Alan Rapp

iZombie – Fifty Shades of Grey Matter

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iZombie - Fifty Shades of Grey Matter

High on horny librarian brains, Liv (Rose McIver) isn’t the only one who makes potentially disastrous romantic choices in “Fifty Shades of Grey Matter.” While investigating the murder of a poisoned librarian (and erotica novelist), Liv struggles to keep her passions in check – especially where Drake (Greg Finley) is concerned. Egged-on a bit by her over-sexed best friend, and riding her own high of how well her case to take down Mr. Boss is going, Peyton (Aly Michalka) gives into her own lust for her star witness only realzing far too late just who Blaine (David Anders) really is.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten #23

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten #23The endless grind of fighting back monsters from other dimensions begins to wear on everyone, especially now that Willow is working with the military (a situation Buffy continues to have problems with). Relying more and more on the Magic Council to fight these battles, Buffy is convinced to adding to their power using the Vampyr tome (likely foreshadowing all new kinds of trouble for the Slayer and her friends down the line).

The other major piece of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten #23 deals with Andrew and the recent hauntings of ghost Jonathan. Approached by the Sculptor, who plays on the young man’s guilt, Jonathan is offered a trade: steal Buffy’s Scythe in exchange for the demon crafting Jonathan a new living body. Strongly tempted by the offer, Andrew continues to grow as a character refusing to make new mistakes to make up for his old ones.

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Hail, Caesar!

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  • Title: Hail, Caesar!
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Hail, Caesar!With Hail, Caesar! the Coen Brothers take a few good-natured stabs at the golden age of movies while celebrating, and lampooning, the studio system of Hollywood during the early days of the Cold War. Providing a film where Channing Tatum gets to play Fred Astaire and Tilda Swinton does double-duty as twin gossip columnists, I wouldn’t go so far to call it a screwball comedy, but Hail, Caesar! certainly does have a few screws loose (in mostly the right places).

Josh Brolin stars as studio exec Eddie Mannix dodging offers to leave the studio for a more stable job while overseeing a big-budget spectacular about a Roman general’s encounter with Jesus Christ when his star (George Clooney) is kidnapped by a group of Hollywood writers who are all Communists (Fisher Stevens, Patrick Fischler, Tom Musgrave, David Krumholtz, Greg Baldwin, and Patrick Carroll).

Not all the film works. Far too much time is wasted on Mannix being wooed by an airline, and, while opening up intriguing ideas about outside-the-box solutions to problems, the subplot involving Scarlett Johansson as a single pregnant starlet fizzles. More successful is Alden Ehrenreich as a Western star struggling with his role in straightforward drama.

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Shadowhunters – Raising Hell

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Shadowhunters- Raising Hell

In a last-ditch effort to restore Clary‘s (Katherine McNamara) memories the Shadowhunters seek out Magnus Bane (Harry Shum Jr.), the High Warlock of Brooklyn and the man responsible for stealing Clary’s memories years ago. Initially reluctant to help, Magnus comes around after the Shadowhunters save him from Valentine‘s (Alan Van Sprang) men. However, the spell to retrieve Clary’s memories from the memory demon who holds them goes awry forcing the young woman to sacrifice any attempt to retrieve them in order to save Jace‘s (Dominic Sherwood) life. Sorry Clary, no answers for your this week.

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Wander Over Yonder – The Hole… Lotta Nuthin’

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  • Title: Wander Over Yonder – The Hole… Lotta Nuthin’
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Wander Over Yonder - The Hole... Lotta Nuthin'

Making the most out of a single gag, Wander (Jack McBrayer) gets stuck (literally and figuratively) with his finger plugging a black hole which threatens to consume an entire constellation of planets. With Sylvia (April Winchell) off on a question to find something to plug the hole, Wander is left on his own… at least until Lord Hater (Keith Ferguson) shows up to enjoy his nemesis’ misery. The simple set-up turns out to be extremely entertaining, especially once Hater’s realizes his attempts to make Wander more miserable have actually backfired and he’s blown a golden opportunity to leave well enough alone.

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