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Supergirl – Suspicious Minds

Alan Rapp / January 22, 2019 / Television Reviews

Title: Supergirl – Suspicious Minds
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More than any of the other CW super-hero shows, Supergirl has shown a willingness to push the envelope and take an unexpected hard right-turn to shake things up in unexpected ways. This season has seen the show continue to mirror real-life political divisiveness and immigrant issues with an anti-alien hate group movement and the new President’s (Bruce Boxleitner) anti-alien agenda which gets Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) kicked out of the DEO and creates an investigation to uncover the hero’s true identity. In an episode about invisible alien assassins bred by the U.S. Government for black ops, it’s the core relationships between characters and how far they are willing to go to keep secrets to protect each other that highlights “Suspicious Minds.”

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12 Angry Men- A Lesson in Staging

Alan Rapp / January 22, 2019 / Essays

The Royal Ocean Film Society examines the lessons in staging one can learn from Sidney Lumet‘s 12 Angry Men.

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Red Sonja #25

Alan Rapp / January 22, 2019 / Comics

Title: Red Sonja #25
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Writers: Amy Chu, Erik Burnham
Artist: Pasquale Qualano

A song in the woods and the sound of battle break Red Sonja‘s solitary travels in the latest issue of Red Sonja from writers Amy Chu and Erik Burnham, and artist Pasquale Qualano. The She-Devil makes short work of a pack of thieves attacking a small traveling party, but when the dust clears only one survivor remains.

Despite the pair’s philosophical differences, Sonja takes the job of seeing the last pilgrim to his destination. Running into more trouble while attempting to barter passage across the sea with pirates, Sonja discovers there is more to her charge than meets the eye as the power of his song is able to stop the bloodthirsty mercenaries in their path allowing Sonja to go to work.

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First Look – Spider-Man: Far From Home

Alan Rapp / January 22, 2019 / Film News & Trailers

Title: Spider-Man: Far From Home
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The most notable thing from the first Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer is the appearance of Spider-man’s old-school web wings (and the lack of a good look at the villain’s fishbowl helmet) as Peter Parker (Tom Holland) heads to Europe on a school trip and gets pulled in on a mission by Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). Zendaya, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Jon Favreau also star. The film swings into theaters on July 5th.

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Carmen Sandiego – Becoming Carmen Sandiego

Alan Rapp / January 21, 2019 / Television Reviews

Title: Carmen Sandiego – Becoming Carmen Sandiego
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After opening with a stylish heist sequence, the two-part opener to Netflix’s Carmen Sandiego takes place mostly in flashbacks which fill in the history of the world’s most famous thief, including where she learned her skills and acquired both her unusual name and trademark hat. While the robbery truly is the best part of the two episodes (making me hopeful that the remainder of the season will be even better), the flashbacks are an interesting way to rewrite the Carmen Sandiego‘s (Gina Rodriguez) history for the purposes of the new show.

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