Alan Rapp

Legends of Awesomeness – The Maltese Mantis

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  • Title: Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness – The Maltese Mantis
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Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - The Maltese Mantis

Against his better judgement Mantis (Max Koch) agrees to accompany Po (Mick Wingert) to a fan festival even after Shifu (Fred Tatasciore) expressively forbids the Dragon Warrior to attend while taking the opportunity to secretively show up for his first Fest. Mantis soon regrets his decision once Po’s crazed fanboy excitement quickly gets out of control.

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Bones – The Corpse on the Canopy

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Bones - The Corpse on the Canopy

Serial killer Christopher Pelant (Andrew Leeds) returns to toy with the folks at the Jeffersonian and the FBI beginning with Hodgins (T.J. Thyne) and Angela (Michaela Conlin) who wake up after being drugged to find a flayed corpse of a Special Forces soldier on the canopy above their bed. Despite Hodgins’ wishes to go after the killer alone, and not to arrest him, Booth (David Boreanaz) convinces him to allow Cam (Tamara Taylor) and a tech team to work the crime scene and start an investigation by the book.

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News and Notes

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The Birmingham Mail is reporting that all 11 Doctors will indeed be on hand (in one form or another) in November for Doctor Who‘s 50th Anniversary Special. According to their sources, video footage will be used to include William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, and Jon Pertwee (the three actors who have passed on) while showrunner Steven Moffat is currently trying to convince David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston to join Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, and current Doctor Matt Smith, all of whom are on-board to reprise their roles for the anniversary episode

The Playlist is reporting Ray Liotta, Juno Temple and Jeremy Piven have all joined the cast for the Sin City sequel, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

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Castle – Death Gone Crazy

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“She kicks ass, she’s a corporate spy, man, she is perfect. Why did she have to be the bad guy?”

Castle - Death Gone Crazy

Suspects aren’t an issue when Beckett (Stana Katic) and Castle (Nathan Fillion) investigate the murder of the troubled founder (Jordan Belfi) of “College Girls Gone Crazy” who was strangled with bra in the woman’s bathroom during a club event in Manhattan. There were plenty who wanted the man dead including former college girls used in his videos, angry boyfriends and fathers, moral crusaders and picketers,  and his ex-girlfriend – softcore porn actress Tiffany Shaw (Vail Bloom).

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Batman and Robin #16

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Batman and Robin #16In the latest Death of the Family crossover a captured Damian is pitted against a Joker-Venom-enhanced Batman in a battle to the death as the Joker gleeful watches to see how far the deadly new Boy Wonder will go to save his own skin.

Of course it’s not really Batman under that cowl. Something that is all too obvious to the reader isn’t even considered for a moment by the New 52‘s smartest 10 year-old. The Joker doesn’t get the outcome he wants, but he is able to torment Damian in yet another pointless crossover issue that feels more like a Saw-inspired Batman parody than an actual Bat-book.

There’s plenty of gruesome action here. And the comic has one highlight where the far too dim Damian makes a concious effort not to kill the man he believes is his father. Sadly it’s too little, too late. Pass.

[DC, $2.99]

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