The latest from director Stephen Frears (High Fidelity, The Queen) stars Bruce Willis as a sports gambler whose luck changes when he meets a Las Vegas cocktail waitress (Rebecca Hall) who turns out a gambling prodigy. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Vince Vaughn, Joshua Jackson, and Laura Prepon also star. Lay the Favorite opens in limited release in select cities on December 7th.
It’s a new week so it must be time to talk about comics! Welcome to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls. Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at feet of the master as we offer you this quick list of all kinds of comic book goodness set to hit comic shops and bookstores this week from all your favorite publishers including DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Archie, Dynamite, Image Comics, and others.
This week includes Angel & Faith, Aquaman, Archie, Army of Darkness, Batgirl Annual, Captain Marvel, Fatale, Godzilla, Green Hornet, Happy, Hit Girl, Looney Tunes, Phantom Lady, Red Sonja: Atlantis Rises, The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom, Star Trek, Steed and Mrs. Peel, TMNT, Whispers, Winter Soldier, the first issues of A+X, Bedlam, Charismagic: Death Princess, Freelancers, Joe Kubert Presents, Lot 13, and the final issues of The Green Hornet Strikes, The Mighty Thor, New Deadwardians, New Mutants, Star Wars: Darth Maul – Death Sentence, and X-Men Legacy.
Enjoy issue #196
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Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. True, she might not grab the starring role, but she finds a way to keep popping up in movies and television, almost always reminding us that we have seen her before, even if we can’t quite remember where. And from time to time, she may even stay on-screen long enough to find a way to steal the spotlight for a memorable scene or two. Even if we can’t quite remember her name we immediately recognize her face and search furiously through our brains to remember where we have seen “that girl” before.
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Who’s That Girl – Amy Ferguson Read More »
Senator Davis (Norm Lewis) brings Olivia (Kerry Washington) a pair of new clients, parents (Eve Gordon, Todd Waring) of a missing graduate student. Harrison (Columbus Short) discovers the story of the sweet angel Olivia Pope & Associates sold to the press to increase the profile of the case is far from the truth as the girl is actually an infamous blogger known for sleeping around with D.C.’s finest and brightest and blogging anonymously about how lousy each of them is in bed. As the 24-hour news cycle runs with the far more salacious promiscuous slut angle, Olivia and her team try and piece together the final days leading up to her disappearance by pulling clues from her blog.
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Scandal – Beltway Unbuckled Read More »
“It has its costs. Learning to see the puzzle in everything. They’re everywhere; once you start looking it’s impossible to stop.”
When Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) goes missing while consulting on a case involving the disappearance of a Wall Street executive, Watson (Lucy Liu) fears the worst. To convince Detective Gregson (Aidan Quinn) to look in to the matter she’s forced break client confidentiality and come clean about the true nature of their relationship.
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Elementary – The Rat Race Read More »
