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Usagi Yojimbo #152

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Usagi Yojimbo #152Usagi Yojimbo #152 starts with the action in full swing as we find the rabbit ronin fighting off a storm and attempting to help a village stop the rising river from flooding and destroying their homes and fields.

Neither the complaints of the peasants that the situation is hopeless nor the arrival of bandits using the storm to steal the meager supplies of the villagers have left improves Miyamoto Usagi‘s mood.

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The Shannara Chronicles – Ellcrys

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  • Title: The Shannara Chronicles – Ellcrys
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The Shannara Chronicles - Ellcrys

The First Season of The Shannara Chronicles comes to a close with the battle between good and evil, death, the fall of one villain and the rise of another, and plenty of cliffhangers should MTV decide to bring back the series for a Second Season. Like much of the First Season, the finale is a bit of a mixed bag. The climactic battle the series has teased us about for weeks finally comes to pass. It’s here the limits of a cable budget are felt as the battle lacks the size and scope of what the series has built up over ten episodes.

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The Mediocre Dinosaur

/ / Home Video
  • Title: The Good Dinosaur
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The Good DinosaurWithout question The Good Dinosaur is the weakest Pixar movie to date. Closer in tone and aspirations to The Croods or Blue Sky’s Ice Age franchise, the film tells the uninspired coming of age tale of a frightened young dinosaur named Arlo (Raymond Ochoa) who is forced to grow up after being separated from his family.

The Good Dinosaur isn’t a bad movie per se. It’s an okay kid’s film, and may mostly keep your interest, but it’s certainly lackluster compared to the rest of Pixar’s films – all of which are both more visually and emotionally engaging than the story of young Arlo and his pet human Spot (Jack Bright).

Available on DVD, Blu-ray, and 3D Blu-ray, extras include a digital copy of the film, audio commentary, and several short featurettes (between 2-7 minutes each) on the film, characters, and dinosaurs in the movie.

[Walt Disney Studios, 3D Blu-ray $39.99 / Blu-ray $39.99 / DVD $29.99]

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Pretty Little Liars – Burn This

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  • Title: Pretty Little Liars – Burn This
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Pretty Little Liars - Burn This

As Hanna‘s (Ashley Benson) bridal shower arrives the new A turns up the heat, on one Liar especially. Unwilling to tell the truth about the campaign leak, Caleb (Tyler Blackburn) takes full responsibility leading to him not only losing his job but getting cold cocked by his former best friend. While Spencer (Troian Bellisario) stands up for her now boyfriend to everyone from her old beau to her father, the situation with Yvonne offers the opportunity for an emotional flashback to a pregnancy scare in college which appears to have been the beginning of the end of Spoby.

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