his new girlfriend Megan (Christina Chang).

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures #4

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures #4Lured into a trap by the Foot Clan, Raphael is hit with a dart containing a rare hallucinatory and deadly poison. With their brother slowly slipping away, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Donatello take a page from his book and go on the offensive against greater odds to get him the cure.

To get the cure the three Turtles will have to battle the Foot Clan as well as Dogpound who likes his odds now that there are only three Turtles left to deal with. Despite the odds, the threesome is to get the cure and reunite the entire team.

Writer Erik Burnham steps in with this issue and the comic doesn’t miss a beat as it continues to have the same feel, pace, and humor of the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. Aside from the action, the issue also teaches lessons to both Raphael (to not be so quick to run head-first into action) and his brothers (who need to adopt Raphael’s reckless style to save him). Worth a look.

[IDW, $3.99]

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The Crazy Ones – Hugging the Now

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  • Title: The Crazy Ones – Hugging the Now
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“There are a lot of ways to impress me Josh, screwing over my father is not one of the better ones.”

The Crazy Ones - Hugging the Now

While Lauren (Amanda Setton) helps Simon (Robin Williams) campaign for the first advertising award he’s been nominated for in three years Sydney (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is more interested in throwing a party at the office in order to catch up with one of the other nominees who was her high school crush (Michael Landes) who was voted most likely to stay awesome (two years running).

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Legends of Awesomeness – The Scorpion Sting

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  • Title: Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
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Legends of Awesomeness - The Scorpion StingThe second DVD collection of Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness collects half-dozen of the show’s episodes including “Scorpion’s Sting” which was the first episode of the series to air on Nickelodeon as Po (Mick Wingert) and Monkey (James Sie) set out on a quest to the Valley of the Scorpion for the cure to Tigress‘ (Kari Wahlgren) fever.

Other highlights from the collection include Po’s attempts to find a girlfriend for his father (James Hong), Monkey accused of being a thief, Po fearing he may turn evil like a previous member of the Furious Five, Crane (Amir Talai) trying to regain his confidence with Po’s help, misadventures with magic Kung Fu shoes, and Po’s search with his father for a legendary monster.

The random order for these releases is a bit confusing but fans should still enjoy the collection. The only extra on the single-disc DVD is the code to the game app “Scorpion Maze” to unlock power-ups and downloads.

[DreamWorks Animation, $14.98]

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