Alan Rapp

The Gray Man

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  • Title: The Gray Man
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Ryan Gosling stars as a convicted murder turned killer for the CIA in a film with so much excessive overblown action in would make Arnold Schwarzenegger blush. The crux of the story involves Six’s (Gosling) villainous boss (Regé-Jean Page) putting out a hit on Six after proof of his corruption falls into the agent’s hands. Every action taken by Page’s character is the wrong one, including alienating another agent (Ana de Armas) enough to have her join Six’s cause of seeing the proof exposed and rescuing Six’s mentor (Billy Bob Thornton) and niece (Julia Butters) from the sociopath (Chris Evans) hired to find Six.

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The Sandman – Imperfect Hosts

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  • Title: The Sandman – Imperfect Hosts
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Except for a scene of The Corinthian (Boyd Holbrook) tracking down Ethel Cripps (Niamh Walsh) and proposing a partnerships of sorts, which is quickly rebuffed, the rest of “Imperfect Hosts’ stays within the Dreaming where Dream (Tom Sturridge) visits Cain (Sanjeev Bhaskar) and Abel (Asim Chaudhry) asking the most loyal subjects who didn’t flee to give up that which they love the most to help him put right his world. The odd brothers are well-cast as we glimpse into their relationship without needing to explain or explore it fully. Giving us a few minutes with Gregory also proves to make a difference in feeling the character’s loss, although Dream does leave the brothers a new gift.

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Lucifer – Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam

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  • Title: Lucifer – Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam
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An unforeseen consequence of God‘s(Dennis Haysbert) appearance on Earth is revealed in “Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam” as people begin breaking into song and dance in his prescence, although no one but Lucifer (Tom Ellis) is aware of it afterwards. All the main characters get a number here highlighted by Lucifer’s duet of “I Dreamed a Dream” with his father and the surprise of Trixie (Scarlett Estevez) singing “Smile.” While not all the members of the cast have the singing voice of the show’s star, the staging of the numbers proves quite entertaining such as in Ella (Aimee Garcia) and Mazikeen‘s (Lesley-Ann Brandt) mashup of “Bad to the Bone” and “No Scrubs.”

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Ms. Marvel & Moon Knight #1

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Continuing the story of someone sending out highly adaptable swarms of ratbots which began in Ms. Marvel & Wolverine #1, Ms. Marvel‘s search for answers takes her to the Midnight Mission to enlist the help of Moon Knight. Despite the bizarre naming and numbering of a series of separate team-ups which are connected, the odd pairing of Ms. Marvel and Moon Knight against a creepy threat works well. We even get Hunter’s Moon thrown in as a bonus.

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Only Murders in the Building – Flipping the Pieces

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  • Title: Only Murders in the Building – Flipping the Pieces
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Along with offering glimpses of Mabel’s (Selena Gomez) relationship with her father, “Flipping the Pieces” unexpectedly pairs the youngest podcaster with Theo Dimas (James Caverly) who takes her in after the subway stabbing. With only a single clue to go on, the pair hit Coney Island searching for the identity of glitter guy. Charles (Steve Martin) and Oliver (Martin Short) sit down with Detective Williams (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) who is correct in assuming the pair have something to hide (and also have no idea how thin the walls of their apartments are).

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