Alan Rapp

Arrow – Muse of Fire

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: Green Arrow – Muse of Fire
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“Isn’t the man in the hood fighting to set things right? Why is your vendetta more valid that mine?”

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Starling City gets a little crowded on the vigilante front when an armed assassin on a motorcycle kills a business man (John Cassini) in broad daylight while he was talking with Moira Queen (Susanna Thompson). Not-so-surprisingly the death of the businessman with mob connections to the Bertinelli crime family coincides with Oliver‘s (Stephen Amell) attraction to a young woman named Helena (Jessica De Gouw) harboring her own painful past and dark secret. That’s right boys and girls, it appears the Huntress has come to Starling City.

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Fables #123

/ / Comics

fables-123-coverThe two-parter “The Destiny’s Game” concludes as the Big Bad Wolf learns that the fate he was given of an untimely end was assigned, not earned. Armed with the knowledge of how the Green Woman of the woods (the Lady of the Lake) truly operates from the teacup turtle, who tells him the woman collects and distributes fates as she pleases, he sets out to change his fate once again.

Armed with the hope that his fate may be overridden the Wolf returns but learns a fate, once given, cannot be reascended. However, not willing to be killed by the Wolf, the woman does find an appropriate loophole that allows the fate to take place but also allows both the witch and the Wolf to live.

I enjoyed both parts of “The Destiny’s Game” so much that I would have liked more of the story. Fables #123 does feel a little rushed, but it wraps up all the loose ends for all the major characters and allows the rules of the world to be bent without being broken. Worth a look.

[Vertigo, $2.99]

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Les Misérables – I Dreamed A Dream trailer

/ / Film News & Trailers
  • Title: Les Misérables
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Here’s another trailer for Les Misérables which is set to Anne Hathaway‘s performance of “I Dreamed A Dream.” The film premiered this past weekend in New York to a reported standing ovation with much of the praise going to Hathaway who now appears to be the early front-runner in the Oscar race for Best Supporting Actress. Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Helena Bonham Carter, Eddie Redmayne, Isabelle Allen, Samantha Barks, and Sacha Baron Cohen also star. Les Misérables opens in theaters on Christmas Day.

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Nashville – Lovesick Blues

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: Nashville – Lovesick Blues
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As Rayna (Connie Britton) continues to work with her new producer (Michiel Huisman) on refining her new sound, Juliette (Hayden Panettiere) deals with the unexpected consequences of dating a young football star (Tilky Jones) when fans and tabloids begin to blame her for the quarterback’s less than stellar stats since the two began seeing each other (making it even more difficult not to draw comparisons to Carrie Underwood and Jessica Simpson‘s relationships with Dallas Cowboy quarterback Tony Romo from which the show’s writers were obviously inspired). Both women are shocked, and less than pleased, when the record label insists the pair perform together to close out the upcoming country music showcase.

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