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The Blacklist – Greyson Blaise

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The Blacklist - Greyson Blaise TV review

Despite the subplot involving people being tortured and murdered over the remains of a dead body stuffed in a suitcase, “Greyson Blaise” is one of the more lighthearted episodes of the series. Convincing the FBI to help, Reddington (James Spader) heads overseas with Liz (Megan Boone) to make a lucrative partnership with master thief Greyson Blaise (The Mentalist‘s Owain Yeoman) who Red describes as the cornerstone to putting back together his vast criminal network. Of course, as always, he doesn’t tell the FBI all of his plans.

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Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider #8

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Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider #8 comic reviewAfter his brief encounter with Death and given yet another chance to redeem himself, Ben Reilly begins his road back to being a hero. This means attempting to make good on his promise to save young Abigail from her incurable illness and deal with the sudden appearance of the Hornet (yet another character who has made a recent return from the grave – something Ben knows quite a bit about) who creates havoc on the strip in order to draw out the Scarlet Spider.

There’s plenty of action here with the fight between Scarlet Spider and the Hornet, and the unexpected appearance of another hero. As for Kaine, it looks like his role in the comic is done (at least for now) as he doesn’t take the news of Ben’s second chance all that well.

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SEAL Team – Other Lives

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SEAL Team - Other Lives television review

While looking into an accident at a secret chemical weapons factory in Syria, Jason Hayes (David Boreanaz) and his team discover an entire hospital full of civilians exposed to the spill. With no back-up, and limited transportation, the group does what they can to make the locals comfortable while holding out long enough for the rest of their team to get the SEALs the support they will need to evacuate the locals. As we saw in the pilot episode, the overseas sequences work well (even if the last-second problem solving this week feels more like a writer’s cheat than an actual solution found in the field).

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Silverado

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Silverado movie review

Today’s throwback Thursday post takes us on the road to Silverado. Lawrence Kasdan‘s post-modern western about four strangers (Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, and Danny Glover) coming together to fight injustice in a western town ruled over by corrupt sheriff (Brian Dennehy) and greedy landowner (Ray Baker) is as entertaining today as when it was released in theaters 32 years ago.

Shot on location New Mexico by cinematographer John Bailey and set to the Academy Award nominated score by Bruce Broughton, Silverado is a love letter to the classic western focusing on themes of frontier justice, hard choices, and standing up for what’s right. Each of the four characters is given their own arc as Paden (Kline) finds his loyalties tested, Emmett (Glenn) and Mal (Glover) both stand up for family, and Jake (Costner) fights his own impulsive nature. The film is peppered with entertaining supporting roles from the likes of John Cleese, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Hunt, Jeff Goldblum, Lynn Whitfield, Amanda Wyss, and Jeff Fahey as the menacing Tyree.

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