Alan Rapp

Rookie Blue – First Day of the Rest of Your Life

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: Rookie Blue – First Day of the Rest of Your Life
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I caught the first couple of episodes of Rookie Blue‘s first season back when it premiered in the summer of 2010. Although I’m a fan of the show’s star Missy Peregrym, there wasn’t enough to bring me back every week and I wondered how long the show would manage to stick around. After completing two 13-episode seasons Rookie Blue returned this week for it’s Third Season and, with most of the shows I’m currently watching now on hiatus (or waiting to begin their own summer runs) I decided to give it another shot.

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Men in Black III

/ / Movie Reviews
  • Title: Men in Black III
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men-in-black-3-posterWell that was… in 3D. I wonder how many film series will find themselves resurrected for the soul purpose of cashing-in on Hollywood’s latest love affair with 3D. If Men in Black III is any indication (a franchise that died a decade ago only to have it’s undead corpse dug up and trotted out to make a few dollars at the box office) perhaps movie studios may want to be a little more selective in choosing which movie series to resurrect.

Men in Black III isn’t a bad film. It has some enjoyable moments (like Bill Hader‘s cameo as Andy Warhol) and some nice performances. Hell, Josh Brolin playing a younger version of Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones‘s character) is almost worth the price of admission by itself. Almost.

However, the story is stuck in neutral with a generic time travel adventure involving a grizzled alien (Jemaine Clement) out for revenge. Much like Tommy Lee Jones (who only appears on-screen in a limited role this time around), the film simply feels tired and only vaguely aware of what’s going on.

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Glee – Goodbye

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  • Title: Glee – Goodbye
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In the series third season finale the graduating members of the New Directions say goodbye to the Glee Club and prepare to for their lives after graduation. Although the show undercut the finality of each moment by announcing almost all the characters will be returning in some role next season, it’s still nice to see each get their own final story and a chance to say farewell.

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Nightwing #9

/ / Comics

nightwing-new-52-9-coverNightwing battles his great-grandfather William Cobb, the greatest of the Talons, and tries to save Mayor Hady from assassination as “Night of the Owls” continues. During the bloody battle which Nightwing barely survives we get Cobb’s backstory and his reasoning for joining the Court of Owls.

Although the battle between Nighwing and Talon works, the flashbacks take up far too much of the comic (you’d almost think Cobb was the comic’s main character). Neither Dick Grayson, nor the reader, really needs this amount of back story for the Grayson’s zombie assassin ancestor.

The Court of Owls storyline, which started in Batman, is working far better in than title than most of other Bat-titles it’s spread to this month. In terms of “Night of the Owls” this tie-in certainly isn’t a must-read to keep up with the main story, but for fans of Nightwing the action may, may be enough to still warrant picking it up. Hit-and-Miss.

[DC, $2.99]

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Elle Showcases the Duality of Kristen Stewart

/ / Books & Magazines

To help promote her new film Snow White and the Huntsman actress Kristen Stewart sat down with Elle Magazine’s Millea and a cover shoot with director Joe Zee and photographer Tom Munro playing on “the dual [male and female] characters, drawing inspiration from stylish trailblazer Loulou de La Falaise as well as Helmut Newton’s provocative photographs. In the interview Stewart discusses why she feels her life is boring, her first memory of her mother, her predilection for intense characters, on what it’s like to see herself on-screen. Check out pics and behind-the-scenes video from the shoot after the jump.

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