November 2015

Trainwreck

  • Title: Trainwreck
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TrainwreckAmy Schumer, who also wrote the script, stars as a relationship-averse mess of a woman whose world view is changed after interviewing a doctor (Bill Hader) for a local magazine. Trainwreck is a pretty straightforward romcom focusing on Amy’s struggles with love and her dysfunctional relationships with her father (Colin Quinn), sister (Brie Larson), and former boyfriend (John Cena). Like many scripts written by stand-up comedians, Trainwreck is a bit uneven. At times the film is quite funny even if all of its jokes don’t quite hit home.

Directed by Judd Apatow, the film boasts an odd collection of unlikely supporting characters. Along with Cena we also get LeBron James (playing himself) as Hader’s client and friend, Amar’e Stoudemire, Tilda Swinton as Amy’s demanding boss, and Daniel Radcliffe and Marisa Tomei as the stars of a movie within the movie about a dogwalker and his client in a running gag that never pays off.

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The Librarians and the Hollow Men

  • Title: The Librarians – And the Hollow Men
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“Please do not fan-girl over the arch-villain!”

The Librarians and the Hollow Men

Flynn (Noah Wyle) and Moriarty (David S. Lee) both return in the latest episode as Flynn is kidnapped by a confused stranger (Drew Powell) while working to recover items which have disappeared from The Library. While Eve (Rebecca Romijn) teams-up with the fictional villain to find the missing Librarian, the rest of the group returns to an increasingly erratic Library which Jenkins (John Larroquette) believes is slowly dying.

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Velvet #12

Velvet #12Misdirection is the name of the game in Velvet #12 as Velvet Templeton keeps the traitor in her midst at arms length while creating an elaborate ruse to keep the spy agency hunting her off her back, all while trying to unravel the mystery of who is actually responsible for the crimes she has been framed for.

With the latest issue we see how Velvet continues to use her training in hopes of keeping those hunting her off her back long enough to find at least a breadcrumb which might eventually lead to some real answers. The game she continues to play with her old agency is both playful and deadly, but its the looming threat of Damian Lake, who catches up with Velvet at the end of this issue, that is the more immediate cause for concern.

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The Blacklist – Kings of the Highway

  • Title: The Blacklist – Kings of the Highway
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The Blacklist - Kings of the Highway

The first-half of The Blacklist‘s Third Season comes to a close as Reddington (James Spader) is abducted by a local gang just as his plans to clear Lizzie‘s (Megan Boone) name are reaching completion. Dropping everything, Lizzie begins searching for her missing friend even going so far as to reach out to Navabi (Mozhan Marnò) for help which is a decision which will ultimately bite both women in the ass and put the FBI on their trail and getting Navabi fired from the task force.

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Star Wars Rebels – Blood Sisters

  • Title: Star Wars Rebels – Blood Sisters
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Star Wars Rebels - Blood Sisters

While on the planet Garel to meet with a droid courier Sabine (Tiya Sircar) and Ezra (Taylor Gray) run into Sabine’s old partner bounty hunter Ketsu Onyo (Gina Torres) who also has plans on taking the droid. “Blood Sisters” offers audiences a small glimpse into Sabine’s past by showing us Ketsu as a version of the Ghost‘s artistic bounty hunter who is far more ruthless than the one we know and love.

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