Alan Rapp

Arrow – Honor Thy Father

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: Green Arrow – Honor Thy Father
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On a trip to the courthouse to get his death certificate repealed and begin his life in earnest, Oliver (Stephen Amell) runs into Laurel (Katie Cassidy) who is prosecuting a murder case involving Martin Somers (Ty Olsson), one of the names on Oliver’s list, who Green Arrow decides to pay a little visit to later that evening. However, the attack on his life only enrages the businessman with ties to the Chinese Triad to reach out to an assassin named China White (Kelly Hu) who suggests they end the nagging problem of Ms. Lance, permanently.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine #14

/ / Comics

btvs-season-nine-14-coverThe latest issue of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine isn’t what I expected. For one thing neither Buffy Summers nor any of the regular or new supporting players make an appearance.

Instead Jane Espenson, writer of some good (“Band Candy,” “Pangs,” “Checkpoint“) and not-so-good (“I Was Made to Love You,” “Doomed,” “The Harsh Light of Day“) episodes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s seven-year run on television, gives us a tale of a young gay teen named Billy who puts up with mean jocks and begins fighting zompires.

I understand what Espenson is doing here, but the story is pretty damn pat (he ends up having to stake and kill the football jock who has been harassing him). This kind of story would seem to fit much better in something like the Tales of Slayers anthology series than in the middle of an ongoing season arc. If I had found it there, or if was just a one-issue tale (I don’t need a second month of Billy’s misadventures), I might give it a pass, but 14 issues in, as the season is still trying to find its focus, it simply doesn’t work. Pass.

[Dark Horse, $2.99]

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Coming Soon

/ / Film News & Trailers
  • Title: Hyde Park on Hudson
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Bill Murray as Franklin Delano Roosevelt? Okay, you’ve got my attention. On the eve of WWII, Murray stars as the President of the United States who hosts King George VI (Samuel West) and his wife Elizabeth (Olivia Colman) at his country estate in Hyde Park. Olivia Williams, Elizabeth Marvel, Elizabeth Wilson, Sam Creed, and Laura Linney as his distant cousin and mistress Margaret Suckley also star. Hyde Park on Hudson opens in limited release in select cities on December 7th.

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